1 The National Science Foundation CISE –ANIR

Internet 2 March Outline 4 100,000 ft - NSF 4 50,000 ft – CISE 4 10,000 ft – ANIR –Recent History –Staffing status 4 Ground zero – the Programs –ANR –ANI

Internet 2 March What is NSF? 4 Is an Independent Agency of the Federal Government 4 Was established in 1950 to promote and advance scientific progress in the United States by sponsoring scientific research and by supporting selected activities in science and engineering (Vannevar Bush, 1945) 4 Does not conduct research itself

Internet 2 March The President of the United States Office of Management and Budget AgricultureHealth & Human Services Interior National Science Foundation National Aeronautic & Space Administration Environmental Protection Agency Smithsonian Institution Nuclear Regulatory Commission Other Agencies TransportationDefenseEnergyCommerce Science Advisor Office of Science & Technology Policy Other Boards, Councils, Etc. Independent Agencies Major Departments US Agencies

Internet 2 March National Science Foundation

Internet 2 March * * Includes 128 IPA staff (IPA=Intergovernmental Personnel Act) Science Management Agency

Internet 2 March NSF Modes of Support 4 Individual projects 4 Instrumentation 4 Large-scale facilities 4 Fellowships, traineeships, research assistantships, post- doctoral funding 4 Centers –Research –Science and engineering education 4 Small Business Innovation 4 Workshops

Internet 2 March NSF Key Proposal Review Criteria 4 What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity? 4 What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?

Internet 2 March What is CISE? CISE DIVISIONS –ACIR advanced computational infrastructure & research –ANIR advanced networking infrastructure & research –C-CR computer-communications research –EIA experimental & integrative activities –IIS information and intelligent systems

Internet 2 March INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE NEW DIRECTIONS FOR CISE

Internet 2 March Computation People & Training Instrumentation (large and/or many small) Large Databases Digital Libraries Broadband Network Connectivity Partnership THE VISION –Cyber Infrastructure

Internet 2 March What is ANIR? CISE DIVISIONS –ACIR -ANIR advanced networking infrastructure & research –C-CR –EIA –IIS ANIR Division Director Aubrey Bush Greg Monaco Chip Cox Alan Blatecky Research Programs Ty Znati Infrastructure Programs Tom Greene

Internet 2 March FY 2001 NSF REQUEST 4 NSF = $ 4,600M 4 CISE = $529 M 4 ANIR =$68.7 M I= $45.4M R = $23.3M (

Internet 2 March The ANIR process 4 Goal = Fund proposals! 4 Solicit proposals through program announcements 4 IDEAL --Fund Most? They are thoughtfully and carefully prepared and most should be funded 4 REAL –limited funds –use a peer review process – choose some ______________ MORE FUNDS => FUND MORE PROPOSALS

15 New Directions for ANIR

Internet 2 March PLANS – Oct 15, A. Define new programs 4 B. Find new Staff 4 C. Retire old programs– complete all outstanding proposal processing

Internet 2 March Status – A, B, C 4 A. --2 new program announcements released, (1 in process) 4 B. --3 new people (still need three more) 4 C. -- Catch up on proposals- in process

Internet 2 March Participate in the process 4 Proposals needed 4 Ad-hoc reviewers needed 4 Panel member reviewers needed 4 Fresh ideas –Workshops –Publications –White papers –Committees

Internet 2 March ANR Programs– 4 (NSF ) –Networking Research (NSF ) – Special Projects (NSF ) – Information Technology Research

Internet 2 March New Directions in NR 4 Extend the reach of networking through pervasive and ubiquitous networking of heterogeneous devices 4 Build the scientific basis for future developments in networking 4 Maintain our leadership capability in networking

Internet 2 March Extending the Reach 4 Scalability: by researching networking architectures to support very large environments 4 Security and Privacy in the Information Infrastructure: future applications in the medical, social and commercial fields 4 Tools for Networked Collaboration: remote collaborations of the future

Internet 2 March Special Projects 4 Support research in areas of networking, emphasizing their importance in the emerging convergence of communications and computing –Large or multidisciplinary projects –Specialized infrastructure for networking systems research –Mechanisms for developing research agendas and enhancing community development

Internet 2 March Information Technology Research  `` Information technology will be one of the key factors driving progress in the 21st century - it will transform the way we live, learn, work, and play. Advances in computing and communications technology will create a new infrastructure for business, scientific research, and social interaction.’’  `` The Committee shall provide... advice and information on high-performance computing and communications, information technology, and the Next Generation Internet. ’’

Internet 2 March PITAC Findings 4 Finding: Federal information technology R&D investment is inadequate –In constant dollars, support has been flat or declining for ten years 4 Finding: Federal information technology R&D is too heavily focused on near-term problems –Priority has been given to short-term, mission- oriented goals, over long term research

Internet 2 March PITAC Recommendations 4 Create a strategic initiative in long-term information technology –Increase funding base by $1.37 billion per year by FY –Encourage research that is visionary and high- risk –Diversify modes of research support and increase the duration of projects

Internet 2 March The Bottom Line CISE ITR budget 4 Fiscal Year 2000 –$36M for Terascale Computer System –$90M for Information Technology Research 4 Fiscal Year 2001 –$45M for Terascale Computer System –$190M for Information Technology Research

Internet 2 March ITR 2001 Research Areas 4 1.System Design and Implementation 4 2. People and Social Groups Interacting with Computers and Infrastructure 4 3.Information Management 4 4. Applications in Science and Engineering 4 5. Scalable Information Infrastructure for Pervasive Computing and Access

Internet 2 March ITR Modes of Funding 4 Three sizes of grants –30% for small projects (up to $500K total) –35% medium/groups (up to 5 million and up to 1 million/year) –35% large projects (up to 15 million and up to three million/year) Some flexibility between medium and large

Internet 2 March New Directions in NI  Infrastructure is a Tool for Enabling Research and Education 4 Stimulate and contribute to and make available to the research and education community the very latest in high performance networking capability

Internet 2 March ANI Programs– 4 NSF –MWIR - Centerpiece program for Infrastructure & Research: –Network Centric MIDDLEWARE Services –[ 4 NSF HPNC - A new connections program - focus is next tier institutions [ 4 NSF Internet Techs -rewrite in process

Internet 2 March Extending the Reach 4 Networked Applications 4 Networking for New Participants 4 Network and Middleware Service Capabilities 4 Enabling Research / Education

Internet 2 March When NR and NI Meet 4 Integrate network research and network infrastructure activities in network and middleware services development and foster partnerships between discipline- specific researchers, networkers,... –Development of a stable infrastructure, for the efficient utilization of the service capabilities available in backbones –seamless high end-to-End performance, extending beyond the edge of the backbone –identify new high performance network needs of the scientific disciplines and enable the network community to meet these needs

Internet 2 March ANI Programs– 4 NSF –MWIR - Centerpiece program for Infrastructure & Research: –Network Centric MIDDLEWARE Services –[ 4 NSF HPNC - A new connections program - focus is next tier institutions [ 4 NSF Internet Techs -rewrite in process

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Internet 2 March Web Links arena.internet2.edu arena.internet2.edu 4 groups.html groups.html 4 www- iepm.slac.stanford.edu/about/networks www- iepm.slac.stanford.edu/about/networks