1. Emerging Frontiers of Science Information
Management Plan

2. Management Goals
Effectively coordinate efforts across project sites and to leverage research efforts in a timely manner
Engage the broader scientific community to evolve our shared vision of information sciences
Involve the applications community to build up novel methods, formalisms, and products of the research and development plan
Develop an industrial outreach plan focused on timely dissemination of results to industry and enabling them to influence research and development efforts
Develop a coherent educational and diversity plan across various project sites focused on research involvement at all levels
Develop a novel curriculum across project sites, integrating theory and applications of information science
Leverage tremendous interdisciplinary opportunities in engaging underrepresented groups in all aspects of research and education.

3. External Advisor y Committee Internal Advisory Committee
Management Structure
Purdue VPR
External Advisor y Committee
Executive Committee
A. Goldsmith, M. Sudan, W. Szpankowski, S. Verdu, B. Yu
Technical Director
W. Szpankowski
Managing Director: Kotterman
Internal Advisory Committee
Technical Thrust
Education & Outreach:
Director: TBA
Coordinator: Ward
Diversity Director
Director: TBA
Coordinator: Coleman
Knowledge Transfer
S. Jagannathan
Purdue Vice Provost for Research:
Executive Director: Establishes high-level goals and strategic directions; manages all center activities; coordinates and executes management decisions and advice from executive and advisory committees; point of contact with NSF
Managing Director: Coordinates day-to-day center activities (100% effort)
Executive Committee: Guides progress and vision; evaluates projects; coordinates efforts of different groups; strategizes to maximize Center’s impact.
External Advisory Committee: Annually reviews projects; provides high-level guidance on strategic issues; provides a channel for open dialogue with the wider community
Internal Advisor Committee: Responsible for internal management of the Center. Addresses issues of communication and integration as they arise.

4. Executive Committee (EC)
Mission
Guide Center’s progress and vision
Manage and evaluate ongoing and new projects
Facilitate and oversee collaboration between PIs and groups
Strategizes to maximize Center’s impact in the user community
Composition:
Center leadership : Center Director and 4 co-PIs
Chair of the EC will not be the Director of the Center.
Coordination
Monthly meetings conducted through telephone and/or video conference
Senior personnel from projects and managing director will attend by invitation as needed.
Meetings will manage new and ongoing projects; deal with issues that have arisen, and discuss possible future directions (fiscal and intellectual)
Action items from meeting will be distributed within 24 hours. The Associate Director will ensure action items are addressed in a timely way

5. External Advisory Committee (EAC)
Mission
Helps the Center chart a course to meet the long term needs of the community.
Provide high-level advice and guidance on strategic issues at the Center
Provide a venue for an open dialogue with the wider community and prevent the center from adopting too narrow a focus.
Composition: reflects diversity of scientific domains within the Center.
A renowned Computer Scientist who is expert in
A renowned Information Theorist who is expert in
Domain scientists in XXX, YYY, ZZZ.
 Coordination
EAC will receive quarterly progress reports from the Associate Director
Will meet with the Center Director and the NSF Project Officer 3 times each year
In-person meeting at the annual “all hands” meeting of the Center. This meeting will provide a forum for a high quality, detailed appraisal of the Center’s progress
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6. EAC Assessment
EAC will generate an annual report on the center’s progress for the Center Director and the NSF
Will summarize EAC members’ assessment of the Center’s initiatives
Will make recommendations for improvement.
The report will include assessments of progress towards goals and advice on how best to proceed, including
The adequacy of the interaction;
Infrastructure creation and its potential impact;
The reliability, robustness, and usability of tools and methods
The quality of the educational component;
The effectiveness of dissemination activities;
Directions for Computer Science research related to Information Theory;
Recommendations for strategic recruitments.
Specific input on the selection of new applications and termination of existing ones

7. Internal Advisory Committee (IAC)
Monitors internal progress and communication across the Center
Committee mission:
Resolve day-to-day issues of the center without engaging executive committee
Raise issues that are of concern among projects, and to the user community
Provides a forum for coordinating the many ongoing efforts, thus minimizing redundancy, and sharing success strategies
Informs Technical Director, Executive, and Advisory Committees of larger issues that may prove problematic to the success of the project.
Research
Managing
Director
Project
Assistant
Technical
Coordination
Committee
Outreach
Dissemination
Education
Implementation
Applications
Projects
User
Students
Training
User Community

8. External Advisor y Committee Internal Advisory Committee
Executive Management
Technical Director
Managing Director
Executive Committee
External Advisor y Committee
Internal Advisory Committee
Technical Management
Setting and adjusting strategy
Project management
Fostering collaboration
Pruning applications
Administrative Management
Facilitates coordination
Resolve day-to-day issues and concerns
Performs administrative functions related to meetings, reports, and budgeting
Coordination

9. Project Management
Projects will be managed by the EC via application management, solicitation, and assessment
Managing Applications:
Track progress of each application
Ensure progress on the theoretical side
Shut down projects no longer relevant or with insufficient progress
Decide the success of collaborative investigations.
Metrics for managing applications
Publication of quality peer-reviewed papers with impact vis-à-vis information measures.
Collaborations between investigators exemplified by joint publications and grants.
Development of educational modules that illustrate developments in the domain.
Assessment of progress reports by the peers within the Center and by the members of the EAC.
Selecting and Integrating New Applications:
Recruiting: An open invitation to for applications will be posted to the entire community
Evaluation: By Director and Executive committee at the “All Hands” meeting, Metrics for selection will include significance/scope of the proposed application (25%), likelihood of impact (50%), and likelihood of success (25%).
Integration: The Director in consultation with the EAC and NSF will collaborate with the PI of the new application to plan for transfer of resources to the new project.

10. Fostering Collaboration
Many PIs in the center already have an established history of collaboration
To further foster collaboration between PIs, we will
Structure annual meeting to allow for brainstorming and opendiscussion
Use web-based tools to report progress and facilitate discussion
Establish postdoc and student exchanges
Create lecture series and workshops for PIs, students, and postdocs
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11. Activity Coordination
Technical Director
W. Szpankowski
Managing Director: Kotterman
Technical Thrust
Education & Outreach:
Director: TBA
Coordinator: Ward
Diversity Director
Director: TBA
Coordinator: Coleman
Knowledge Transfer
S. Jagannathan
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Executive Committee
A. Goldsmith, M. Sudan, W. Szpankowski, S. Verdu, B. Yu
Technical Director
W. Szpankowski
Internal Advisory Committee
Technical Thrust
Education & Outreach:
Director: TBA
Coordinator: M. Ward
Diversity Director
Director: TBA
Coordinator: Coleman
Knowledge Transfer
S. Jagannathan
Managing Director
D. Kotterman
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Structural Information
W. Szpankowski
Undergraduate
Outreach & Minority Institute
Industrial Partners
Spatio - Temporal
S. Verdu
Graduate
Minority Recruitment
National Labs
Semantics
B. Yu
International
Summer Program
Government Agencies
Communication
A. Goldsmith
Lecture Series
Researcher
in-Residence
Complexity
M. Sudan
Mentoring
A. Goldsmith

13. Technical Thrust Management
Structural Information
W. Szpankowski
Biological Networks
S. Subramaian
Privacy
C. Clifton
Social Network
J. Neville
Spatio - Temporal
S. Verdu
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MANET
D. Tse
System Neuroscience
J. Gallant
Flow of Information
W. Bialek
Learnable Information
B. Yu
Massive Data
M. Atallah
Environment Modeling
I. Fung
Dynamic Metabolism
D. Ramkrishna
Communication/Control
A. Goldsmith
Wireless Comm.
R. Kumar
Fault Tolerant
S. Jagannathan
Coordination
T. Cover
Complexity
M. Sudan
Energy and Information
S. Datta
Quantum Information
P. Shor
Knowledge Discovery
A. Grama