Funding Opportunity:
Nanotechnology
Undergraduate Education in Engineering (NSF)
Daniel Fleck and Angelos
Stavrou Receive
Funding from Invincea Labs & DARPA
Sushil
Jajodia Receives Funding from Army Research Office
CS
Seminar:CS Dept.:Mar 19, 2pm
Title:
The Building Blocks of Data
Science Speaker: Sanjay Chawla,
Professor, School of Information Technologies, University of
Sydney
Wednesday,
March 19, 2014 2:00
PM ENGR
4201
Abstract
In
this talk I will make an attempt to flesh out the core components
of what is
being called Data Science. The umbrella term ``Data Science’’
incorporates
elements of Computer Science, Information theory and Statistics
expressed in
the language of optimization theory. The identification of these
core elements
will help towards arriving at a declarative framework for Data
Science and
decouple its use from implementation. This in turn may lead to
overcome the
“Data Science Crunch” – where organizations own and have access to
large
quantities of data and appreciate its potential value, but lack
human talent
and a support framework to exploit it to its fullest.
Bio
Prof
Sanjay Chawla, University of Sydney Sanjay Chawla is a Professor
in the School
of Information Technologies, University of Sydney, Australia. His
main area of
research is data mining and machine learning. More specifically he
has been
working on three problems of contemporary interest: outlier
detection,
imbalanced classification and adversarial learning. His research
has been
published in leading conferences and journals and has been
recognized by
several best-paper awards. He serves on the editorial board of
IEEE TKDE and
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. Sanjay served as the Head of
School from
2008-2011 and was an academic visitor at Yahoo! Labs, Bangalore in
2012. He
received his PhD in 1995 from the University of Tennessee, USA.
Funding
Opportunity: Nanotechnology
Undergraduate Education in Engineering (NSF)
Summary:This solicitation aims at
introducing
nanoscale science, engineering, and technology through a variety
of
interdisciplinary approaches into undergraduate engineering
education. The
focus of the FY 2014 competition is on nanoscale engineering
education with
relevance to devices and systems and/or on the societal, ethical,
economic
and/or environmental issues relevant to nanotechnology. A
well-prepared,
innovative science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
workforce is
crucial to the Nation's health and economy. Indeed, recent policy
actions and
reports have drawn attention to the opportunities and challenges
inherent in
increasing the number of highly qualified STEM graduates,
including STEM
teachers. Priorities include educating students to be leaders and
innovators in
emerging and rapidly changing STEM fields as well as educating a
scientifically
literate populace; both of these priorities depend on the nature
and quality of
the undergraduate education experience. In addressing these STEM
challenges and
priorities, the National Science Foundation invests in
research-based and
research-generating approaches to understanding STEM learning; to
designing,
testing, and studying curricular change; to wide dissemination and
implementation of best practices; and to broadening participation
of individuals
and institutions in STEM fields. The goals of these investments
include:
increasing student retention in STEM, to prepare students well to
participate
in science for tomorrow, and to improve students' STEM learning
outcomes.
Recognizing disciplinary differences and priorities, NSF's
investment in
research and development in undergraduate STEM education
encompasses a range of
approaches. These approaches include: experiential learning,
assessment/metrics
of learning and practice, scholarships, foundational education
research,
professional development/institutional change, formal and informal
learning
environments, and undergraduate disciplinary research. Both
individually and
integrated in a range of combinations, these approaches can lead
to outcomes including:
developing the STEM and STEM-related workforce, advancing science,
broadening
participation in STEM, educating a STEM-literate populace,
improving K-12 STEM
education, encouraging life-long learning, and building capacity
in higher
education. Related funding opportunities are posted on the web
site for the
National Nanotechnology Initiative, http://www.nsf.gov/nano In
addition,
research and education projects in nanoscale science and
engineering will
continue to be supported in the relevant NSF programs and
divisions.
Estimated
Number of Awards:10 Estimated
Total Program Funding:$1,900,000 Award
Ceiling:$200,000 Award
Floor:$100,000
Daniel
Fleck and Angelos Stavrou Receive
Funding from Invincea Labs & DARPA
Daniel Fleck and Angelos Stavrou
of the
Computer Science Department received $744K from Invincea Labs,
LLC, and the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for their
project, “TAPIO:
Targeted Attack Premonition using Integrated Operational data
sources.”
Sushil
Jajodia Receives Funding from Army
Research Office
Sushil Jajodia of the Center for
Secure
Information Systems received $24K from the Army Research Office
for his
project, “Cyber Warfare: Building the Scientific Future.”
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