Mar

27

Wondering whether DARPA has changed?

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If there is any doubt in your mind (or even if there is not!), read the testimony delivered by Regina Dugan to the House Armed Services Committee on March 23.  It’s here.  Mind-blowing!

Mar

25

OSTP proposes initiative for student-led innovations in broadband apps

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The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy seeks comments on a proposed initiative for student-led innovations in broadband applications.

In doing so, OSTP leads with CCC’s “Landmark Contributions by Students in Computer Science“:

“Students have contributed some of the most important advances in information and communications technologies—including data compression, interactive computer graphics, Ethernet, Berkeley Unix, the spreadsheet, public key cryptography, speech recognition, Mosaic, and Google.  Today, with the right kind of support, students can play the role of innovators again — by leading the way in the development of broadband applications. In the same way that Mosaic and Google drove demand for today’s Internet, new applications could drive demand for a gigabit/second Internet and 4G wireless.”

Read the proposed OSTP initiative and send comments to broadband@ostp.gov.

Mar

19

NSF Searching for Assistant Director for CISE

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The National Science Foundation is commencing a national search for the NSF’s Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and seeks your assistance in the identification of candidates.

The Assistant Director for CISE leads a directorate comprised of three divisions: Computing and Communication Foundations; Computer and Network Systems; and Information and Intelligent Systems.  The CISE directorate is also a major contributor to NSF’s cyberinfrastructure investments through the Office of Cyberinfrastructure.

The search committee will be headed by Dr. Susan Graham, Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley.  The qualifications for the Assistant Director include: outstanding leadership; a deep sense of scholarship; a grasp of the issues facing the computer and information sciences in the areas of education and research; and the ability to serve effectively as a key member of the NSF management team.  The NSF is especially interested in identifying women, members of minority groups, and persons with disabilities for consideration. Recommendations of individuals from any sector – academic, industry, or government – are welcome.

Please send your recommendations by April 30, 2010, including any supporting information that you can provide, to the AD/CISE Search Committee via e-mail (cisesrch@lists.nsf.gov) or at the following address: National Science Foundation, Office of the Director, Suite 1205, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.

This announcement, with additional related documents about the search, are available here.

(This announcement is a slightly edited version of a solicitation letter from Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director of NSF)

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