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Computer Science @ Rochester
Friday, October 15, 2004
11:00 AM
CSB 209
Gregory R. Andrews
Nat'l. Science Foundation
What's New in CISE: Status Report and Strategic Directions
This is a pivotal and exciting time for computing research and computing researchers. Our underlying technologies have exploded over the past decade, and our field has become critical to scientific progress, economic development, national security, indeed for many aspects of our daily lives.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the premier supporter of fundamental science and engineering research and education in the United States. The CISE Directorate is responsible for funding well over half of the basic computing research in the country. CISE is also responsible for developing and provisioning advanced, shared cyberinfrastructure for the benefit of research in all areas of science and engineering.

The first part of this talk will give a brief history of the NSF and the CISE directorate. The second part will give a status report on the new CISE organization, including our objectives, programs, outcomes from 2004, and plans for 2005. The final part will discuss three longer-range challenges and objectives: designing trustworthy systems, building a shared cyberinfrastructure, and broadening participation in computing.