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1 Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Wendy J. Nilsen, PhD Computer and Information Science and Engineering Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Computing & Communication Foundations Computer & Network Systems Information & Intelligent Systems

2 National Science Foundation s Mission To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense... Image: NSF's current headquarters, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA. Credit: National Science Foundation

3 NSF Supports All of Science & Engineering

4 NSF Support of Academic Basic Research (as a percentage of total federal support) Source: NSF/NCSES, Survey of Federal Funds for Research & Development, FY 2014

5 CISE Leadership CISE Directorate Jim Kurose, AD Erwin Gianchandani, DAD Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) Manish Parashar, Office Head Computing and Communications Foundations (CCF) Walter Cleveland, DD Computer and Network Systems (CNS) Ken Calvert, DD Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) Henry Kautz, DD

CISE Divisions Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure supports and coordinates the development,

essential to the advancement and transformation of science and engineering.

computer and computational sciences and architecture and design of computers and software.

6 CISE Divisions Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure supports and coordinates the development, acquisition, and provision of state-of-the-art cyberinfrastructure resources, tools and services essential to the advancement and transformation of science and engineering. Computing and Communication Foundations advances computing and communication theory, algorithms for computer and computational sciences and architecture and design of computers and software. Computer and Network Systems invent new computing and networking technologies and finds new ways to make use of current technologies. Information and Intelligence Systems studies the interrelated roles of people, computers, and information to increase our ability to understand data, as well as to mimic the hallmarks of intelligence in computational systems

CISE Research Investments Exploring the frontiers of computing Strong commitment to

Cast a broad net & let the best ideas surface.

Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) Computing and Communication Foundations

Data Algorithmic Foundations Computer Systems Research Cyber Human Systems High

Information Foundations Software and Hardware Foundations Foundations of Emerging

7 CISE Research Investments Exploring the frontiers of computing Strong commitment to core/fundamental research the heart of what we do. Cast a broad net & let the best ideas surface. Engage with our community to develop new research directions. Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) Computer and Network Systems (CNS) Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) Data Algorithmic Foundations Computer Systems Research Cyber Human Systems High Performance Computing Networking/ Cybersecurity Software Communication and Information Foundations Software and Hardware Foundations Foundations of Emerging Technology Networking Technology and Systems Education and Workforce Development Core research programs Information Integration and Informatics Robust Intelligence Cross-cutting research programs

8 CISE Division of Information & Intelligent Systems (IIS) Henry Kautz IIS Division Director JD Kundu IIS Deputy Division Director April 2017

9 Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): Research at the Nexus of Knowledge + Intelligence + Humans Humans Computing => Intelligence Information => Knowledge All IIS Projects are Volumes in this Space Robust Intelligence robotics computer vision human language & commun. artificial intelligence machine learning reasoning & representation computational neuroscience Information Integration & Informatics data management data mining (bio) informatics multimedia inform. retrieval semantic web Cyber-Human Systems human-computer interaction social informatics human computation assistive technology virtual human interaction learning technology

10 IIS-Led Programs Core Robust Intelligence (RI) Information Integration and Informatics (III) Cyber-Human Systems (CHS) Cross-Cutting National Robotics Initiative (NRI) Smart and Connected Health (SCH) Critical Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering (BIGDATA) Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies (CFLT)

11 Background NSF Health research can be found in many areas in NSF and within the mission of several crossdirectorate initiatives It is a case of use-inspired basic research. The scientific advances in basic science can be in computing, information science, engineering or social or behavioral science. The benefit to health research is important, but second to the advances in basic science.

12 Pasteur s Quadrant Quest for Basic Understanding Neils Bohr Luis Pasteur Thomas Steve Edison Jobs Application Inspired: Consideration of Use Donald E. Stokes, Pasteur's Quadrant Basic Science and Technological Innovation, Brookings Institution Press,

13 Image Credit: Exploratorium. Smart & Connected Health NSF (SCH)

Scope of SCH Program Goal: Seek improvements in safe, effective, efficient, equitable, & patient-centered health through innovations in fundamental computer & information sciences, engineering &

14 Scope of SCH Program Goal: Seek improvements in safe, effective, efficient, equitable, & patient-centered health through innovations in fundamental computer & information sciences, engineering & social, behavioral & economic sciences Funded work must include & address: A key health problem Fill in research gaps that exist in science & technology in support of health & wellness Include a research team with appropriate expertise in the major areas involved in the work Activities should complement rather than duplicate core programs of NSF & NIH as well as those of other agencies (ex. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality / Veteran's Administration)

15 Smart Health Research Areas Health Information Infrastructure Infrastructure to enable connections Connected Data Reasoning with heterogonous data under uncertainty Integration of EHR, contextual, clinical and patient data Access to information, data harmonization Tools to enhance smart health research Heterogeneous and messy data Datamining, machine learning, deep learning Inference, visualization, decision support system Connected Systems Multifunctional devices connected to systems Systems for empowering patient Models of readiness to change State assessment from images video Connected People Effective, multidirectional flows of information and support Enhancing communication between providers, patients and caregivers Assistive technologies embodying computational intelligence

16 Image Credit: Exploratorium. Critical Techniques, Technologies and Methodologies for Advancing Foundations and Applications of Big Data Sciences and Engineering (BIGDATA)

17 BIGDATA Program Goal Identify novel computation, statistical or mathematical techniques and technologies or novel analyses or experimental evaluation Advance the state-of-the-art core technologies to accelerate the pace of discovery in science and engineering High level of innovation required in all successful proposals

18 Foundational (F) Focus on the development of novel techniques, or novel theoretical analysis (including mathematics and statistics), or experimental evaluation of techniques that are broadly applicable High level of innovation and broadly applicable Scaling up alone is not sufficient

19 INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS (IA) Research Motivated by a specific domain application Advance both domain and the computational science Address important and relevant technical challenges with innovative new approaches High levels of innovation in computing, math/statistics, etc. AND in domain discipline Does the project demonstrate innovation at the intersection of multiple disciplines? Does it have a clear goal that requires an integrated perspective spanning the disciplines? (versus a partitioned / compartmentalized approach in which each discipline makes separable complementary contributions)

20 Image Credit: Exploratorium. Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC)

21 A Long-term Research and Education Agenda for Smart & Connected Communities Growing an international inter- and multidisciplinary, multisector research and education community

22 S&CC Vision Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC) is a vision in which the effective integration of data sources, networked computing systems, and sensors with people, decisionmaking, and physical infrastructure will enable more livable, workable, and sustainable communities regardless of place or scale broadly and inclusively improving quality of life for all citizens in a diverse and heterogeneous society. The impacts will be far reaching, with potentially transformative applications in areas including transportation, energy, health, environment, education, public safety, emergency response, and others. 9/11/

23 Questions or Comments? Wendy Nilsen Program Director, Smart and Connected Health Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering National Science Foundation Tel:

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