Infrastructure and Information Systems (IIS)
The
Infrastructure and Information Systems (IIS) program supports
research to develop new science bases necessary for development
and deployment of advanced information systems and technologies
required to sustain the nation's infrastructure. IIS research
impacts on infrastructure system design, construction, maintenance,
operation and control, and includes networking technology, internet-based
data systems, voice and data communications technologies and
GIS-based multimedia global infrastructure information systems. In
addition, the IIS program portfolio includes systems and network
approaches to infrastructure management and life-cycle engineering,
integrated systems behavior and network simulation, hazard preparedness
and response, societal and economic impacts, decision theory,
intelligent systems and engineering (life-cycle design), and
conceptual and theoretical bases of scalable enterprise for civil
systems construction and management.
Information
and Technology for Infrastructure Systems (ITIS)
The objective of the Information
and Technology for Infrastructure Systems (ITIS) program element
is to nurture the development of a new science base that will promote
broad application of advanced information systems and technologies
that have significant potential to impact infrastructure system
design, construction, maintenance, operation and control. The
ITIS research portfolio is expected to include projects on information
technology applied to: infrastructure construction management,
operation, and life-cycle engineering; infrastructure system sensing
and monitoring; distributed and remotely wireless micro devices
with built-in sensors and processors for management of infrastructure
systems and networks; internet-based data systems and networking
technology; and voice and data communications technologies for
infrastructure systems application.
Infrastructure Management and Hazard Response
(IMHR)
The
Infrastructure Management and Hazard Response (IMHR) program
element supports fundamental research that will support development
of a new knowledge base on modeling and analysis of infrastructure
system operation, performance, safety, and productivity. The
IMHR research portfolio includes projects on infrastructure system
and network management, including transport systems; infrastructure
system modeling, simulation, and performance optimization; system
risk management under environmental loads and extreme events;
contributions of infrastructure to hazard preparedness and response,
including societal and economic impacts; and conceptual and theoretical
bases of infrastructure construction and operation as a scalable
enterprise.
Last updated: 31-Jul-2003
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