Re: [Infovis] National Academies Final Report on Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure
Relevant for computational network science, computational SciSIP, computational social science, and many other computational X. k From: NSF/CISE Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) Announcements [mailto:ACI-ANNOUNCE@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV] On Behalf Of Kurose, James Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 10:05 AM To: ACI-ANNOUNCE@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV Subject: National Academies Final Report on Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure Dear Computing and Information Science and Engineering Community, It is our great pleasure to inform you that the final report from the National Academies on Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure to Support U.S. Science and Engineering in 2017-2020 is now available for download at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/21886. This study was commissioned by CISE’s Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) in 2013 to examine priorities and trade-offs for advanced computing in support of NSF-supported science and engineering research. An interim report was published in Fall 2014 identifying key issues and catalyzing input from the community. The final report, which was issued in late April, considered contributions from multiple stakeholders, including more than 60 submitted comments from individuals, research groups, and organizations. The recommendations within the report aim to: (1) position the United States for continued leadership in science and engineering; (2) ensure that computing resources meet community needs; (3) aid the scientific community in keeping up with the revolution in computing, and (4) sustain the infrastructure for advanced computing. We are enthusiastic about the study’s helpful observations and recommendations. The timing of the report is excellent, syncing with planning for NSF’s future research cyberinfrastructure (CI) investments. It also nicely complements the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI)<https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/29/executive-order-creating-national-strategic-computing-initiative> that was announced last summer and some of our internal planning with respect to data infrastructure as the NSF-wide Cyberinfrastructure for 21st-Century Science, Engineering, and Education (CIF21) effort transitions. Please join us in thanking the study committee for all their work, especially the study co-chairs, Bill Gropp and Robert Harrison. We also want to thank the community for thoughtful input and review. We invite you to a webcast<https://nsfevents.webex.com/mw0401lsp13/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=nsfevents&service=6&rnd=0.5327665224517519&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnsfevents.webex.com%2Fec0701lsp13%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D3428265585%26%26EMK%3D4832534b00000002529d7614e1fc1cd81ff229c6df23ac503aa000e6a97e745dc2ca85d1eba4a4cb%26%26encryptTicket%3DSDJTSwAAAAJRdVtbEAlEGV0jGH0nVLGeoAfV0PTPMYCuACO191DFng2%26%26siteurl%3Dnsfevents> on this new report with Bill and Robert during the next meeting of the Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure (ACCI)<https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=138596&org=null> on Monday, May 23rd at 10:45 AM ET. Sincerely, Irene and Jim Irene Qualters, Division Director, Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Jim Kurose, Assistant Director of NSF for CISE ########################################################################
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Dear all, please consider joining us for the forthcoming Sackler Colloquium sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, entitled Modelling and Visualizing Science and Technology Developments. The colloquium will be held at the National Academy of Sciences Beckman Center in Irvine, CA on December 4-5, 2017. NAS funded Sackler Colloquia address topics at the forefront of science that are of broad intellectual interest. These Colloquia are typically designed to cut across traditional scientific disciplines (http://www.nasonline.org/programs/sackler-colloquia/about-the-sackler-colloq...). They provide unique opportunities for leading researchers in rapidly developing fields to meet and interact with one another, and to thus chart the future of interdisciplinary fields. This colloquium brings together researchers and practitioners from multiple disciplines to present, discuss, and advance computational models and visualizations of science and technology (S&T). Existing computational models are being applied by academia, government, and industry to explore questions such as: What jobs will exist in ten years and what career paths lead to success? Which types of institutions will likely be most innovative in the future? How will the higher education cost bubble burst affect these institutions? What funding strategies have the highest return on investment? How will changing demographics, alternative economic growth trajectories, and relationships among nations impact answers to these and other questions? Large‐scale datasets (e.g., publications, patents, funding, clinical trials, stock market, social media data) can now be utilized to simulate the structure and evolution of S&T. Advances in computational power have created the possibility of implementing scalable, empirically validated computational models. However, because the databases are massive and multidimensional, both the data and the models tend to exceed human comprehension. How can advances in data visualizations be effectively employed to communicate the data, the models, and the model results to diverse stakeholder groups? Who will be the users of next generation models and visualizations and what decisions will they be addressing. Details are at http://www.cvent.com/events/modeling-and-visualizing-science-and-technology-... We welcome poster and flash-talk submissions. Sunny regards, k -- Katy Borner Victor H. Yngve Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Information Science Director, CI for Network Science Center, http://cns.iu.edu Curator, Mapping Science exhibit, http://scimaps.org ISE and ILS, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Wells Library 021, 1320 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA Phone: (812) 855-3256 Fax: -6166
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