Information Integration and Informatics  (III)

SYNOPSIS

Recent years have seen massive growth in the scale, diversity, and complexity of data. Moreover, the data are often used in unanticipated and new ways that frequently require repurposing, transforming, and/or integrating multiple, uncoordinated, and sometimes variously restricted data sources over which data users have no control. The abundance and heterogeneity of data and data sources have created increasing demands on and opportunities for information technologies.

The Information Integration and Informatics (III) program focuses on the processes and technologies involved in creating, managing, visualizing, and understanding diverse digital content in circumstances ranging from individuals through groups, organizations, and societies, and from individual devices to globally-distributed systems. Further, data are only part of a .knowledge life cycle. that progresses from data through knowledge and insight and, ultimately, to action. III funds innovative information technology research that can transform all stages of the knowledge life cycle.

III-funded projects are expected to lead to advances that are driven by specific information-technology challenges. Projects directed mainly at data-collection building and use, that apply existing data technologies to (perhaps) novel data sets, or that propose other activities with limited computing and information technology research potential are not appropriate for this program. III-supported activities can range from theoretical investigations to projects grounded in multi-disciplinary collaborations where data are central to the III-area research. In the case of multi-disciplinary projects proposers should explain the utility of the proposed work to the application domain and demonstrate expertise in that domain among the project participants. Regardless of research modality, proposals should make clear what computing and information technology challenges are being addressed and how the effectiveness of the work will be assessed.

More information on topics of interest to the III program is available at:
http://www.nsf.gov/cise/iis/iii_pgm.jsp

Information Integration and Informatics (III) Staff

Funding Opportunities for the Information Integration and Informatics Program:

Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): Core Programs.  NSF 08-575

THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF

Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): Core Programs