The Global Cities Team Challenge (GCTC) will hold their first group conference call for the Public WiFi SuperCluster. Anyone who is interested in the Public WiFi SuperCluster is welcome to join. When: 2pm US Eastern Time, Thursday, December 1, 2016 Call Number: +1-877-928-0863, Code:1736096 Also, the Transportation SuperCluster is planning a GCTC Transportation SuperCluster Summit on Feb 1-2 in Portland, Oregon. The preliminary agenda and the registration link can be found here. The summary of the SuperCluster sessions at the Kickoff event in Washington DC on October 25-26 can be found here. The entities and solutions listed in these preliminary data sets will serve as the initial building blocks in constructing the […]

National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division plans on releasing a Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) in the near future, called “NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program” (PSIAP FY17), for research and development grants and cooperative agreements. When it is released, the FFO will appear here, as well as on PSCR’s grants page.  Below are some areas that the PSCR Division anticipates offering funding for: Device-to-Device (Off-Network) LTE Voice Communication Current public safety land mobile radios (based on P25 or TETRA) provide both indirect communication through a network of repeaters and “direct mode” communication between mobile units without relaying. While the physical layer technology is reasonably mature, there […]

The Internet of Things: Impacting Scientific Data and Information Flows Agenda Register Here When: Friday, December 9, 2016, 9:00AM-4:45PM EST Where: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., NW, Washington, DC Room 100 Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) has become more than just a buzzword in technology circles. It’s even fair to say the IoT has evolved into a mature concept impacting a broad range of business sectors, especially including government data collection, information services, and scholarly research. The IoT represents significant potential to advance scholarly research and communication, yet what are the implications for government agencies and information services when it comes to the […]

Preparations for the fifth Heidelberg Laureate Forum are in full swing, and applications from young researchers to attend are now being accepted. The Heidelberg Laureate Forum was created by the Klaus Tschira Foundation, the Heidelberg Institute of Theoretical Studies, ACM, the International Mathematical Union, and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters to provide an opportunity for young researchers to spend a week with winners of the Turing Award, Abel Prize, Nevanlinna Prize, and Fields Medal. The fifth Heidelberg Forum will take place September 24-29, 2017 in Heidelberg, Germany. Applications will be accepted until February 14, 2017. You can submit online applications here. Successful candidates will be selected by an international committee of experts […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is pleased to announce a distinguished lecture on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 10:00AM ET by Dr. Lorrie Cranor titled Privacy Notice and Consent for an IoT World.  Lorrie Faith Cranor joined the US Federal Trade Commission as Chief Technologist in January 2016. She is on leave from Carnegie Mellon University where she is a Professor of Computer Science and of Engineering and Public Policy, Director of the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS), and Co-director of the MSIT-Privacy Engineering masters program. She also co-founded Wombat Security Technologies, an information security awareness training company. Cranor has authored […]

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Smart and Autonomous Systems (S&AS) program focuses on Intelligent Physical Systems (IPS) that are cognizant, taskable, reflective, ethical, and knowledge-rich. The full proposal deadline date is December 19, 2016. From the solicitation (NSF 16-608): The S&AS program welcomes research on IPS that are aware of their capabilities and limitations, leading to long-term autonomy requiring minimal or no human operator intervention. Example IPS include, but are not limited to, robotic platforms and networked systems that combine computing, sensing, communication, and actuation. Cognizant IPS exhibit high-level awareness beyond primitive actions, in support of persistent and long-term autonomy. Taskable IPS can interpret high-level, possibly vague, instructions, translating them into concrete actions that […]