Federal Networking andInformation Technology Research and

Development Program(NITRD)

Strategic PlanningMay, 2009

Chris GreerDirector, US National Coordination Office

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program

CO-CHAIRS

Cita Furlani, NIST Jeannette Wing, NSF

MEMBERS

Bryan Biegel, NASACharles Brown, NSARobert Chadduck, NARARonald Ford, DHSSimon Frechette, NISTHelen Gill, NSF

Peter Highnam, DHHSThuc Hoang, DOE/NNSASuzi Iacono, NSFBob Meissner, DOE/SCKaren Reminton, NIHGary Walter, EPAAl Wavering, NIST

NITRD Strategic Planning Team

Chris Greer, NCO

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program

National Coordination Office

Acronyms:

NITRD

NCO

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program Legislation

The High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-194) as amended by the

Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-305) and the

America COMPETES Act of 2007 (P.L 110-69)

National Science and Technology Council

High Confidence

Software and Systems

Human Computer Interaction and

Information Management

Software Design and

Productivity

Social, Economic,

and Workforce

Office of Scienceand Technology Policy

Cyber Security and Information Assurance

Large Scale Networking

NITRDSubcommittee

High End Computing(HEC I&A - R&D)

White HouseExecutive Office of the

President

Committee on Technology

NITRDProgramStructure

NationalCoordinationOffice (NCO)

AHRQAHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

DARPADARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DOE/NNSADOE/NNSA Department of Energy - National Nuclear Security Department of Energy - National Nuclear Security AdministrationAdministrationDOE/SCDOE/SC Department of Energy - Mathematical, Information, and Department of Energy - Mathematical, Information, and Computational Science Division Computational Science Division

EPAEPA Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency

NARANARA National Archives and Records National Archives and Records AdministrationAdministrationNASANASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NIHNIH National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health

NISTNIST National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology

NOAANOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administration NSANSA National Security Agency National Security Agency

NSFNSF National Science Foundation National Science Foundation

OSDOSD andand DoDDoD Service research organizations,Service research organizations, Office of Office of the Deputy, Under Secretary of Defense (Science and the Deputy, Under Secretary of Defense (Science and Technology) Technology)

              

National Coordination Office

Objectives:

Serve as the Federal focal point for interagency technical planning, budget planning, and coordination for the Federal NITRD Program

Serve as a source of timely, high-quality, technically accurate, in-depth information on accomplishments, new directions, and critical challenges for the NITRD Program

Support NITRD-related policy making in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

PCAST Assessment of

the NITRD Program

August, 2007

Subcommittee on Networking and Information Technology

CO-CHAIRS

George Scalise Daniel A. Reed

MEMBERS

F. Duane AckermanErich BlochRaul J. FernandezRichard H. HermanE. Floyd Kvamme

E. Kenneth NwabuezeLuis M. ProenzaHector de Jesus RuizJohn Brooks SlaughterCharles M. Vest

OSTP STAFF LIAISONCharles H. Romine

SUBCOMMITTEE STAFFAlan S. Inouye

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

NITRD Strategic Planning Timeline

Mar. Sep. Oct.Apr. May Jun.

Strategic Framework

Feb.Jan.2009

PublicWorkshop

DraftText

PublicComments

Jul. Aug.

GovernmentWorkshop

Request forComments

ConcurrenceReview

ReviewDraft

Characteristics

should speak to policy and decision makers, conveying a sense of the exciting opportunities and broad societal benefits of NIT R&D;

must embrace and support the individual strategic plans of the NITRD agencies; and

should present a compelling vision articulated through a small number of broad themes

The Strategic Plan:

Strategic Plan Framework

We Compute

e4Life

Trust and Confidence

Cyber Capable

Cyber Capable

Education and training to ensure that current generations benefit fully from cyber capabilities and to inspire a diverse, next-generation workforce of cyber innovators.

Global Classroom

Computational Thinking

Conceptualizing, not programming

Fundamental, not rote skill

A way that humans, not computers, think

Complements and combines mathematical and engineering

Ideas, not artifacts

For everyone, everywhere

Source: J. Wing, Communications of the ACM Vol. 49, No. 3

Trust and Confidence

Ensure the value to society of cyber systems is not limited by a lack of trust and confidence; assure that data and resources can be reliably used for their intended purposes.

The National Cyber Range will allow classified and unclassified researchers to measure their progress …

…in either a classified or unclassified environment,

…against appropriate threats with sufficient timeliness and accuracy,

…to allow corrections and needed new capabilities to be determined.

The National Cyber Range will Provide a dedicated test bed to produce qualitative

and quantitative assessments of the security of cyber technologies and scenarios.

Provide a revolutionary, safe, instrumented environment for our national cyber security research organizations to test the security of information systems.

Revolutionize the state of the art of cyber security testing.

We Compute

Harness new levels of intelligence, intuition and awareness emerging as greater than the sum of the parts in the union of cyber, human, and social capabilities

Source: J. Ginsberg, M.H. Mohebbi, R.S. Patel, L. Brammer, M.S. Smolinski, L. BrilliantNature 457, 1012-1014(19 February 2009) doi:10.1038/nature07634

Google.org - Flu Trends

e4Life

Expand the capabilities envelope by melding virtual and physical worlds to enhance the quality of life and extend the frontiers of discovery and achievement.

Active EldersCenter for Eldercare and Rehabilitation Technology

Strategic Plan Framework

We Compute

e4Life

Trust and Confidence

Cyber Capable

ComputingComputing

ConnectivityConnectivityInformationInformation

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