The following is a letter to the community from Erwin Gianchandani, Acting Assistant Director, of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE).   August 9, 2018 Dear Colleagues: The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is notifying members of the research community about the addition of a core program, called Foundations of Emerging Technologies (FET), within its Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF). FET aims to enable radical innovations across all areas traditionally supported by CCF, through research in emerging computing and communication paradigms at the intersection of computing and biological systems, nanoscale science and engineering, quantum information science, and other nascent, yet […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) will hold a workshop from January 3rd to 5th, 2019 in Hawaii to create a vision for thermodynamic computing, a statement of research needs, and a summary of the current state of understanding of this new area. Workshop attendance will be by invitation only and travel expenses will be available for select participants. We seek short white papers to help create the agenda for the workshop and select attendees. Thermodynamics has a long history in the engineering of computing systems due to its role in power consumption, scaling, and device performance [1],[2]. In a different context, thermodynamically motivated algorithmic techniques are prevalent and highly successful […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) needs YOU to help create the Big Ideas of the future! The NSF 2026 Idea Machine is a competition to help set the U.S. agenda for fundamental research in science and engineering. Participants can earn prizes and receive public recognition by suggesting the pressing research questions that need to be answered in the coming decade, the next set of “Big Ideas” for future investment by the NSF. It’s an opportunity for researchers, the public and other interested stakeholders to contribute to NSF’s mission to support basic research and enable new discoveries that drive the U.S. economy, enhance national security and advance knowledge to sustain the […]

Check out the following updates from the Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) GCTC-SC3 Cybersecurity and Privacy Meeting Part 1 on Oct 3, 2018, in San Jose, California GCTC-SC3 Cybersecurity and Privacy Advisory Committee (AC) will have an in-person meeting co-located with the Smart City Security Symposium on Oct 3, 2018, in San Jose, California. As it’s imperative for SC3 to build cybersecurity and privacy, this Part 1 event marks an important milestone to support all SuperClusters and ActionClusters in their quest for robust security and privacy. Leaders will: identify challenges and best practices by embedding AC champions in each SuperCluster (AC has identified champions to embed in each SuperCluster and will email soon) socialize and […]

The National Science Foundation‘s Division of Materials Research (DMR), the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS), the Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS), and the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) seek to rapidly accelerate quantum materials design, synthesis, characterization, and translation of fundamental materials engineering and information research for quantum devices, systems, and networks. The new program of Enabling Quantum Leap: Convergent Accelerated Discovery Foundries for Quantum Materials Science, Engineering, and Information (Q-AMASE-i) aims to support these goals by establishing Foundries with mid-scale infrastructure for rapid prototyping and development of quantum materials and devices. The new materials, devices, tools and methods developed by Q-AMASE-i will be shared with the science […]

The following is a letter from Dr. Valarie Browning, the Office Director in the Defense Science Office (DSO) at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). See the full summer 2018 newsletter here. Earlier this year, on February 7, 2018, DARPA quietly celebrated 60 years of innovation in support of national security. The Defense Sciences Office (DSO), the oldest of the current DARPA Tech Offices, has been identifying and creating scientific discovery to fuel innovation throughout the Agency for much of DARPA’s history. With the upcoming formal DARPA 60th Anniversary Symposium just around the corner, it’s a good time to reflect on where DSO has been and where we are going. […]