SDP Program Component Area

HCI&IM	Human Computer Interaction and Information Management
HCSS	High Confidence Software and Systems
HEC	High End Computing
LSN	Large Scale Networking
• JET	Joint Engineering Team
• MAGIC	Middleware And Grid Infrastructure Coordination Team
• NRT	Network Research Team
SDP	Software Design and Productivity
SEW	Social, Economic, and Workforce Implications of IT

(Updated October 2003)

	Overview SDP R&D focuses on enabling fundamental improvements in software quality and its development. A key aspect is to understand the trade-offs between cost and quality. Areas of focus include: software engineering of complex systems end-user programming, including intelligent templates, domain-specific languages and tools, and programming by example component-based software development embedded software autonomous software middleware for distributed systems
	SDP Workshops Vanderbilt Workshop on New Visions for Software Design and Productivity: Research Applications, December 13-14, 2001, at the Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Planning Workshop on New Visions for Software Design and Productivity, April 18-19, 2001, at the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
	Briefing to the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) on May 11, 2001, entitled, "Software Design and Productivity Coordinating Group Report on Planning Workshop" that was held April 18-19, 2001
	For more SDP related information, also see the following: FY 2004 Blue Book