We live in a new world. A world where information can spread fast and without any regard to accuracy. Our challenge as individual citizens is to somehow identify the disinformation from the actual information. Kate Starbird and her team from the University of Washington spend time studying this problem and the impact disinformation can have on society. Starbird recently gave a keynote address at the National Science Foundation 2019 Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Principal Investigator’s Meeting (SaTC PI meeting ’19) in Alexandria, VA on “Bots and Trolls” — Understanding Disinformation as Collaborative Work. As Starbird said in her talk: Disinformation is not simply false information or just about “bots” or […]

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) new solicitation, titled National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes: Accelerating Research, Transforming Society, and Growing the American Workforce, has a program webinar on November 7th, 2019 at 3:30-4:30 PM ET. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has advanced tremendously and today promises personalized healthcare; enhanced national security; improved transportation; and more effective education, to name just a few benefits. Increased computing power, the availability of large datasets and streaming data, and algorithmic advances in machine learning (ML) have made it possible for AI development to create new sectors of the economy and revitalize industries. Continued advancement, enabled by sustained federal investment and channeled toward issues of national importance, holds the […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate has some upcoming solicitation deadlines. Check them out! CCF Core Solicitation The CCF Core Solicitation (NSF 19-589) deadlines are approaching: Smalls October 31, 2019 – November 14, 2019 Formal Methods in the Field The FMitF Solicitation (NSF 19-613) has just been posted. This is a summary of the changes. Embedded Systems has replaced Hybrid/Dynamical Systems as a field area. The deadline for proposal submission is Jan 22nd, 2019. New SaTC Solicitation Released The Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program (NSF 19-603) will continue the no deadlines pilot for Small and Medium proposal in fiscal year 2020. SaTC will accept Small- and Medium-sized proposals under NSF 19-603 starting Oct 1st, 2019 till […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Transportation (DoT), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) just announced a new solicitation, titled National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes: Accelerating Research, Transforming Society, and Growing the American Workforce, with the goal to “significantly advance research in AI and accelerate the development of transformational, AI-powered innovation by allowing researchers to focus on larger-scale, longer-term research.” The National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program anticipates approximately $120 million in grants next year to fund eight planning grants and up to six research institutes in order to advance AI […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is delighted National Science Foundation (NSF) Director France Córdova has selected Margaret Martonosi as the next head of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate at NSF! Martonosi will assume the role of Assistant Director (AD), CISE on February 1, 2020.  “On behalf of myself, the CCC, and the computing research community, we are thrilled with the selection of Margaret Martonosi as CISE AD,” said Mark D. Hill, CCC Chair. “I have known Margaret for three decades and admired her creative work ranging from hardware power efficiency to a deep, formal understanding of memory consistency models. For the CCC, I am particularly impressed […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has a number of upcoming funding opportunities. Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering  (CDS&E) (PD 12-8084) Full Proposal Window: September 30, 2019 Advanced computational infrastructure and the ability to perform large-scale simulations and accumulate massive amounts of data have revolutionized scientific and engineering disciplines. The goal of the CDS&E program is to identify and capitalize on opportunities for major scientific and engineering breakthroughs through new computational and data analysis approaches. See more at this website here. Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs (NSF 19-589) Full Proposal Window: September 30, 2019 The NSF CISE Directorate supports research and education projects that develop new […]