The Computer Science Department is offering the Exploiting Parallelism and Scalability (XPS) grant to support groundbreaking research in a new era of parallel computing. This grant is for addressing the fundamental limitations of single-processor performance and semiconductor technology by re-evaluating and re-designing the traditional computer hardware and software stack. It seeks holistic approaches for today’s heterogeneous parallel and distributed systems, requiring collaborative efforts from application to micro-architecture layers. Research should focus on developing new abstract models, algorithms, programming paradigms, hardware architectures, compilers, operating systems, and run-time systems. Key considerations also include energy and communication efficiency, and the optimal division of effort between edge devices and cloud environments.
Opportunity ID: 205814
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 13-507 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Exploiting Parallelism and Scalability |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 20 |
| Assistance Listings: | 47.070 — Computer and Information Science and Engineering |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Nov 05, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 20, 2013 Full Proposal Deadline(s): February 20, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 20, 2013 Full Proposal Deadline(s): February 20, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 20, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $750,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | *PI Limit: Each proposal is required to have two or more PIs providing different and distinct expertise relevant to the program’s focus areas. More details are available in Section V.A. Proposal Preparation Instructions. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Description: | Computing systems have undergone a fundamental transformation from the single-processor devices of the turn of the century to today’s ubiquitous and networked devices and warehouse-scale computing via the cloud. Parallelism has become ubiquitous at many levels. The proliferation of multi- and many-core processors, ever-increasing numbers of interconnected high performance and data intensive edge devices, and the data centers servicing them, is enabling a new set of global applications with large economic and social impact. At the same time, semiconductor technology is facing fundamental physical limits and single processor performance has plateaued. This means that the ability to achieve predictable performance improvements through improved processor technologies has ended. The Exploiting Parallelism and Scalability (XPS) program aims to support groundbreaking research leading to a new era of parallel computing. XPS seeks research re-evaluating, and possibly re-designing, the traditional computer hardware and software stack for today’s heterogeneous parallel and distributed systems and exploring new holistic approaches to parallelism and scalability. Achieving the needed breakthroughs will require a collaborative effort among researchers representing all areas– from the application layer down to the micro-architecture– and will be built on new concepts and new foundational principles. New approaches to achieve scalable performance and usability need new abstract models and algorithms, programming models and languages, hardware architectures, compilers, operating systems and run-time systems, and exploit domain and application-specific knowledge. Research should also focus on energy- and communication-efficiency and on enabling the division of effort between edge devices and clouds. |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 13-507 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
NSF grants.gov support
grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov Email:grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
Version History
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | NSF grants.gov support grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov Email: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.070 | PKG00151911 | Nov 05, 2012 | Feb 20, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
205814 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
205814 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
205814 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_3-1.3.pdf
205814 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
205814 RR_PersonalData_1_2-1.2.pdf
205814 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
205814 NSF_CoverPage_1_3-1.3.pdf
Optional forms
205814 RR_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
205814 NSF_DeviationAuthorization-1.1.pdf
205814 NSF_SuggestedReviewers-1.1.pdf
205814 NSF_Registration_1_3-1.3.pdf
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