PITAC in Pittsburgh

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

As a Member of PITAC I it is worth going and expressing yourself.

Dave

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From: Alan Inouye <inouye () itrd gov>
Date: November 7, 2004 12:56:56 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: PITAC in Pittsburgh

Of possible interest to IPers in the Pittsburgh area this Wednesday.



President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC)

National Priorities for Computational Science

        
        A PITAC Town Hall Meeting
        SC 2004 Conference - Pittsburgh Convention Center
        Wednesday, November 10, 5:30PM - 7:00PM Eastern Time
        Room# 303/304/305
        
        Speaker:  Daniel A. Reed
        Chancellor’s Eminent Professor
        Vice-Chancellor for Information Technology and CIO
        Director, Institute for Renaissance Computing
        University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
        Chair, PITAC Computational Science Subcommittee
        
	The PITAC Computational Science Subcommittee was charged in June 2004 
to prepare a report setting out findings and recommendations about how 
to strengthen the computational science investments of the Networking 
and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program and 
the appropriate roles of academia and industry. This report is to be 
delivered to the President through the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy by the spring of 2005.
        
	The purpose of this Town Hall Meeting is to solicit additional input 
from the SC 2004 community as part of gathering broader input from the 
public.
        
	Statements are limited to three minutes oral comment and five pages of 
written material. If you wish to speak, please sign up at the NCO/ITRD 
booth next to the SC 2004 store or send email and written material to 
pitac-comments () nitrd gov. Follow-up questions may be asked. There may 
be time at the end of the meeting for those who have not been put on 
the agenda to make very short oral statements. Written statements can 
be made at any time.
        
        Questions to be addressed at the
        
        PITAC Computational Science Town Hall
        
	1. What are the important problems in computational science that 
should be addressed that are not being addressed today? What 
opportunities and visions might be pursued if additional resources were 
available? What major breakthroughs in science could then be realized?
        
	2. Is the portfolio of Federal funding programs for computational 
science appropriately balanced between short term, lower risk research 
and longer term, higher risk research? If not, what adjustments would 
be desirable?
        
	3. How can computational science research be better integrated into 
the scientific disciplines that are heavily dependent on it to enhance 
scientific research and inquiry?
        
	4. Consider the ways in which Federal agencies coordinate IT research, 
development, prototyping, and procurement in support of science and 
engineering research. How could this coordination be improved?
        
        For more information
        
	The Subcommittee recently briefed the PITAC on its information 
gathering to date — that briefing is at 
http://www.itrd.gov/pitac/meetings/2004/index.html under November 4, 
2004, the slides at Agenda and Presentations and the WebEx at Meeting 
Recording.
        
	For additional information, please contact the National Coordination 
Office for Information Technology Research and Development at 
nco () nitrd gov (703-292-4873) or come by our booth in the lobby next to 
the SC 2004 store.
        
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