[Starting
this week, I will include in my announcements a list of news
stories about VSE
that have been posted at http://volgenau.gmu.edu/, or that have
appeared in other venues.For
this first
list, I have gone back about three weeks.]
John
Shortle elected President of the
INFORMS Simulation Society
John
Shortle of the Systems Engineering & Operations Research
Department has
been elected as the next President of the INFORMS Simulation
Society, the
primary society for the simulation area (https://www.informs.org/Community/Simulation-Society).
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With
the goal of encouraging research independence immediately upon
obtaining one's
first academic position after receipt of the PhD, the Directorate
for Computer
and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) will award grants
to initiate
the course of one's independent research. Understanding the
critical role of
establishing that independence early in one's career, it is
expected that funds
will be used to support untenured faculty or research scientists
(or
equivalent) in their first two years in an academic position after
the PhD. One
may not yet have received any other grants in the Principal
Investigator (PI)
role from any institution or agency, including from the CAREER
program or any
other award post-PhD. Serving as co-PI, Senior Personnel,
Post-doctoral Fellow,
or other Fellow does not count against this eligibility rule. It
is expected
that these funds will allow the new CISE Research Initiation
Initiative PI to
support one or more graduate students for up to two years.
Preliminary
Proposal Due Date(s) (optional):July
29,
2014
Required for
participation in the Ideas Lab workshop to be held August 12-16,
2014. Not
required for full proposals that were not developed through the
Ideas Lab.
Full
Proposal Deadline:October
28, 2014
The
national and economic security of the United States depends on the
reliable
function of critical infrastructure. An already-large and rapidly
growing part
of this infrastructure is being advanced through the integration
of information
and communication technologies (ICT), leading to cyber-physical
systems (CPS).
Advances in CPS will enable capability, adaptability, scalability,
and
usability that will far exceed the simple embedded systems of
today. CPS
technology will transform the way people interact with engineered
systems --
just as the Internet has transformed the way people interact with
information.
New smart CPS will drive innovation and competition in sectors
such as food and
agriculture, energy, different modes of transportation including
air and
automobiles, building design and automation, healthcare and
medical implants,
and advanced manufacturing.
Cyber-physical
systems are subject to threats stemming from increasing reliance
on computer
and communication technologies. Cybersecurity threats exploit the
increased complexity
and connectivity of critical infrastructure systems, placing the
Nation’s
security, economy, public safety, and health at risk.
The
goal of this partnership between NSF and Intel is to foster novel,
transformative, multidisciplinary approaches that ensure the
security of
current and emerging cyber-physical systems, taking into
consideration the
unique challenges present in this environment relative to other
domains with
cybersecurity concerns. These challenges arise from the
non-reversible nature
of the interactions of CPS with the physical world; the scale of
deployment;
the federated nature of several infrastructures; the deep
embedding and long
projected lifetimes of CPS components; the interaction of CPS with
users at
different scales, degrees of control, and expertise levels; the
economic and
policy constraints under which such systems must often operate;
and sensing and
collection of information related to a large spectrum of everyday
human
activities. Historically, reliance on subtle assumptions at
interface
boundaries between hardware components, between hardware and
software
components, and between software components, as well as between a
system and
its operators and maintainers, has been a source of vulnerability
and can be
especially troublesome in these critical systems. …
The
goals of the ADVANCE program are (1) to develop systemic
approaches to increase
the representation and advancement of women in academic STEM
careers; (2) to
develop innovative and sustainable ways to promote gender equity
in the STEM academic
workforce; and (3) to contribute to the development of a more
diverse science
and engineering workforce. ADVANCE also has as its goal to
contribute to and
inform the general knowledge base on gender equity in the academic
STEM
disciplines.
There
are three tracks with distinct purposes. The Institutional
Transformation (IT)
track is meant to produce large-scale comprehensive change and
serve as a locus
for research on gender equity and institutional transformation for
academic
STEM. The Institutional Transformation Catalyst (IT Catalyst)
track is meant
either to conduct self-assessment or to implement unique
strategies – either
adapted from those found effective in the IT track or ones
designed to be
responsive to the unique environments of eligible institutions –
and evaluate
their effectiveness. The Partnerships for Learning and Adaptation
Networks (PLAN)
track is meant to provide a larger scale environment for adapting,
implementing
and creating knowledge about the effectiveness of a particular
strategy for
change within a context of networked adaptation and learning. PLAN
is focused
on adaptation/implementation and learning either in particular
STEM disciplines
(PLAN D) or across institutions of higher education (PLAN IHE).
ADVANCE
projects support institutional transformation in STEM. STEM
includes but is not
limited to Arctic and Antarctic sciences, biological sciences,
computer and
information sciences, engineering, geosciences, mathematics,
physical sciences,
the learning sciences, and social, behavioral and economic
sciences.
Institutional Transformation and IT Catalyst awards are expected
to include all
STEM disciplines at the institution submitting the proposal. PLAN
awards may
include all of STEM or a subset or one discipline.
The
following types of institutions are strongly encouraged to apply
to the ADVANCE
program: For All Project Types: Community colleges, primarily
undergraduate
institutions, minority-serving institutions (e.g. Tribal Colleges
and
Universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities,
Hispanic-Serving
Institutions, Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Alaska Native
Institutions,
Predominantly Black Institutions and Non-tribal, Native American
Serving
Institutions), women's colleges, and institutions primarily
serving persons
with disabilities are encouraged to apply. It is anticipated that
there may be
significant differences in the issues facing faculty in these
institutions,
compared to faculty in other types of institutions, which will
warrant
development of unique strategies and/or adaptation of proven
strategies in a
unique way to achieve ADVANCE Program goals.
ADVANCE
projects are viewed as team research and, as such, the team of
principal
investigators is expected to be multidisciplinary and
representative of the
theoretical, methodological and contextual expertise necessary to
conceptualize,
implement, and evaluate a successful project.
Rao
Mulpuri of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
received $10K
from the National Science Foundation for his project, “Funding for
Student
Participation at the 20th International Conference on Ion
Implantation
Technology, Portland, Oregon.”
John
Shortle Receives Funding from U.
Maryland and FAA
John
Shortle of the Systems Engineering & Operations Research
Department and the
Center for Air Transportation Systems Research received $119K from
the
University of Maryland and the Federal Aviation Administration for
his project,
“Fast-time simulation and sensitivity analysis for event sequence
diagrams in
the Integrated Safety Assessment Model.”
Aditya
Johri of the Applied Information Technology Department received
$428K from National
Science Foundation for his project, “TILES: Trajectories of
Informal Learning
among Engineering Students.”
Aditya
Johri of the Applied Information Technology Department received
$372K from
National Science Foundation for his project, “Collaborative
Research: Deep
Insights Anytime, Anywhere (DIA2).”
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Stephen G. Nash
Senior Associate Dean
Volgenau School of Engineering
George Mason University
Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 2500
Mailstop 5C8
Fairfax, VA 22030
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