October 2016: Quarterly Update from the NeTS Program (3Q 2016)
Post date: Mar 09, 2017 1:46:28 AM
NeTS Program Updates
The 2017 fiscal year has started at NSF. As always, please remember to submit your annual reports on time.
New Solicitations and DCLs:
1. NETS: The deadline for submitting Small-track proposals to the NeTS program is coming up soon (November 16, 2016). The opportunity is posted under NSF 16-579 (https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12765).
2. Reproducible Research: The CISE directorate has issued a Dear Colleague Letter on improving the reproducibility of research in communication and computing systems. As part of this call, one can submit proposals to the Small track (noted above) in the NeTS or CSR programs on this topic, for e.g., seeking to characterize the operating range of recent breakthrough research results relevant to the program. For details, read the Dear Colleague Letter in its entirety at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf17022.
3. Algorithms in the Field: The Algorithms-in-the-Field (AitF) solicitation seeks to foster interplay between theoretical computer scientists and CISE-centric application domains. Networking researchers are encouraged to use this opportunity to tackle challenging problems that require new theoretical insights. The submission deadline is January 26, 2017, and the program announcement is at: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505125
4. SpecEES: The inter-disciplinary EARS program on radio spectrum research has now been replaced by the SpecEES program, which seeks to identify bold new concepts to significantly improve the efficiency of radio spectrum utilization while addressing new challenges in energy efficiency and security, thus enabling spectrum access for all users and devices, and allowing traditionally underserved Americans to benefit from wireless-enabled goods and services. The program announcement is at: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505311. Proposals are due by January 19, 2017.
5. DARPA SC2: DARPA has announced that 6 teams were selected for funding under the Proposal track of the Spectrum Collaboration Competition Challenge. For those academic teams that did not make the cut, the NeTS program is interested in funding teams that qualify for the Open Track. To avail this opportunity, teams must register for the SC2 Open Track, pass the Threshold Hurdles by Nov 22, and make the Open Track final team list that will be announced by DARPA by January 24, 2017. Please see the NSF DCL for further details (https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16114/nsf16114.jsp), as well as the DARPA SC2 page at: https://spectrumcollaborationchallenge.com/events/.
6. S&CC: The Smart and Connected Communities solicitation calls for enhanced understanding and design of smart and connected communities, fostering the development of a robust, multidisciplinary and diverse research community that encompasses, integrates, and extends disciplinary perspectives in the social, behavioral, economic, and learning sciences and in computer and information sciences and engineering, and engineering research; and support research capacity-building to address the challenges and opportunities of present and future smart and connected communities. Multiple funding tracks are available, with preliminary proposals due by November 30, 2016. See https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16610/nsf16610.htm for details.
7. EFRI: The Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) program has a call for two new tracks: (a) Advancing Communication Quantum Information Research in Engineering (ACQUIRE), and (b) New Light, EM (Electronic) and Acoustic Wave Propagation: Breaking Reciprocity and Time-Reversal Symmetry (NewLAW). Letters of Intent are required and are due on 24th October 2016. See https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16612/nsf16612.htm for details.
8. CRI: The CISE Research Infrastructure (CRI) program is seeking proposals, with preliminary proposals due by November 8, 2016. The program supports funding for infrastructure that enables research with a clear intellectual focus related to the CISE core disciplines that the three participating CISE divisions (CNS, IIS, CCF) support. See https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15590/nsf15590.htm for details.
Upcoming NSF Workshops (in October 2016 March 2017 timeframe):
1. NSF Workshop on Large-scale networking platforms ³Communities of Practice² Date: 24 - 25 October 2016 at Arlington, VA - https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=190116&org=NSF
2. Second NSF workshop on Ultra-Low Latency Networks for Emerging Applications Date: 3 4 November 2016 at Arlington, VA - http://inlab.lab.asu.edu/nsf/index.html (Follow link to Second Workshop)
3. GENI Regional Workshop, Date: 2 3 December 2016, Clemson University - https://ccit.clemson.edu/research/geni-regional-workshop/
4. First Research Coordination Network (RCN) Meeting on Millimeter-Wave wireless networks Date: 7 8 December 2016, Washington DC. (Organizers: Akbar Sayeed & Xinyu Zhang, Univ of Wisconsin) - http://mmwrcn.ece.wisc.edu/?page_id=4.
5. GENI Network Innovators Community Event (GENI-NICE) - Date: 12 December 2016, Irvine, CA. - https://www.geni.net/nice2016/
6. CISE CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop Date: 20 March 2017, Arlington, VA.
Other Significant Announcements of relevance to NeTS:
NSF/CISE has posted a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program, to answer questions from the community regarding the program and its scope. See https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf17016 for details.
NSF recently awarded 11 research projects aimed at tackling significant Grand Challenges in the area of wireless spectrum research, as part of the Enhanced Access to Radio Spectrum (EARS) program. The announcement can be found at: http://bit.ly/2e4yRaz.
NSF has announced support for five I-Corps Nodes across the country to help train academics in entrepreneurship. If you have an invention that you would like to test the feasibility of commercialization, seek out more information on this program. See https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=189600 for details.
NIST has launched its Public Safety Communications Research program, and is currently seeking academic research partners to solve key problems of interest in this space. Nearly all of these problems are highly relevant to the NeTS community. Stay tuned to http://tiny.cc/Psresearch for upcoming program announcements, expected to happen within the next month.
FCC, on September 29th, adopted rules to update and strengthen Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), a system that delivers critical warnings and information to Americans on their wireless phones. The new rules will support larger alert messages, embedded URL and phone numbers, better geographic targeting, Spanish language support and recommend emergency actions. See the news release at: https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-strengthens-wireless-emergency-alerts-public-safety-tool
NIST is creating a Future Generation Communications R&D Roadmap for the benefit of researchers across academia, industry and the federal government. Participate by going to https://sites.google.com/a/corneralliance.com/future-generation-wireless-roadmap/home. NIST is also organizing the 5G mmWave Channel Model Alliance to conduct a coordinated channel measurement campaign in indoor environments. See program page for details (http://www.nist.gov/ctl/wireless-networks/5gmillimeterwavechannelmodel.cfm).
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