1. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 The IT 2 Initiative and NSF Stephen Elbert program director NSF/CISE/ACIR/PACI

2. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999  Reports directly to the President's Advisor for Science and Technology  Director of the National Science Foundation,  Director of the National Institutes of Health  Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology).  Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere  Administrator of NASA  Under Secretary of Energy Senior Management Team includes senior officials from OMB and the National Economic Council

3. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 Working Group  Chaired by the Assistant Director of the NSF for Computer and Information Science and Engineering  Ruzena Bajcsy  Members appointed by each of the six principal agencies  Charged with  preparing research plans and budgets  preparing annual reports  facilitating coordination (NCO to assist)

4. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 IT 2 initiative to support 3 activities  Long-term information technology research  Advanced computing for science, engineering, and the Nation  Research on the economic and social implications of the Information Revolution

5. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 Proposed FY 2000 Budget

6. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 NSF Guiding Principles  investment in long-term, high-risk activities  an interdisciplinary approach to complex information-based issues and problems  a recognition that future programs must evolve rapidly to take advantage of promising new windows of opportunity

7. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 NSF’s Investment  $100M to CISE for research in  basic IT systems (software, high confidence sys.)  human-computer interaction and IM  large scale networking & scaleable infrastructure  high-end computing  $10M for research in  Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications and Workforce Programs  $36M for development of Terascale computing systems

8. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 Basic IT Systems Research  Software development process  languages and tools  Theoretical foundations of algorithm design  High-performance processor architecture  Communications systems and signal processing  Billion-transistor chip design methodologies  Digital Government  High capacity data storage systems

9. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 Basic Research Goals  Scalable, “no-surprise”, performance-engineered software  functionality, predictability, security  Co-design of hardware/software  vertically integrated electronic systems  Building high-confidence systems  predictability, reliability, security

10. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 Human-Computer Interaction and Information Management  Knowledge repositories  Multimodal interfaces  Visualization, virtual reality, 3-D tools  Collaboratories  knowledge sharing, group decision making, instrument control  Cognitive and perceptual impact  Multilingual, speech and audio tools  Sensor based databases and systems

11. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 HCI & IM Goals  Multiplying individual physical and mental capabilities  Meeting, working and collaborating in cyberspace  Building a ubiquitous content infrastructure

12. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 LSN and Scalable Infrastructure  Collaborative development of national and international networks  Network access and control research  Wireless access  Image and video compression  Monitoring of complex networks  Network design, architecture, and management  Database access and mining

13. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 LSN and SI Goals  Broadband tetherless communications  Understanding, modeling and predicting networks  Creating adaptive networks  Integrating end-to-end performance components

14. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 High-End Computing  Terascale Opportunities for Promoting Science (TOPS)  a multidisciplinary program to accelerate advances in simulation and modeling  Large Scientific and Software Data Set Visualization  Information storage on persistent media  Algorithms for models of physical phenomena

15. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 HEC Goals  Solve computer science-related problems to accelerate the effective use of parallel and distributed systems  Empower computational discovery across science and engineering

16. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 Basic Research Execution Plan  Single Investigator Grants - $30M  $150,000 standard grants  Team Awards - $40M  $1M/year for 3-5 years to 3-5 senior PI’s  Center Awards - $30M  $3M/year for 5 years as cooperative agreements, possible extension  local and virtual distributed centers

17. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 Basic Research Milestones

18. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications and Workforce Programs  Increase pool of workers  New course and curriculum development  Collaborative research opportunities for undergraduates  PACI - Education, Outreach & Training (EOT)  Learning and intelligent systems Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate for Education and Human Resources

19. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications and Workforce Programs Goals  Expanding understanding of the impact of social, ethical, economic, political, and legal factors  Developing a more skilled American workforce

20. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications and Workforce Programs Milestones

21. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 Terascale System  Deploy 5 Teraop system in FY2000  Allocations will be fully merit-based and competitive  Solicitation is being developed in coordination with DOE

22. DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 Terascale System Milestones