Last month, Google announced the recipients of its Summer 2013 Research Awards, and two former Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows) were among the winners: Mohit Tiwari and Katrina Ligget. These awards are made to researchers in computer science which cover tuition for graduate students and provide the opportunity to work with Google scientists and engineers. Ligget was a 2009-2010 CIFellow at Cornell University.  She is now an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the California Institute of Technology.  Her research award is for work on understanding how to price private information, and on the mechanisms for eliciting such information.  This work is an outgrowth of the privacy and game […]

The goal of the Smart and Connected Health (SCH) Program, which is a joint funding announcement between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is to accelerate the development and use of innovative approaches that would support the much needed transformation of health from reactive and hospital-centered to preventive, proactive, evidence-based, person-centered and focused on well-being rather than disease. SCH is now in its second year. Initial grants have been funded by both NSF and NIH. Successful applications are those that address important health problems while advancing fundamental science. They also include multidisciplinary teams with appropriate expertise to address both the health and fundamental science […]

Every year, AAAS administers the Science & Technology Policy Fellowship program, which brings over 200 scientists and engineers to DC each year to work for the federal government. The goal of the Fellowship is to educate scientists on how the government works and to explore the intersection where policy and science meet. AAAS has recently launched a Big Data & Analytics track in the Fellowship program to focus on the analytical skills necessary for using big data to tackle the most pressing policy issues of the day such as infrastructure, security, and health care. They would love to see more representation from the computer science community! Applicants must have a doctorate in a scientific, medical, or […]

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) today announced two new Expeditions in Computing awards, providing each selected project team $10 million in funding over five years, representing the single largest investments made by the directorate in basic computing research. Established in 2008, Expeditions awards provide, “the CISE research and education community with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, fundamental research agendas that promise to define the future of computing and information.” Farnam Jahanian, assistant director for CISE shares, “The Expeditions in Computing program catalyzes large-scale, far-reaching and potentially transformative research motivated by deep scientific questions.  These two new awards aim to apply our understanding of natural, biological capabilities to the […]

The following is a special contribution to this blog by Keith Marzullo, division director for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS). Last week, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) announced a new effort – Mid-Scale Infrastructure (NSFCloud) – under its CISE Research Infrastructure (CRI) program, seeking to support research infrastructure that enables the academic research community to develop and experiment with novel cloud architectures addressing emerging challenges, including real-time and high-confidence systems. This solicitation integrates discussions of a subcommittee of the CISE Advisory Committee focused on Mid-Scale Infrastructure over the last year, as well as white […]

Developing new talent to carry out high impact research is of paramount importance to the Computer Science & Engineering research enterprise.  An appointment as a postdoctoral researcher is an increasingly common starting point for a research career.  The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer & Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate and the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recognize the critical importance in having an excellent postdoc training experience to help junior researchers advance their careers. With NSF’s backing, the CCC is announcing a program to develop, implement and institutionalize the implementation of best practices for supporting postdocs. This program will award grants to institutions or consortia of institutions to implement best practices for […]