Group Summary Aidong Zhang, Divy Agrawal, Shu-Ching Chen (PIRE), Dongwon Lee, Sharad Melhetra, Keith Ross, Felix Wu, Nan Zhang, Taieb Znati, Sean Wang, Feng Shan, Cindy Chen, Wendy Wang, Luke Huan, Hao Xin …

Collab. Model Bottom-Up (many existing – how to leverage) – Individual researchers – Small teams Top-Down – NSF-initiated Both are critical to do – Hybrid – Promote each other

Bottom-Up Collab. Many existing NSF initiatives exist – EAGER – RAPID – Supplements … Can be further improved by – GOALI-style effort NSF initiative Requires program to work with OISE

Larger Initiatives (Top-Down) Current opportunities focus on smaller projects Some initiatives exist like PIRE can support large projects – CISE doesn’t fare as well Large projects should be based on: – Common collaborative vision Need for collaboration should be clearly stated in vision itself – National importance of the problems – Eg, Energy, Sustainable Society, Intelligent Transportation, Disaster Recovery, Internet of Things (ie, CPS equivalent in China), Digital Libraries

Benefits of Large Projects Should be beneficial to both sides – Access to growing/emerging infrastructure Testbed / platform Eg, Japan’s access in GINI project – Access to larger students bodies and research expertise – Educational elements

Issues to Consider IP – Basic infrastructure exists to resolve IP issues Evaluation / Research Quality Assessment – Q: should have similar quality? – Use NSF’s 4 vision pillars ? (eg, building infrastructure, producing man-power, …) – Should converge gradually – Takes time --- need to be more patient Differences in research culture – 5-10 vs horizons – Different priorities Eg, National prizes vs. conf. papers – How to use this diff. to our benefit? Distributed control – 2 Masters vs. 1

Suggestions to NSF Travel budget should be increased Create opportunities for Junior faculty / faculty (of non Chinese origin) to benefit as well – Overhead vs. Return – Can we create low overhead opportunities? Eg, student exchange program Can figure out to leverage on existing industrial experiences on int’l collaboration? – Microsoft vs. Microsoft China