America in the Age of Information

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 08:45:00 -0800
To: farber () central cis upenn edu
From: randy () CS Berkeley edu (Randy H. Katz)
Subject: would you be willing to send this out to your (in)famous "friends" mailing list?


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Call For Papers
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America in the Age of Information:
A Forum on Federal Information and Communications R&D


July 6-7, 1995


In March 1995, the Committee on Information and Communications R&D (CIC) of
the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) published a Strategic
Implementation Plan: America in the Age of Information, that sets forth a
strategy for the Federal government's research and development investment
in information and communications technologies.  This strategy builds on
the success of the Federal High Performance Computing and Communications
Program.  The plan identifies six Strategic Focus Areas to guide Federal
research and technology investments in information and communications into
the next century:


         - Global-Scale Information Infrastructure Technologies
         - High Performance / Scalable Systems
         - High Confidence Systems
         - Virtual Environments
         - User-Centered Interfaces and Tools
         - Human Resources and Education


Refinements to the CIC plan (which is available through the National
Coordination Office --see last page) will evolve as the Federal government
works with academia and industry in developing agendas to conduct R&D in
information and communications technologies and to exploit those
technologies for the benefit of all Americans.  As part of that process,
the Committee is calling on university organizations, professional
societies, industrial organizations, other Federal and state organizations,
professional societies, and concerned citizens to submit white papers on
subjects addressed in the plan, focusing especially on its content and
enhancement.  All white papers submitted in response to this Call for
Papers will be made available to Federal decision makers and are planned to
be made available to the public over the Internet.  A Forum on Federal
Information and Communications R&D will be held July 6-7, 1995 in Bethesda,
Maryland. The purpose of the Forum is to obtain community comment on,
enhancement to and refinement of the plan in order to address national
goals and to be responsive to the needs of the American workforce and
citizenry.  Authors of selected white papers will be invited to participate
in and to present and discuss their papers at the Forum.


Topics of particular interest include but are not limited to:


* Realistic Technology Expectations for 2000 and beyond.


What capabilities in information and communications can be expected in
2000, 2005 and beyond?  What are the technical challenges?  What will the
market place achieve and what should the government support?  Results of
current technology forecasts efforts are of interest, as are future system
architecture, interfaces, integration, and technology alternatives.


* Future Applications for Federal Information and Communications R&D.


What could new technology enable in 10-15 years that can not be done today?
What new applications, industry, or services are enabled?  Scope includes:
Applications of the individual of the National Information Infrastructure;
Grand Challenges in science and engineering for the next millennium;
National Challenges to improve quality of life and national competitiveness.


* Strategic Focus Areas


How do these future applications and technologies influence the Strategic
Focus Areas?  What science and technology goals and objectives should be
established for each of the Strategic Focus Areas?  Papers addressing
industrial needs, Federal agency mission drivers, academic perspectives,
and rationale for Federal investment in specific areas, are of interest.


* Implementation Strategy


What are the critical R&D paths which will lead to technology a decade from
now?  What technologies or research may be missing for the Strategic
Implementation Plan? Provide more detail for the plan leading to a more
complete document.


* Other Topics


The Forum organizers will entertain suggestions of other topics to be
covered in the Forum, relevant to the overall objectives.


Forum Organizers and Sponsors


Executive Chair:
        Anita Jones, Department of Defense, and Chair NSTC's CIC.


Steering Committee:
Paul H. Smith, National Coordination Office for HPCC, Chair
George R. Cotter, National Security Agency
Lee B. Holcomb, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Donald A. B. Lindberg, National Library of Medicine
Linda G. Roberts, Department of Education
Stephen L. Squires, Advanced Research Projects Agency
John C. Toole, National Coordination Office for HPCC
Paul R. Young, National Science Foundation.


Program Committee:
Randy Katz, UC Berkeley, Chair
Bob Sproull, Sun Microsystems, Co-Chair
Mani Chandy, Caltech
Andy van Damm, Brown University
Robert Kahn, Center for National Research Initiatives
Ed Lazowska, University of Washington
Paul Messina, Caltech
Greg Papadopolous, Sun Microsystems
Rick Rashid, Microsoft
Margaret Simmons, Los Almos National Laboratory
Larry Smarr, National Center for Supercomputing Applications.


Logistics Chair: Charles Kalina, National Coordination Office for HPCC.




Member agencies of the NSTC Committee on Information and Communications R&D
(CIC) are: CIA, DoC, DoD, DoE, DoT, ED, EPA, HHS, NASA, NEC, NSF,  OMB, and
OSTP.


Responding to the Call


* Letters of Intent, which will aid in preparing for the Forum, should
include name and title, affiliation, address including e-mail, and the
title and topic of the white paper.


* White papers should be brief and include the problem statement and
concisely stated conclusions.  Submissions should not exceed 5000 words.


* All papers should be signed by a principal author and accompanied by an
appropriate release form or signed copyright agreement. Please indicate
with your Letter of Intent, if you need a copy of a release form. Papers
will be posted on the Internet WWW for public perusal.


* White Papers should be submitted in electronic (diskette or e-mail) and
hard copy form to the National Coordination Office(NCO) address below.


Schedule:


May 17, 1995:   Issue Call for White Papers
May 30, 1995:   Letters of intent to submit white paper due
June 6, 1995:   White Papers due
June 15, 1995:  White papers selected for participation in Forum
July 6-7, 1995: Forum


Location


The forum will be held July 6-7, 1995 at the Lister Hill Center of the
National Library of Medicine at the site of the National Coordination
Office on the campus of the National Institutes of Health, 8600 Rockville
Pike, Bethesda, Maryland.




Obtaining the CIC Strategic Implementation Plan and other information:


The CIC R&D Strategic Implementation Plan is available on the National
Coordination Office (NCO) World Wide Web server at the following URL:
http://www.hpcc.gov/


It is also available at the same server through the NCO Gopher.  Printed
copies of the plan may be requested by writing, calling, or sending e-mail
to address below.


Requests for further information, Letters of Intent, and White Papers
should be sent to:


National Coordination Office for
High Performance Computing and Communications
Building 38 A, Room B1N30
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
Tel:  (301) 402-4100
Fax:  (301) 402-4080
E-mail:  nco () hpcc gov