An Overview of NSF and the ECCS Division

Robert J. Trew Director

Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Division Engineering Directorate

National Science Foundation Arlington, VA

Presentation Overview

� NSF Organization �  Some Emerging Research Programs and

Initiatives: ›  Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) ›  Flexible Electronics ›  Enhancing Access to the Radio Spectrum (EARS) ›  Science, Engineering, and Education for

Sustainability (SEES) and Clean Energy (Solar) ›  Big Data

NSF’s Origin, Mission, and Structure

�  Independent federal agency established by Congress in the NSF Act of 1950 ›  “To Promote Progress of Science,” and “Advance National

Health, Prosperity, and Welfare,” and “Secure the National Defense”

�  Supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering

�  Sponsors research primarily through grant mechanism, but operates no laboratories

�  Discipline-based structure with cross-disciplinary mechanisms �  Uses “rotators” or IPAs primarily from universities �  FY2012 budget of $5.6 billion for Research and Related

Activities (R&RA)

National Science Foundation

Mathematical & Physical Sciences

(MPS)

Geosciences (GEO)

Engineering (ENG)

Computer & Information Science &

Engineering (CISE)

Biological Sciences

(BIO)

Office of the Inspector General

(OIG)

Director and Deputy Director

National Science Board (NSB)

Social, Behavioral, & Economic

Sciences (SBE)

Education & Human

Resources (EHR)

Budget, Finance, &

Award Management

(BFA)

Information & Resource

Management (IRM)

Office of Cyberinfrastructure

Office of Diversity & Inclusion

Office of the General Counsel

Office of Integrative Activities

Office of International Science & Engineering

Office of Legislative & Public Affairs

Office of Polar Programs

NSF ENG Organization

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation

(EFRI) Rose Wesson

Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport

Systems (CBET)

Sohi Rastegar

Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing

Innovation (CMMI)

Steven McKnight

Electrical, Communications,

and Cyber Systems (ECCS)

Robert Trew

Engineering Education and

Centers (EEC)

Theresa Maldonado

Industrial Innovation and Partnerships

(IIP) Grace Wang

Office of the Assistant Director Pramod Khargonekar, Assistant Director

Kesh Narayanan, Deputy Assistant Director

Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology

Mihail Roco

Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Robert Trew, Division Director ● Susan C. Kemnitzer, Division Deputy Director ● Lawrence Goldberg, Senior Engineering Advisor

Dimitris Pavlidis •  Microwave/mm-Wave/THz Devices &

Components •  Nanoelectronics & Next Generation Devices •  Vacuum Devices & Electronics Antennas •  Electromagnetic Propagation & Scattering •  Metamaterials-Based Devices & Components •  Device/Circuit Simulation & Modeling

Anupama Kaul •  Flexible & Printed Electronics •  Organic Light Emitting Devices & Displays •  Molecular/ Organic Electronics & Photonics •  Carbon-based Electronics •  Micro and Nanoelectronics •  Energy-Efficient Green Electronics

Usha Varshney •  Bioelectronics & Biomagnetics Devices •  Science & Engineering Beyond Moore’s Law •  Quantum Devices •  Magnetics, Multiferroics, & Spintronics •  Sensor Devices & Technologies •  Next Generation Memories

John Zavada •  Nanophotonics and Plasmonics •  Advanced Sources and Detectors •  Optical Devices and Components •  Optical Devices based on Metamaterials •  Optical Imaging and Sensing

Dominique Dagenais •  Fiber Optic Components and Devices •  Nonlinear and Ultrafast Photonics •  Photonic Integrated Circuits •  Optical Communications and Computing •  Quantum Optics and Optical Modeling

Zhi (Gerry) Tian •  Cyber-Physical Systems •  RF/Wireless, Optical, & Hybrid Communications

& Networking •  Integrated Sensing, Communications, &

Computational Systems •  Spectrum Access and Spectrum Sharing •  Signal Processing and Compressive Sampling •  Cyber Security •  Cognitive Radio

George Haddad •  Low Power, Low Noise, High Efficiency

Communications, Sensing and Imaging Systems •  RF/Microwave & mm-Wave Circuits for Imaging

and Sensing Systems •  Inter- and Intra-Chip Communications &

Networking •  Wireless Integrated Sensors •  Submm-Wave/THz Imaging & Sensing Systems •  Integrated Circuit Design (Fault Tolerant, Self Test

& Repair, Stochastic Design) •  Mixed Signal Circuits & Systems •  Interconnects & Packaging Techniques

Massood Tabib-Azar •  Micro, Nano, and Bio Systems •  MEMS/NEMS Systems-on-a-Chip •  Sensors, Actuators, and Electronic Interfaces •  Diagnostic and Implantable Systems •  Chemical, Biological, and Physical Diagnostics •  Environmental Sensing and Monitoring •  Infrastructure Monitoring •  Micro Power and Energy Scavenging •  System-Level Fabrication, Packaging, and

Assembly

Kishan Baheti •  Control Theory & Hybrid Dynamical Systems •  Distributed & Mobile Networked Control •  Networked Sensing & Imaging Systems •  Control Aspects of Cyber-Physical Systems •  Cyber Secure Control of Power Systems •  Systems Theory in Molecular, Cellular, & Synthetic

Biology •  Networked Robotics & Transportation Networks

George Maracas •  Energy Collection & Harvesting Devices and

Systems •  Energy Storage •  Advanced Power Electronics •  Electric Grid Interfaces •  Electric & Hybrid Vehicles •  Energy/Power Sensing •  Local Distributed Power Systems

Paul Werbos •  Adaptive & Intelligent Systems •  Transmission & Distributed Systems •  Intelligent Power Grid & Economics •  Quantum Systems & Modeling •  Theory and Modeling for Systems & Devices •  Neuromorphic Engineering •  Cognitive Optimization & Prediction •  Intelligent Vehicles •  Learning & Intelligence for Robotics

Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetic Devices (EPMD)

Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems (CCSS)

Energy, Power, and Adaptive Systems (EPAS)

ENG Budget ($M)

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FY 2011 Actual

FY 2012 Estimate

FY 2013 Request

Change over FY 2012 Estimate

Amount Percent

CBET $158.82 $171.45 $179.40 $7.95 4.6%

CMMI 189.62 203.58 217.06 13.48 6.6%

ECCS 97.54 106.73 114.30 7.57 7.1%

EEC 125.76 120.00 123.27 3.27 2.7%

IIP 162.65 193.41 210.30 16.89 8.7%

SBIR/STTR 126.47 152.76 165.20 12.44 8.1%

EFRI 28.95 31.00 32.00 1.00 3.2%

ENG TOTAL $763.33 $826.17 $876.33 $50.16 6.1%

ENG Budget ($M)

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FY 2011 Actual

FY 2012 Estimate

FY 2013 Request

Change over FY 2012 Estimate

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CBET $158.82 $171.45 $179.40 $7.95 4.6%

CMMI 189.62 203.58 217.06 13.48 6.6%

ECCS 97.54 106.73 114.30 7.57 7.1%

EEC 125.76 120.00 123.27 3.27 2.7%

IIP 162.65 193.41 210.30 16.89 8.7%

SBIR/STTR 126.47 152.76 165.20 12.44 8.1%

EFRI 28.95 31.00 32.00 1.00 3.2%

ENG TOTAL $763.33 $826.17 $876.33 $50.16 6.1%

Not likely to happen Sequestration & CR

ENG and SBIR/STTR Budgets ($M)

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Funding Opportunities � Core programs ›  Unsolicited: Fall window, Six month review/evaluation time

›  Eager: Early Concept, Can be submitted anytime

� Directed programs (Special CFP’s) ›  CAREER

›  Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI)

›  Enhanced Access to the Radio Spectrum (EARS)

›  Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)

›  INSPIRE (new)

›  Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)

›  Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE)

›  REU, RET Supplements

›  Others….

What are the future program directions?

Key Technologies

�  Five Key Technologies to Produce Global Economic Transformation* ›  Computing ›  Telecommunications ›  Biotechnology ›  Alternate Energy ›  Nanotechnology Enabling technology

  *John Gibbons, OSTP, IEEE Proc., March 1998

National Academy Grand Challenges* (Study performed at the request of NSF)

Ø  Make solar energy economical Ø  Provide energy from fusion Ø  Provide access to clean water Ø  Reverse-engineer the brain Ø  Advance personalized learning Ø  Develop carbon sequestration methods Ø  Engineer the tools of scientific discovery Ø  Restore and improve urban infrastructure Ø  Advance health informatics Ø  Prevent nuclear terror Ø  Engineer better medicines Ø  Enhance virtual reality Ø  Manage the nitrogen cycle Ø  Secure cyberspace

IEEE Spectrum Magazine Top 11 Technologies of the Decade

Ø  Smartphones Ø  Social Networking Ø  Voice Over IP Ø  LED Lighting Ø  Multicore CPUs Ø  Cloud Computing Ø  Drone Aircraft Ø  Planetary Rovers Ø  Flexible AC Transmission Ø  Digital Photography Ø  Class-D Audio

Some Issues that Affect Big Data

Ø  Open Access (Author pay model) ü  All major publishers have a version ü  Federal agencies ordered by OSTP (Feb.

22 Memo from John Holdren to all Federal agencies) to make all research sponsored by the U.S. government Open Access

Ø  Data Management ü  Digital data resulting from all government

sponsored research must be stored and made available (also in Feb. 22 memo)

ü  NSF requires a data management plan in all proposals

Where discoveries begin

Thank you!