美
国 国
家
科 学
基
金 会
Overview of U.S.A. National Science Foundation
赵 伟 Wei Zhao
计算机与网络系统分部主任
Director of Computer and Network Systems Division
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal
agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of
science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to
secure the national defense…"
美国国家科学基金会是1950年由国会立法建立
其目的是推动科学发展，促进国家繁荣，确保国家安全
人
People
NSF之宗旨
NSF Mission
思想
Ideas
工具
Tools
U.S. Government
美国政府
Judicial Branch
司法机构
Legislative Branch
立法机构
Executive Branch
执法机构
农业部
DOA
商业部
DOC
国防部
DOD
教育部
ED
国科会
NSF
内务部
DOI
司法部
DOJ
劳动部
DOL
交通部
DOT
审计办
GAO
等15个部
中情局
NASA
证交委
SEC
国档馆
NARA
联储局
FRS
等18个重点委局
航宇局
NASA
环保署
EPA
会长
常务副会长
National
Science Board
Office of International
Science and Engineering
Office of Polar Program
Environmental Research
& Education Program
Office of
Inspection General
副会长/社科
AD Clutter
Biology
AD Freeman
Computer and
Information
Science and
Engineering
AAD Thompson
Education &
Human
Resources
AD Brighton
Engineering
AD Leinen
Geosciences
AD Turner
Mathematical
and
Physical
Sciences
AAD Ward
Social,
Behavioral
and Economic
Sciences
Division of Physics
副会长/数理
Division of Mathematical
Sciences
副会长/地学
Division of Chemistry
副会长/工程
Division of Astronomical
Sciences
副会长/教育
Division of Information
& Intelligent Systems
副会长/计信
Division of Computer and
Network Systems
副会长/生物
Division of Computing &
Communic. Foundation
NSF Organization
Administration Offices
International network
Software Tools for HighEnd Computing
Division of Computer and
Network Systems
Science of Design
Science and Engineering
Informatics
Data, Interface and
understanding
Cyber Trust
Education and Workforce
Division of Computing &
Communication. Foundation
Network Systems
Computer research
Infrastructure
Computer Systems
Theoretical Foundations
Foundations of Computi.
Processes and Artifacts
Emerging Models and
Technologies
计算机与信息科学和工程
Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering
Division of Information
& Intelligent Systems
NSF 预算与成果
NSF Budget and Achievements
$10,000.0
$1,000.0
Million Dollars 百万美元
Gemini Telescopes
InterNet
CAD & CAM
Buckyballs
$100.0
Sheba Program
DNA
$10.0
Doppler Radar
$1.0
MRI
Fiber Optics
$0.1
1950
1955
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
计算机与信息科学和工程: 预算与成果
CISE Budget and Achievements
$700
$600
Million Dollars 百万美元
$500
Persons with
Disabilities Access
to the Web
$400
Google Search
$300
$200
Visualization
Web Browsers
$100
InterNet
$0
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
CP
2006
Req
Leadership Role of US NSF
• Focusing on long term, big impact
• Engaging with research community
Example: GENI
The goal of GENI: to reinvent the Internet
Internet Today
?
Internet Tomorrow
2025
Leadership Role of US NSF
• Focusing on long term, big impact
Revolutionary Infrastructure
Revolutionary Infrastructure
The Space of Research
Four Invariants
Fiber
Maxwell Equations
Layered Approach
Inter-Connected Networks
Leadership Role of US NSF
• Engaging with research community
Construction
& Operations
Focused
Discussions
Town Hall Meetings
300 researchers
of 4 meetings
Planning
activities
5 Workshops of
120 researchers
Community Proxy
Final Design
Conceptual
Design
45 researchers
of 4 working
groups
Preliminary Design
国际活动
International Activities
Headquarter
U. S. A.
Paris Office
Beijing Office
P. R. C.
Tokyo Office
在NSF 广泛的研究领域内，拓展创新性和激励性的国际合作项目
Developing international programs that are
innovative, catalytic, and responsive to the broad range of NSF interests
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Thank You!
谢谢！