An Overview the Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Division Samir El-Ghazaly Division Director, ECCS Engineering Directorate National Science Foundation Arlington, VA
ECCS Mission Address fundamental research issues at the nano, micro, and macro scales underlying device and component technologies for energy and power, controls, networks, communications, computation and sensing applications Support research on systems and networks for advanced engineering applications Support education of a diverse workforce in electrical and computer engineering to meet the technological challenges of a 21st century global economy 2
Electrical, Communications, and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Samir El-Ghazaly Division Director Program Support Manager Cynthia Greene Dominique Dagenais Deputy Division Director (Acting) Senior Engineering Advisor Lawrence Goldberg Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetic Devices (EPMD) Communications, Circuits, and Sensing Systems (CCSS) Energy, Power, Control and Networks (EPCN) Usha Varshney Dimitris Pavlidis Nadia El Masry Optics and Photonics Group 1 Mahmoud Fallahi Dominique Dagenais John Zavada George Haddad Mona Zaghloul Hao Ling Chengshan Xiao Kishan Baheti Eyad Abed Ali Reza Khaligh 1. New in FY14 3
Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetic Devices (EPMD) Program (D. Dagenais, N. El-Masry, M. Fallahi, D. Pavlidis, U. Varshney, John Zavada) Enable discovery and innovation advancing the frontiers of nanoelectronics, spin electronics, molecular and organic electronics, bioelectronics, biomagnetics, non-silicon electronics, and flexible electronics. Improve the fundamental understanding of devices and components. Emphasizes emerging areas of diagnostic, wearable and implantable devices, and supports manipulation and real-time measurement. Support cooperative efforts with the semiconductor industry on new nanoelectronics concepts beyond the scaling limits of silicon technology. 4
Energy, Power, Control and Networks (EPCN) Program (Kishan Baheti, Eyad Abed, Alireza Khaligh) Emphasizes electric power systems. Invests in systems and control methods for analysis and design of cyber-physical systems. Invests in adaptive dynamic programing, brain-like networked architectures performing real-time learning, and neuromorphic engineering. Supports innovative proposals dealing with systems research in such areas as energy, transportation, and nanotechnology. 5
Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems (CCSS) Program (George Haddad, Mona Zaghloul, Hao Ling, Chengshan Xiao) Supports systems research in hardware, signal processing techniques, and architectures. Supports innovative research in micro- and nano- electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), communications and sensing systems, and cyber-physical systems. Supports the design, development, and implementation of new complex and hybrid systems at all scales, including nano and macro, that lead to innovative engineering principles and solutions. 6
Funding Opportunities Core Programs Initiatives Collaborative/Interdisciplinary Areas Crosscutting and NSF-wide Programs ECCS Unsolicited Proposals Submission Window October 1 November 1 annually Award Size for Unsolicited Typically $360K for three years Funding Rates 15-17% Reviewers from university, industry and government 7
Examples of Other Programs Core Programs Early Faculty Career Development Grants /Presidential Early Career Awards (CAREER/PECASE) EAGER Workshops Supplements Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) GOALI Equipment International Cross-cutting Programs Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) 8
ENG R&RA Budget ($M) FY 2014 Actual FY 2015 Current Plan FY 2016 Request Change over FY 2015 Current Plan Amount Percent CBET $167.76 $177.82 $192.26 $14.44 8.1% CMMI 195.23 209.52 222.73 13.21 6.3% ECCS 100.37 110.43 119.24 8.81 8.0% EEC 119.50 117.49 110.39-7.10-6.0% IIP 205.99 226.98 248.11 21.13 9.3% SBIR/STTR 159.99 177.1 1 194.3 6 17.25 9.7% EFMA 44.27 50.07 56.49 6.42 12.8% ENG TOTAL $833.12 $892.31 $949.22 $56.91 6.4% 9
EARS Research Themes Interdisciplinary solutions to spectrum efficiency and access dynamic spectrum access, frequency re-use, interference mitigation, millimeter-wave & terahertz devices/circuits/systems Reconfigurable wireless platforms cognitive radio, software-defined radio, novel hardware/software co-design, adaptive antennas, green technologies Security of wireless signals and systems against malicious attacks Coexistence with legacy systems: interoperability and compatibility Special-purpose wireless systems, accommodated within new spectrum-use models medical devices, surveillance, remote sensing, and passive systems such as radio telescopes Novel network radio architectures facilitating cross-layer optimization Wireless system test, measurement, and validation New measurement-based spectrum management techniques Economic models for spectrum resource sharing 10
NSF Funding Opportunities in Wireless Directorate for Engineering (ENG) ECCS Division: CCSS Cluster IIP Division: SBIR/STTR and I/UCRC Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) CNS Division: Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) CCF Division: Communication & Information Foundations (CIF) Foundation wide EARS Enhanced Access to the Radio Spectrum (EARS) Explosive growth in wireless communications Cell phones, Wi-Fi, GPS, radar, television, radio, Broadband a critical part of national economy and society Spectrum - exceedingly scarce resource Many estimates on the need for additional spectrum needed EARS emphasizes interdisciplinary research, recognizing the interplay among technology, public policy, economics, and social sciences in modern spectrum management SAVI EAGER Funding amounts: FY12 - $11.4M, FY13 - $23.5M, FY14 - $24.5M, FY15 ~ $15M INSPIRE 11
ECCS Data & Computation Funding Topics High Efficiency, Low Power Computation & Devices Wireless Networks & Mobile Devices Optical/Photonic Devices and Imaging Machine Learning Signal Processing Stochastic Optimization Computational Algorithms Smart Grid Energy Harvesting & Conversion Solar Cells 12
ECCS Emerging Areas & Possible Future Directions Smart Cities (Urban Science) Low-Power Computing Big Data Internet of Things Sensors and Large Sensor Networks Optics & Photonics Brain Imaging (Advanced Non-Invasive Medical Imaging) Paper & Silk Electronics Terahertz Technologies Web based Systems Control Social Networks Low cost, high efficiency solar cells Valleytronics Wireless Energy Transfer Exotic, Autonomous & Faint Photonics Remote Sensing & Stimulation of Brain Functions Man-Machine Interfaces Driverless Vehicles Flexible, conformable 2D electronics Extreme bandgap devices Remote Access Testbed Cybersecurity of Control Systems Physical Layer Security for Wireless Communications Green & Reconfigurable Electronics 13
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