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NSF Support for Semantic Web Research

Frank Olken National Science Foundation CISE/IIS Presentation to International Semantic Web Conference Athens, GA Nov. 7, 2006. NSF Support for Semantic Web Research. NSF is routinely funding semantic web research proposals as part of its normal research programs and solicitations.

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NSF Support for Semantic Web Research

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  1. Frank Olken National Science Foundation CISE/IIS Presentation to International Semantic Web Conference Athens, GA Nov. 7, 2006 NSF Support for Semantic Web Research

  2. NSF is routinely funding semantic web research proposals as part of its normal research programs and solicitations. Semantic Web Funding at NSF F. Olken, NSF Funding of Semantic Web

  3. F. Olken, NSF Funding of Semantic Web Semantic Web Proposals Funded by NSF (active awards) • 25 awards= “semantic web” in title/abstract • 92 awards = “semantic” and “web” in title/abstract • 91 awards = “ontology” in title/abstract • 16 awards = “ontology” in title only • 48 awards = “semantic” in title only • 280 awards = “semantic” in title/abstract • Some of these are traditional linguistics or programming language semantics • 28 awards = “knowledge representation” in title/abstract • Total IIS active awards = 1,000

  4. F. Olken, NSF Funding of Semantic Web Funding of Semantic Web Proposals by NSF Divisions • CISE/IIS – DM, KM, IR, science informatics, ecoinformatics, AI, machine learning, ... • CISE/CCF -theory • CISE/CNS – systems • SBE/BCS – e.g., linguistics • BIO/DBI – bioinformatics • OCI – cyberinfrastructure

  5. F. Olken, NSF Funding of Semantic Web Why does NSF care about semantic web technologies? • Formalization of scientific knowledge • Facilitate sharing of scientific data • Facilitate access to scientific data and knowledge • Natural language processing (information extraction, digital libraries, ...) • Support for digital government (semantic rules languages, disaster support, ...) • Support for machine learning • Support for math/science education

  6. F. Olken, NSF Funding of Semantic Web Debates about support of semantic web research • Skepticism about adoption of semantic tagging by the masses • NSF is concerned about scientific / govt uses, not My Space • Skepticism by the database research community • Still somewhat an issue, because semantic proposals often go to to DB panels • Skepticism about scalability of semantic search and inference engines • Open research issue

  7. F. Olken, NSF Funding of Semantic Web Where to apply for NSF funding for semantic web research? • CISE/IIS Division • III (Information Integration and Informatics) • Funds data management, information retrieval, knowledge management, digital libraries, digital government • RI (Robust Intelligence) • Funds machine learning, artificial intelligence, speech, vision, ... • CISE CNS Division (systems) • CISE CCF Division (theory)

  8. F. Olken, NSF Funding of Semantic Web Where to apply for NSF funding for semantic web research? • Biology, Geosciences, ... directorates • Fund domain specific ontologies for their specific research areas • May fund software tools for particular research areas – e.g., bioinformatics sequence annotation, ...

  9. F. Olken, NSF Funding of Semantic Web Where to apply for NSF funding of semantic web development? • CISE/CRI • Funds infrastructure for computer science research • OCI (Office of CyberInfrastructure) • Funds software development for tools of use to broad scientific communities (biology, etc.) • Anticipates funding data exchange standards and domain specific ontologies • Note: CRI and OCI support infrastructure, not direct research support !

  10. F. Olken, NSF Funding of Semantic Web Proposal Deadlines for 06-572 • NSF 06-572 Program Solicitation • Deadline for small (<$450K) proposals is Dec. 6, 2006 • Deadlines for large ($900K-$1.8M) and medium ($450K-$900K) proposals have past • Only one solicitation for IIS division this year • Future solicitations expected annually with similar deadlines.

  11. F. Olken, NSF Funding of Semantic Web Contact Information for NSF CISE / IIS / III • Frank Olken, folken@nsf.gov • data semantics, data/ontology integration, workflow, eng./sci. informatics, metadata registries, ... • Maria Zemankova, mzemanko@nsf.gov • Knowledge management, information retrieval, workflow, vizualization, ... • Sylvia Spengler, sspengle@nsf.gov, III Cluster Leader • Ontologies, bioinformatics, ... • Steve Griffin, sgriffin@nsf.gov • Digital libraries • Larry Brandt, lbrandt@nsf.gov • Digital government • Le Gruenwald, lgruenwa@nsf.gov • Data management, security and privacy, ...

  12. F. Olken, NSF Funding of Semantic Web Contact InformationNSF/CISE/IIS • Tanya Korelsky, tkorelsky@nsf.gov • Natural Language Processing • Edwina Rissland, erissland@nsf.gov • Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Representation

  13. F. Olken, NSF Funding of Semantic Web Contact InformationNSF Office of Cyberinfrastructure • Chris Greer, cgreer@nsf.gov • Data Management cyberinfrastructure, bioinformatics, data collections • Kevin Thompson, kthompso@nsf.gov • Software / middleware cyberinfrastructure • To be hired, • Additional staff in data collections, knowledge management

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