[Iefac.list] NSF Workshop in Seattle

[Suvrajeet Sen]

Dear IIE Member

On behalf of Stephen Nash and Eduardo Misawa (both of NSF/Engineering) we
are announcing a workshop to help the community prepare for its response to
the new NSF program entitled CDI: Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation.
Information (thrusts, budgets etc.) about the new program is available at
the following URLs.
http://www.nsf.gov/about/budget/fy2008/pdf/39_fy2008.pdf
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07603/nsf07603.htm

Starting with an approx. budget of $50 million for 2008, it is expected to
grow to about $250 million in 5 years. To quote Ian Foster, "the new
Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) program, announced as beginning
in 2008, seems to be a worthy successor" to ITR.

Details about the workshop:  The workshop will be held on Saturday, Nov. 3
from 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Virginia room of the Sheraton (the site of the
INFORMS conference). In addition to NSF program officers, there will be
other speakers who have been successful with ITR and similar NSF programs.
We hope that the IE faculty community will take advantage of this opportunity
to learn about CDI thrusts, and form teams that will lead to successful
proposals to this new program.

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Suvrajeet Sen, Professor of ISE
Ohio State University
336 Baker Systems Engineering
1971 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Ph: (614) 688 4464