1. CISE CAREER WORKSHOP April 2018
Welcome, a Brief NSF CISE Overview, and a Few Words of Advice
Information & Intelligent Systems
Computing & Communication Foundations
Computer & Network
Systems
Advanced
Cyberinfrastructure
Jim Kurose
Assistant Director, NSF
Computer & Information Science & Engineering
CISE CAREER WORKSHOP April 2018

2. ! You (early career researchers)
are here because we (NSF, CISE, CS community)
care about you – our future!
Thank you for being here!
Just about my favorite meeting of the year
CISE community … vibrant and growing community … central to science and enginnering, … central to modern 21st century university … of central importance to our country .
you are the future

3. CISE is here You are here Just about my favorite meeting of the year
CISE community … vibrant and growing community … central to science and enginnering, … central to modern 21st century university … of central importance to our country .
you are the future

4. CISE’s Economic and Societal Context
CISE is at the center of an ongoing, long-term societal transformation
Advances in computing, communications, information technologies, cyberinfrastructure:
underpin economic prosperity, national security
drive U.S. competiveness and sustainable economic growth
accelerate the pace of discovery and innovation
are crucial to achieving national and societal priorities, including education and workforce development
We all recognize that … a breathtaking pace of advances has brought NIT into the forefront of science, medicine, commerce, transportation, arts and entertainment in ways that were barely imagined twenty five years ago. These advances have transformed the way we live, work, learn, play, and communicate.
TODAY … Networking and Information Technology (NIT) is at the center of an ongoing societal transformation:
It underpins our economic prosperity and national security.
In an increasingly global market, it is a driver of US Competitiveness and has played a pivotal role in our economic growth through innovation and idea-driven “creative” industries.
It accelerate the pace of scientific discovery and technological innovation in nearly all other fields of scientific and engineering inquiry
are crucial to achieving our major national and global priorities in energy and transportation, education and life-long learning, healthcare, and national and homeland security

5. CISE programs address national priorities
Big Data & AI
Image Credit: CCC and SIGACT CATCS
Cybersecurity
Image Credit: ThinkStock
Robotics & Manufacturing
Image Credit: Eliza Grinnell/Harvard SEAS
Understanding the Brain
Image Credit: ThinkStock
Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
Image Credit: Texas Advanced Computing Center
Computer Science Education
Image Credit: Calvin Lin, University of Texas, Austin
Smart Communities
Image Credit: US Ignite
Image Credit: WINLAB, Rutgers University
Advanced Wireless Research

6. CISE Academic Community
Computer occupations
Engineers
Life sciences
Physical sciences
Social sciences
Math
Job Openings
2014 – 2024
(growth and replacement)
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
“21% one-year, a 64% two-year, and a 107% three-year increase in the number of [tenure track CS faculty] positions being searched for” (Wills, Nov. 2017)
“Enrollments in CS courses and the number of CS majors have risen markedly since 2005 … no indication that enrollments will fall in the near term. Both CS majors and non-majors have contributed significantly to the recent growth” (NASEM 2017)

7. CISE Organization Note jobs currently being searched CISE Directorate
Senior Advisor for
Data Science
Chaitan Baru
Senior Advisor
Irene Qualters
CISE Directorate
Jim Kurose, AD
Erwin Gianchandani, DAD
Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC)
Manish Parashar, OH
Data
High Performance Computing
Networking/ Cybersecurity
Software
Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF)
Bala Kalyanasundaram, Acting DD
Algorithmic
Foundations
Communication and Information Foundations
Software and Hardware Foundations
Computer and Network Systems (CNS)
Ken Calvert, DD
Computer Systems Research
Networking Technology and Systems
Education and Workforce Development
Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
Howard Wactlar,
Acting DD
Cyber Human Systems
Information Integration and Informatics
Robust Intelligence
Note jobs currently being searched

8. CISE by the Numbers: FY 2017 21% 7,230 $936 M 1,819 1,086 8,723 489
success rate
7,230
senior researchers
$936 M
FY 2017 research
budget
1,819
awards
1,086
other professionals
8,723
proposals
489
postdoctoral associates
17,778
people supported
6,539
graduate students
390
panels
2,624
undergraduate students

9. NSF Supports All Areas of Fundamental Research
NSF support as a percentage of total federal support for basic academic research
Note: Biology includes Biological Science and Environmental Science. Biology and Psychological Sciences exclude National Institutes of Health funding from the total amount of federal support.
Source: NSF/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development
Source: NSF/NCSES, “Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development”

10. NSF/CISE Division Budgets
CNS
OAC
IIS, CCF
Appropriated $ ($M) per CISE division
ITR

11. NSF Budget Update FY18: Congresssionally Appropriated Budget
+$300M over FY17 budget
2nd largest increase in NSF research budget increase in 15 years! (not counting ARRA)
FY19: President's Requested Budget
Flat with respect to FY17
Calls out and supports NSF’s “Big Ideas”

12. CISE Programmatics: Overview
NSF-wide
CISE participating
BRAIN
CDSE
INF
R&R
Domain CI
EARS
BIGDATA
BDHubs
CFLT
CPS
SaTC
NRI
S&CC
XPS
AitF
Tri
CCC+
SCH
S&AS
Named Research Programs
INCLU ADV ED CS
forAll
BPC
REU
RET
EWF
UG CS
EXP
STC
Center
Ind
Research
Industry & Innovation
I&I
CISE RI
CC*
SI**2
DIBBs
Early Career
CAREER
CRII
Core Research Programs
KEY:
CISE multi-division
NSF-wide, CISE-leading role
Core Programs
IIS
CNS
CCF
OAC
The point of this slide is to show where funding is being invested - programmatically, by category according to the Key (e.g., core research, named programs, young faculty research, industry), and core/within-CISE/multi-directorate.
FY17 data.
Color of balls
The sphere’s radii (think 2D) are all proportional to the amount of funding, and the division of the four rectangles is also proportional to the investment in those four broad categories
I&I: I-Core, IUCRC
NRT+IUSE+CCE STEM
Ind Research: PAWR, INTEL, VMWARE, ..
CFLT: Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies
ED other : NRT+IUSE+CCE STEM
Domain CI Inf: Earthcube + MGI + NNCI+CNCP
Research Infrastructure
$10M. Area proportional to FY17 investment level

13. NSF Big Ideas RESEARCH IDEAS
Windows on the Universe:
Multi-messenger Astrophysics
Quantum Leap:
Leading the Next Quantum Revolution
Navigating the
New Arctic
Understanding the Rules of Life:
Predicting Phenotype
PROCESS IDEAS
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure
Growing Convergence Research at NSF
NSF 2026
NSF INCLUDES: Enhancing STEM through Diversity and Inclusion
Harnessing Data for 21st Century Science and Engineering
Work at the
Human-Technology
Frontier: Shaping the Future
“ … bold questions that will drive NSF's long-term research agenda -- questions that will ensure future generations continue to reap the benefits of fundamental S&E research. ”

14. CISE Education and Workforce
2007
2010
2016
2017
CS10K
BPC Alliances
Computer Science for All (CSforAll)
CS Undergrad Education (CS+X)
access to rigorous, engaging CS education for all students; professional development for teachers
Building on foundation laid by NSF over past 10 years
New College Board Advanced Placement® (AP®) exam: Computer Science Principles, Spring 2017
curricular innovations to integrate computing with other fields of knowledge, challenge areas
Builds on previous CISE investments in REvolutionizing engineering and computer science Departments (RED) program

15. CISE Education and Workforce
2007
2010
2016
2017
CS For All
CS10K
CS+X
Broadening Participation in Computing Alliances
Pursuing Meaningful Actions in Support of BPC

16. Partnerships: Many dimensions
Partnerships build capacity, leverage resources, increase the speed of translation from discovery to innovation
Joint NSF/industry research solicitations: Intel (5), SRC (8), VMware (2)
Research infrastructure: PAWR: Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research, cloud credits for BIGDATA, (AWS, Google, Microsoft)
Individual project-based: I/UCRC, Intrans, GOALI
societal org’s
Federal
agencies
industry
universities
local gov’t
international
CISE
Prescription 3: Establishing a More Robust National Government-University-Industry Research Partnership

17. A bit of advice
Think big, and bold - do great science, something that will change the world!
Writing: an integral part of the research process
Learn to write well … know your narrative
Given yourself time: ideas, narrative writing need time to percolate
Get colleagues to review
Review: “How to Write a Good Proposal,” CRA Career mentoring Workshop, 2016, 2014, 2012…
additional (personal) advice:

18. It takes a community Get mentored: locally
CRA mentoring workshop cra.org/events/career-mentoring/
CRA-W
Be a mentor
Get to know the NSF, your program directors
Be a reviewer, panelist

19. An amazing time to be in CISE!
Ubiquity
Computing is everywhere – across all of science and engineering, and all of society
Engagement
Computing intertwines with many communities
Urgency
Computing is rapidly expanding and evolving. There is tremendous opportunity … now!

20. … to the amazing NSFers who made this meeting possible:
Working Group: Mitra Basu, Darleen Fisher, Thyaga Nandagopal, Sushil Prasad, Jack Snoeyink, Jie Yang
UNC: Kevin Jeffay
Mitra Basu
Phil Regalia
Almadena Chtchelkanova
Tracy Kimbrel
Rahul Shah
Rick Brown
Sankar Basu
Nina Amla
Yuanyuan Yang
Sol Greenspan
Dmitry Maslov
Darleen Fisher
Sushil Prasad
Stefan Robila
Jie Yang
Reid Simmons
Aidong Zhang
Tanya Korelsky
Maria Zemankova
Dan Cosley
David Miller
Jim Donlon
Tonya Smith-Jackson
Weng-keen Wong
Mimi McClure
Samee Khan
Sandip Kundu
Fay Cobb Payton
Monisha Ghosh
Susanne Wetzel
Jeremy Epstein
Sharon Glivens
Chantoye Messam
Kenya Lara
Chantel Sanders
Nachelle Vinson
Annabel Virella
Marcus Williams
Alexis Young
Kristen Oberrright
Dean Baij
Jerene Shaheed
Phil Smith
Peggy Gartner
Sylvia Spengler

21. Economic impact of CISE: From Federally-funded research to billion-dollar industries
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
University
Industry
Product
($B,$10B)
Advances in computing, communications, information technologies, and cyberinfrastructure:
drive U.S. competiveness
IT accounts for 25% of economic growth since 1995;
resulted in many billion-dollar industries: networking, software, digital communications, computer graphics, AI and robotics, and more
have profound impacts on our daily lives.
Economic impact
Source: National Research Council  Continuing Innovation in Information Technology.

22. …. across many industries

23. This impact continues today Fundamental research powers innovation
Machine Learning
Big Data Analytics Market: $125B (Forbes)
Deep learning rooted in NSF-funded research on neural networks, reinforcement learning
Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
SDN Market: $18B in 2018 (IDC)
SDN resulted from NSF-funded foundational research
“NSF is where all interesting research gets started…” - Eric Schmidt, Google / Alphabet
Open Programmable Mobile Internet 2020 project funded by NSF/CISE Expeditions program, 2008, N. McKeown, Stanford U.
Economic impact continues today
Fundamental research powers innovation

24. Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR)
Research across all NSF Directorates
Systems foundations
Theoretical foundations
data-centric algorithms
Educational pathways
TRIPODS (NSF 16-15)
systems: BIGDATA
OKN
Innovations grounded in an education-research-based framework
NASEM study: data science, the undergraduate perspective, NSF Research Traineeships
Data-intensive research
across all science & engineering
Advanced cyberinfrastructure
Accelerating data-intensive research.
Midscale infrastructure (Midscale RFI)

25. The Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier
“a unique opportunity to actively shape the development and use of technologies to improve the quality of work while also increasing productivity and economic growth”
Research Themes
Building the human-technology partnership
Augmenting human performance
Illuminating the socio-technological landscape
Fostering lifelong learning

26. NSF Takes Steps to Combat Sexual Harassment in Science: Important Notice, February 8, 2018
Basic research is done in all environments all over the world. All of those places must be harassment free.
New measures to combat sexual harassment at grantee institutions:
new award requirements
harassment-free research workplaces
enhanced Web resources: nsf.gov/harassment
Find more here:
We have included this notice in your folders.
There are three main components of this Notice:
The first is to apply a new condition on grantee organizations that they must report findings of sexual or any other kind of harassment regarding PIs and Co PIs and any other grant personnel. This condition makes clear that NSF may take unilateral action to protect the safety of all grant personnel and can terminate awards and remove investigators. NSF will solicit feedback on these new award requirements will be released the Federal Register process.
The second component makes clear that all NSF funded projects should include clear standards for harassment free workplaces and a way for participants in these projects including students to report violations.
The final component is a web portal launched by NSF’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion which includes policies, procedures, promising practices, and frequently asked questions. NSF.gov/harassment