The NeTS Program

1. The NeTS Program Dr. Joseph B. Evans Program Director Computer and Network Systems Computer & Information Science & Engineering National Science Foundation INFOCOM 2005 15 March 2005 Miami, Florida

2. NeTS Programand Other Programs of Interest

3. NeTS Elements • Currently NSF 05-505 – expected $40 million • Three elements (this time) • Networking Broadly Defined • Focus Area 1: Programmable Wireless Networks • Focus Area 2: Networking of Sensor Systems • Includes educational efforts The NeTS Program

4. Broad research areas Information/Applications Systems Software Communication Networks Fundamentals Education and Workforce Development is a required component of every proposal For technical specialists and generalists For the general public Multi-Disciplinary Spanning technical disciplines Exploring relations between technical and social, economic, regulatory, legal domains Trustworthiness is a system property System design may take into account Human behavior Economics Law … as well as technical considerations Includes wireless and sensor network security! Cyber Trust Program The NeTS Program

5. CISE CRI Program • CISE Computing Research Infrastructure (NSF 04-588) replaced • CISE Research Infrastructure • CISE Research Resources • Minority Institutions Infrastructure programs • CRI supports proposals • Small (<$300k) with no cost sharing required • Medium ($300k-$800k) with 20% cost sharing required from PhD granting institutions • Large ($800k-$2M) with 30% cost sharing required from PhD granting institutions • CRI supports infrastructure not normally fundable under other grants • Infrastructure Acquisition for projects in areas that CISE supports (not necessary to have the research currently funded by CISE) • Community Resource Development from $300k-$2M with no cost sharing required to create a resource for an entire CISE research community • Next year's deadlines (but may be moved earlier in the summer) • 25 July 2005 for Letters of Intent for Large proposals • 22 August 2005 for full proposals The NeTS Program

6. NSF MRI Program • Objectives of Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) • Improve the scientific & engineering equipment for research & research training • Improve quality and expand scope of research & research training in science & engineering • Foster the integration of research & education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments • Assists in the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation that is too costly for support through other NSF programs • Maintenance & technical support associated with instruments also supported • Proposals may be for a single instrument, a large system of instruments, or multiple instruments that share a common research focus • Computer systems, clusters of advanced workstations, networks, and other information infrastructure components necessary for research are encouraged • Awards for instrumentation range from $100,000 to $2 million • Prior program offering information • FY 2004 program size was about $75 million and deadline was 22 January 2004 • Funding rate for the FY 2003 MRI competition was approximately 40% • FY 2006 MRI competition has not yet been announced The NeTS Program

7. Status of Programs

8. NeTS Outcomes – FY 2004 • FY04 submissions to NeTS # of proposals # of projects Broad Area 228 194 ProWiN 77 62 NOSS 161 126 • Approximately 35% of the Broad Area proposals were on wireless topics • Overall, approximately 18.5% of the proposals were successful The NeTS Program

9. NeTS Outcomes – FY 2005 • FY05 submissions to NeTS # of proposals # of projects Broad Area 292 231 ProWiN 63 51 NOSS 172 130 • Approximately 40% of Broad Area projects submitted are on wireless networking topics The NeTS Program

10. Cyber Trust Outcomes – FY 2004 Co-funding from DARPA ~$5M CAREERs add ~$2M The NeTS Program

11. Upcoming Solicitations • NeTS – 14 December 2005 • Computer Systems – 11 November 2005 • Cyber Trust – 6 February 2006 • Computing Research Infrastructure – 22 August 2005 • Workforce / Broadening Participation – 14 June 2005 • NSF Major Research Infrastructure – 26 January 2006 The NeTS Program

12. What You Can Do To Help

13. High Impact From Our Research • High impact means more than just good papers — it changes practice for the better! • It is OK to fund high risk, high reward projects even if some do not succeed • It is NOT OK only to fund flawless projects that would “predictably” lead to incremental results The NeTS Program

14. Help from the Community • Send your best ideas to NSF • Consistent with focus & goals of the program • We want high risk / high reward proposals • Suggest and encourage good panelists who can do justice to the proposals and our focus • Volunteer to be a reviewer and panelist The NeTS Program

15. Contacts & Further Information www.cise.nsf.gov Darleen Fisher (dlfisher@nsf.gov) Networking Broadly Defined Programmable Wireless Networks Networking of Sensor Systems www.cise.nsf.gov/noss/ Guru Parulkar (gparulka@nsf.gov) www.cise.nsf.gov/prowin/ Joseph Evans (jbevans@nsf.gov) The NeTS Program

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