Department of Computer Science
COLLOQUIUM
Thursday, October 14, 2004
4:15pm
B17 Upson Hall
Greg Andrews
NSF/University of Arizona
What's New in CISE: Status Report and Strategic Directions
Gregory R. Andrews
Division Director, Computer and Network Systems Computer and Information Science
and Engineering (CISE) National Science Foundation (NSF)
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.
Bio Sketch:
Gregory R. Andrews joined the National Science Foundation's
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) in
January 2003 as Division Director for Experimental and Integrative Activities (EIA).
In November 2003, he was appointed Division Director for the directorate's new
Computer and Network Systems (CNS) division. Dr. Andrews currently is an IPA
from The University of Arizona where he has been since 1979. He served as chair
of the university's Computer Science Department from 1986-1993 and was the
recipient of a distinguished teaching award in 1986 as well as a career
distinguished teaching award in 2002. From 1974-1979 he was an Assistant
Professor at Cornell University.
Dr. Andrews received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the
University of Washington in 1974 and earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Stanford
University in 1969. His research interests include all aspects of parallel and
distributed programming: languages, applications, 'systems' issues, and
performance. He is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and
was heavily involved in the Computing Research Association (CRA) where he served
on the Board of Directors. Prior to his role as a CISE Division Director, Dr.
Andrews served on two NSF advisory committees from 1988-1992.