Expeditions in Computing Continue to Break New Ground
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act enables groundbreaking discovery in computing
October 6, 2009 – “Energy-efficient computers optimally designed for custom applications. New tools to make air travel safer and healthcare interventions more effective. Robotic 'bees' that lend a helping hand in search and rescue operations.”
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) established three new Expeditions in Computing in August of this year. Funded at $2 million per year for five years, these projects represent some of the largest single investments made by the directorate.
"NSF supports Expeditions in Computing to stimulate and leverage the tremendous creativity of the computing research community," said Deborah Crawford, deputy assistant director for CISE. "The projects we support allow academic researchers and their collaborators to explore ideas that promise significant advances in our understanding of the computing frontier, while also yielding great benefit to society."
The first Expeditions in Computing were established in 2008. With funding appropriated to NSF through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the agency is supporting three new trailblazer Expeditions in 2009, bringing the number of projects currently supported to seven.
The three Expeditions awarded in 2009 address a diverse set of challenging problems in computing. "This year's Expeditions projects are driven by challenge problems that arise from the most pressing issues facing our society today--groundbreaking research shaped by societal needs," said Mitra Basu, program officer for the Expeditions program. Read the full NSF press release >>
The three Expeditions awards went to:
Carnegie-Mellon University: Next-Generation Model Checking and Abstract Interpretation with a Focus on Embedded Control and Systems Biology
In collaboration with: City University of New York, New York University, Stony Brook University, University of Maryland, Cornell University, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
University of California, Los Angeles: Customizable Domain-Specific Computing
In collaboration with: Rice University, University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Ohio State University
Harvard University: RoboBees: A Convergence of Body, Brain and Colony
In collaboration with Northeastern University
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