AGENDA
VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY (VCAT)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Boulder, CO
(Video Teleconference to NIST–Gaithersburg)
Theme: Focused Inputs to NIST on National Priorities:
Subcommittees on Information Technology and Biosciences/Health Care
August 14-15, 2007
ALL VISITORS MUST PRE-REGISTER TO BE
ADMITTED.
CONTACT DENISE HERBERT AT denise.herbert@nist.gov
NO LATER THAN AUGUST 9, 2007.
TIMES SHOWN ARE MOUNTAIN TIME
Tuesday, August 14
8:10 am VCAT
Meeting Begins
(Boulder, Building 1, Room 1107) (Gaithersburg, Building
101/Lecture Room C)
Welcome
Dr. David Spong, Chair
8:15
am NIST Update and VCAT Agenda
Review
Dr. William Jeffrey, NIST Director
8:45 am Discussion
on NIST update
9:00 am Break
9:15 am Information
Technology At NIST: Present and Future
Ms. Cita Furlani, Director,
Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)
10:00 am Update on Bioscience/Health Program and
Planning Activities
Dr. Willie May,
Director, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL)
10:45 am Laboratory Tours
o Using
the Virtual World to Enable Spatially Separated Researchers to Perform
Real-time Cooperative Analyses
Dr. Judith (Devaney) Terrill and
Dr. Adele Peskin, Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division, Information
Technology Laboratory
o Quantum
Computing with Trapped Ions
Dr. David Wineland, Time and
Frequency Division, Physics Laboratory;
Dr. Emanuel (Manny) Knill,
Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division, Information Technology
Laboratory
o Standards
for Biomagnetic Imaging
Dr. Stephen Russek, Electromagnetics Division, Electronics and
Electrical Engineering Laboratory
12:15 pm Lunch
After Lunch Return to
Boulder-Building 1, Room 1107 / Gaithersburg–Building 101, LR C
1:15 pm Update
on Nanotechnology Subcommittee since March meeting, Dr. Paul Fleury
1:30 pm Update
on Nanotechnology Subcommittee since March meetingUpdate
on Biosciences/Health Care Subcommittee since March meeting, Thomas Baer
1:45
pm Break-Out Sessions with VCAT
Subcommittees (note room locations)
VCAT Subcommittee on Information Technology
(Boulder–Building 1, Room 4550) (Gaithersburg–Bldg.
101/Lecture Room F)
VCAT Subcommittee on Biosciences/Health
Care
(Boulder–Building 1, Room 1107) (Gaithersburg–Bldg.
101/Lecture Room C)
5:00 pm Adjourn
Day Two: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
9:00 am Roundtable
Discussion: Subcommittee Thematic
Overview Briefs
VCAT and NIST Senior Managers
(Boulder, Bldg. 1, Room 1107) (Gaithersburg, Bldg. 101,
Lecture Room F)
·
Introductory
Remarks
Dr. David Spong, VCAT Chair
·
VCAT
Subcommittee on Information Technology Feedback
Mr. W. Wyatt Starnes, Chair of VCAT Subcommittee on Information
Technology
·
VCAT
Subcommittee on Biosciences/Health Care Feedback
Dr. Thomas Baer, Chair of VCAT Subcommittee on Biosciences/Health Care
·
Discussion
and Draft Recommendations
Led by Dr. David Spong, VCAT Chair
12:00 noon Adjourn
Future Meeting Dates
December 11-12, 2007, Charleston,
SC
April 8-9, 2008, Gaithersburg,
MD
August 12-13, 2008, Boulder,
CO
