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May 28, 2009 Great Plains Network, Kansas City, MO 1
Cyber Advancing Research … Research
Advancing Cyber
Scott F. Midkiff: smidkiff@nsf.gov
: 703-292-8339
National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering
Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems Division
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Cyber Systems
“Cyber” implies the integration of…Computation,Communication, andAlgorithms and control
Cyber is…More than just high-performance or
embedded computingMore than just networkingMore than just software
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Cyber Systems Research• High-Performance Computing• Grid Computing• Visualization• Virtual Organizations, …
• Next-generation Computing and Communication• Cyber-Physical Systems• Integrated Systems …
Science andEngineering
Research
CyberSystems
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NSF Support for Cyber Systems(from an ECCS Perspective)
Cyberinfrastructure (CI)
Enabling FutureCyber Systems
• Utilizing state-of-the art computing systems
• Systems coupled with middleware and innovative algorithms
• Virtual organizations
• Integration of cyber systems and physical systems and the physical environment
• Foundations; Methods and tools; Components, substrates and systems
• Closing the gap between advances in devices and components and their application in systems
• Core program support for modeling and simulation
• Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)
• Accelerating Discovery in Science and Engineering through Petascale Simulations and Analysis (PetaApps)
• Cyberinfrastructure Experiences for Graduate Students (CIEG)
• Engineering Virtual Organizations (EVO)
• Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
• Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems (IHCS) core program
• Power, Control and Adaptive Networks (PCAN) core program
• Multicore Chip Design and Architecture: (MCDA)
• Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems (IHCS) core program
• Power, Control and Adaptive Networks (PCAN) core programs
• Electronics, Photonics, and Device Technologies
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Unsolicited Proposals for ECCS
ECCS core programs use program descriptions Unsolicited proposals Description of scope and example topics, but seeking the best
ideas from the research community Compared to a solicitation which can be much more specific in
scope and requirements
Two windows for submission of unsolicited proposals each year September 7-October 7 January 7-February 7
http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=ECCS
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Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (NSF 08-604)
Five-year initiative (FY 2010 will be the third year) FY 2008: $53.18M (actual) FY 2009: $70.94M FY09, $6.37M ARRA (current plan) FY 2010: $102.63M (requested)
All NSF directorates and programmatic offices are involved
Goal is … to create revolutionary science and engineering research
outcomes … made possible by innovation in, or innovative use of
computational thinking … with an emphasis on bold, multidisciplinary activities
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Three CDI Themes From Data to Knowledge – enhancing human
cognition and generating new knowledge from a wealth of heterogeneous digital data;
Understanding Complexity in Natural, Built, and Social Systems – deriving fundamental insights on systems comprising multiple interacting elements; and
Building Virtual Organizations – enhancing discovery and innovation by bringing people and resources together across institutional, geographical and cultural boundaries
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Types of CDI Projects
CDI defines research modalitiesProject size not measured by dollar amountProjects classified by magnitude of effort
Three types are defined Type I (~2 PI, 2 GRA)Type II (~3 PI, 3 GRA, 1 post-doc)Type III (center scale)
Type III (center-scale effort) not supported in FY 2008 and FY 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/cdi/
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What are Cyber-Physical Systems?
Cyber – computation, communication, and control that are discrete, logical, and switched
Physical – natural and human-made systems governed by the laws of physics and operating in continuous time
Cyber-Physical Systems – systems in which the cyber and physical systems are tightly integrated at all scales and levels Change from cyber merely appliquéd on physical Change from physical with off-the-shelf commodity “computing
as parts” mindset Change from ad hoc to grounded, assured development
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A Few Example Opportunities
Transportation Faster and more energy efficient aircraft Improved use of airspace Safer, more efficient cars
Energy and Industrial Automation
Homes and offices that are more energy efficient and cheaper to operate
Distributed micro-generation for the grid
Healthcare and Biomedical
Increased use of effective in-home care More capable devices for diagnosis New internal and external prosthetics
Critical Infrastructure
More reliable and efficient power grid Highways that allow denser traffic with
increased safety
Cyber-Physical Systems Executive Summary, CPS Steering Group, March 6, 2008 (available at http://varma.ece.cmu.edu/summit/)
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CPS – A National Research Priority
Eight priority areas, with four designated as having the highest priority Network and Information Technology (NIT)
Systems Connected with the Physical World Software Digital Data Networking
NIT systems connected with the physical world (cyber-physical systems) Essential to the effective operation of U.S.
defense and intelligence systems and critical infrastructures
At the core of human-scale structures and large-scale civilian applications
President’s Council of Advisor’s on Science and Technology (PCAST), Computational Science: America's Competitiveness Leadership Under Challenge: Information Technology R&D in a Competitive World, August 2007.
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NSF Model for Expediting Progress*
A new underlying discipline
Abstracting from sectors to more general principles
Apply these to problems in new sectors
Build a new CPS community
FundamentalResearch
auto
finance
civil
aeromedical
materials
energy
transportation
Sectors
chemical
* Jeannette M. WingAssistant Director, CISE, NSF
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CPS Solicitation (NSF 08-611)
Joint initiative of Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Three themes Three types of proposals Proposal deadline is February 27, 2009
Contacts:Helen Gill (CISE/CNS), hgill@nsf.gov
Scott Midkiff (ENG/ECCS), smidkiff@nsf.gov
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503286
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Type of CPS Projects Small Projects – individual or small-team efforts that
focus on one or more of the three defined CPS themes (up to $200,000/year for up to three years)
Medium Projects – span one or more CPS themes and may include one or more PIs and a research team of students and/or post-docs (up to $500,000/year for up to three years)
Large Projects – multi-investigator projects addressing a coherent set of research issues that cut across multiple themes or that explore a particular theme in great depth (up to $1,000,000/year for up to five years)
Possible CPS-Virtual Organization
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Three CPS Themes Foundations – develop new scientific and
engineering principles, algorithms, models, and theories for the analysis and design of cyber-physical systems
Research on Methods and Tools – bridge the gaps between approaches to the cyber and physical elements of systems through innovations such as novel support for multiple views, new programming languages, and algorithms for reasoning about and formally verifying properties of complex integrations of cyber and physical resources
Components, Run-time Substrates, and Systems – new hardware and software infrastructure and platforms and engineered systems motivated by grand challenge applications
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Where to go from here… Read solicitations Talk to program directors about program scope,
project scale, etc. Collaborate … within a department … across campus
… across the country … across the world Develop proposals around your very best ideas Be fully responsive to NSF review criteria – intellectual
merit and broader impact – as well as additional criteria that may exist
Volunteer as a panelist
http://www.nsf.gov/
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