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SCOPE

The NGS program fosters multidisciplinary group, and single investigator, software research. The overall thrust of NGS is research and development for new software technologies integrated across the systems architectural layers, and supporting the design and the operation cycle of applications, computing and communications systems, and delivering quality of service (QoS).

One component, Technology for Performance Engineered Systems (TPES), supports research for methods and tools leading to the development of performance frameworks for modeling, measurement, analysis, evaluation and prediction of performance of complex computing and communications systems, and of the applications executing on such systems. The second component, Complex Application Design and Support Systems (CADSS), supports research on novel software for the development and run-time support of complex applications executing on complex computing platforms; CADSS fostered technology breaks down traditional barriers in existing software components in the application development, support and runtime layers, and leverages TPES developed technology for delivering QoS.

It's expected that technology developed under TPES, when integrated into the design process, will lead to substantial decreases in the development time and cost of future advanced information systems, from the hardware components to the applications executing on such platforms. In addition such capabilities, when integrated into the operational process of these systems, as envisioned with CADSS, will lower the cost of their management, optimize their performance, and ensure QoS.

The technologies developed will be validated with demonstrations on important national interest applications. Multidisciplinary teams will involve collaboration among researchers in several areas in computer sciences and application developers.

NSF Document: NSF 01-147

Additional Information

Related Programs

There are several closely related programs to NGS. Investigators who are unsure whether to submit to NGS or another program are encouraged to contact Frederica Darema and/or to the director of the other program.

• Information Technology Research is a CISE-led initiative directed at research in fundamental information technology. The ITR program is based on the PITAC Report and covers research in systems software in line with the scope of the NGS program.
  
• Advanced Computational Research directed by Xiaodong Zhang and with current focus areas on software systems and tools, visualization and data handling, and advanced and scalable algorithms in high-end computing.
  
• Distributed Systems and Compilers encompasses subject areas ranging from fundamental operating systems and compilers, cluster and grid computing, middleware, to emerging pervasive agent/mobile systems, and peer-to-peer and web-based computing.
  
• Also, check out the CISE Program Announcements and CISE Proposal Submission Guidelines for more comprehensive information.

Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems

This is a new area of interest, DDDAS, which has used ITR as a vehicle for starting this research direction, and is highlighted in the most recent ITR announcement.