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A Message from CISE Leadership
I would like to start my newsletter by welcoming Ellen Zegura, Ph.D., as Division Director for CISE’s Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS). Ellen comes to us as an IPA rotator from the Georgia Institute of Technology where she is the Fleming Chair and Professor in the School of Computer Science, with research and teaching emphases in computer networking and computing for development. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery, and she served on the Computing Research Association Board for ten years— including two years as Board Chair. She served on the NSF CISE Advisory Committee from 2005 to 2009.
As we warmly welcome Ellen to the CISE family, we would like to thank Behrooz Shirazi, Ph.D., for serving as Acting Division Director for CNS and Ann Von Lehmen, Ph.D, for serving as Acting Deputy Division Director. We are truly grateful for their service.
Next, I want to call your attention to the Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase II (PIPP Phase II Centers Program) solicitation. The PIPP Phase II Centers Program expands upon the Phase I Development Grant Program, and seeks to establish a network of centers that will support interdisciplinary team-based approaches to accelerate research and development activities that can help us forecast, prepare and respond efficiently to future infectious diseases and pandemics. Letters of intent are due August 25, 2023.
We look forward to receiving your proposals.
I hope you enjoy this month’s newsletter and please continue to share it within your networks.
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Margaret Martonosi
NSF Assistant Director for CISE
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Funding Opportunities and Deadlines
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National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes.
Supports the development of new AI Institutes that focus on one of the following themes: astronomical sciences, materials research and new methods for strengthening AI.
Preliminary proposal deadlines:
October 31, 2023, and January 12, 2024.
Full proposal deadlines:
February 16, 2024 (Group 1 themes) and May 17, 2024 (Group 2 themes).
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News & Announcements
This RFI seeks public input on areas of long-term focus and prioritization on open-source software security.
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Impactful NSF program will help build capacity and broaden participation in quantum information science and engineering.
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Researchers at Texas A&M received an NSF grant to research cybersecurity challenges in digital manufacturing.
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NSF is seeking nominations for exceptional candidates for the Alan T. Waterman Award.
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NSF-supported scientists at the University of Washington have developed the first underwater 3D-positioning app for smart devices.
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Stampede3, a powerful new supercomputer funded by the NSF at The University of Texas at Austin will enable groundbreaking open science research projects in the U.S.
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Get more CISE News
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Events
AI Institutes Webinar
Join NSF staff to learn more about the new National AI Research Institutes solicitation.
September 5, 2023. 1:30 pm (ET).
GRANTED Office Hours
Join NSF staff to learn more about the new Growing Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity (GRANTED) Initiative.
September 6, 2023. 3-4 pm (ET).
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Peter Romine, Ph.D., is an associate professor and head of the Electrical Engineering program at Navajo Technical University, a Tribal College/University of the Navajo Nation in Crownpoint, New Mexico. In his tenth year of service on the Navajo Nation, Romine is deeply committed to the empowerment of indigenous communities, including students and teachers.
At the forefront of Romine’s research and mentorship journey is his dedication to increasing the STEM curricular offerings at institutions of higher education that serve indigenous students across the U.S. He firmly believes that to improve representation of students from tribal communities in STEM, we need to expand STEM curricular offerings starting at K-12 levels, develop research infrastructure, and mentor teachers who will inspire the next generation of talent.
Backed by various NSF awards, Romine and his colleagues have cemented the first Engineering program at Navajo Tech. His work helped Navajo Tech in becoming the first tribal college ABET accredited to offer the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, and an upcoming Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical Engineering. The M.S. program will be open to tribal colleges around the U.S.
Through an NSF Computer Science for All award, Romine was able to launch Let’s Talk Code, a project that seeks novel approaches to introduce computer science to high school students in the Navajo Nation (NN) tribal region, improve their computation skills, and prepare them to succeed in the Advance Placement (AP) computer science courses. A major goal of this program is to motivate students from these communities to pursue computer science and engineering degrees.
The project also aims to help math, science and art high school teachers from NN high schools incorporate computer science in their existing courses. “Few Tribal Nations high schools offer computer science in their curriculum. With this NSF award we are able to offer trainings for teachers of tribal reservations and provide mentorship and guidance towards one day offering AP Computer Science Principles courses,” Romine said.
Romine is also a co-principal investigator in a CISE MSI Research Expansion award that aims to create an environmental monitoring and digital network system that facilitates the sovereign acquisition and management of data information that contributes to more accurate weather monitoring.
“Tribal Nations, which are often in rural areas, lack robust infrastructure and data that are critical to weather systems. Missing data is a reality because there aren’t many stations that collect weather on tribal lands. With this NSF support, we hope to develop the infrastructure, data management and data sharing policy, and workforce necessary to advance solutions in environmental monitoring.”
Romine holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). He earned his Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering also at the UAH.
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Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
Supports research and education on the interrelated roles of people, computers, and information to advance knowledge of artificial intelligence, data management, assistive technologies, and human-centered computing.
Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC)
Supports the conceptualization, design, implementation, and operation of research cyberinfrastructure to advance and transform research and education in science and engineering.
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