Unidata Policy Committee April 17 2006 Main Topics

Unidata Policy Committee April 17, 2006

Main Topics FY 2007 Budget Update on NSF Strategic Plan for CI Management Review of NCAR Update of the Competition for Management of NCAR

President’s American Competitiveness Initiative Double the NSF budget over 10 years

$6. 02 billion (Increase from FY 2006: $439 million, 7. 9%)

Appropriations Account FY 2007 Request Change over FY 2006 Research & Related Activities $4, 666 $334 7. 7% Education & Human Resources $ 816 $ 20 2. 5% Major Research Equipment & Facilities Construction $ 240 $ 50 26. 0% Salaries & Expenses $ 282 $ 35 14. 2% National Science Board $ 4 Inspector General $ 12 $. 5 4. 4% TOTAL, NSF $6, 020 $439 7. 9% ($. 04) (1. 0%)

Advancing research at the frontier R&RA Total: $4. 7 billion

International Polar Year 2007 -2008 $62 million Michael Van Woert, NOAA

Providing worldclass facilities and infrastructure $1. 7 billion Design by Eric Myers, National Science Foundation

(millions) MREFC FY 2007 ALMA $47. 9 Earth. Scope $27. 4 Ice. Cube $28. 6 NEON $12. 0 SODV $42. 9 ARRV $56. 0 OOI $13. 5

ARRV $56. 0 million The Glosten Associates, Inc.

OOI $13. 5 million John Orcutt, Scripps Institute of Oceanography

NSF FY 2007 Budget

Cyberinfrastructure $597 million Petascale Computing $50 million Increase: $77 million

Status Report on Cyberinfrastructure Planning & Implementation Presented to Committee on Programs and Plans of NSB March 30, 2006 by by Deborah L. Crawford, Ph. D. Interim Director, Office of Cyberinfrastructure

Progress Since November 2005 Meeting (1) OCI Director search concludes § Dan Atkins selected High Performance Computing System Acquisitions § Tier 2 Systems ¡ ’ 06 competition o Proposals received 2/10 o Award recommendation to August NSB meeting ¡ ‘ 07 competition o Proposals due in November, 2006 § Tier 1 System ¡ Petascale System in President’s Budget Request

Progress Since November 2005 Meeting (2) Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure § Chair identified ¡ Jim Duderstadt, President Emeritus of the University of Michigan § First meeting scheduled for June 15 -16, 2006 Continuing work on CI Vision document § v 5. 0 released for public comment 1/30 § v 6. 0 posted for NSB comment 2/28; includes new chapters on ¡ virtual organizations and learning and workforce development

CI Vision Document 5 Interdependent Chapters Call to Action Learning & Workforce Development Virtual Organizations (including collaboratories & observatories) High Performance Data, Data Analysis & Computing Visualization

Virtual Organizations (1) Common Technological Framework Seamless support & integration of multiple VOs Software service providers (SSPs) play enabling role § Develop, integrate, deploy & support interoperable software infrastructure Tools include § § § High-throughput computing tools Tele-observation & tele-operation Collaborative tools for planning, execution & post-analysis Workflow tools & processes System monitoring & management

Virtual Organizations (2) Operational Framework Partnerships essential Identification of common interests § Within traditional organizational settings e. g. campuses § Within domain communities § Academe-industry government § International

Virtual Organizations (3) Evaluation & Assessment Evaluate and Assess Role of CI on Science and Engineering Research and Education § How humans interact with CI § Explore and understand necessary governance approaches, and impact on organizational design, structures and processes § Allocating resources and identifying incentives

Learning and Workforce Development, deployment and use of CI-enabled learning and research environments Development of new skills and professions to support CI-enabled opportunities Promote broad participation of underserved groups, communities and institutions Facilitate CI-enabled lifelong learning

Spiral Design We are here Community Input X NSB Call to Action HPC Data & Viz VO and LWD Final version to be released Summer 2006 NSF Directorates & Offices

Review of NCAR Management On Site Review March 20 -22, 2006

Panel Membership Dr Mary L. Good, University of Arkansas, Chair Charles Kennel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Charles Vernon Shank (Chuck), University of California, Berkeley Diane L. Evans, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Chester S. Gardner (Chet), University of Illinois System Norine E. Noonan, College of Charleston John E. Jones, Jr. , National Weather Service Michel Béland, Meteorological Service of Canada

Charge to the Panel The objective of the review is to assess the quality and effectiveness of NCAR’s performance as managers of an NSF and Division of Atmospheric Science funded Federally Funded Research and Development Center. § In considering this objective, the panel may examine the following questions: 1) Has NCAR management facilitated a strategic partnership with the NSF? 2) Has NCAR demonstrated clear leadership in science and management, and an effective process for cultivating a long-term vision, mission and strategy? 3) Has NCAR developed a robust process for planning and review that engages the community? 4) Has NCAR been effective in promoting and sustaining cross-divisional and interdisciplinary programs? 5) Has NCAR established productive national and international scientific links with Federal agencies, international institutions, NGOs, and the global research community 6) Has NCAR encouraged and facilitated the participation of underrepresented groups (gender, ethnicity, disability, etc. )?

Competition for the Management of NCAR Information on the Competition for the Management of the National Center for Atmospheric Research http: //www. nsf. gov/news_summ. jsp? cntn_id=106795&org=GEO&from=news

Motivation “… expiring awards are to be recompeted unless it is judged to be in the interest of US science and engineering not to do so. ” NSB resolution 97 -224

Governing Principles Minimize disincentives for potential applicants Demonstrate openness to new ideas Explore alternative models for NCAR M&O

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