UCR Research and Economic Development Newsletter:  September 20, 2015

Michael Pazzani

Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development

http://research.ucr.edu

Back Issues of Newsletter: http://research.ucr.edu/vcr/newsletters.aspx

Grant Opportunity Search: http://pivot.cos.com

 


·         Research Information Sessions for Faculty/Researchers

·         Grant Opportunity Searches

·         California Institute of Regenerative Medicine: Stem Cell Funding Announcements

·         Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – 11/11/15

·         Office of Naval Research 2016 Young Investigator Program – 12/1/15

·         Google Faculty Awards – 10/15/15

·         Sanofi Collaboration Opportunity

·         DARPA Program Managers

·         Burrowing Owl


Research Information Sessions for Faculty/Researchers

 

There’s a lot happening in Research and Economic Development this fall.  Below is a calendar of events, that can also be viewed at http://research.ucr.edu/about/calendar.aspx .  There are several types of events:

 

·         Information sessions for new faculty.  While particularly useful for new faculty, all faculty and researchers are encouraged to attend.  The initial sessions discuss how to use electronic systems for finding grants opportunities, and submitting proposals. Later session will focus on IRB, IACUC, technology commercialization and working with companies.

·         Faculty networking lunches.  These lunches are on particular topics and they are designed to get faculty from different departments to know about one another’s research to encourage collaboration.   Topics include, Stem Cell Research, Genome Editing,  STEM Learning and Education, Spatial Science, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Research.  Reservations required.  Sign up at the links below.  (Vegetarian and Gluten-free options are available). If you have an idea for a topic for the winter or spring, please contact me.

·         NIH Funding:  Ilhem Messaoudi Powers will give several presentations on how to write a competitive NIH grant and an official from NIH will be here on Nov 16 to talk about Small Business Innovation Research Grants.

·         Science Meets Business:   In this event, faculty or students with technology of potential commercial interest and who are considering forming companies will present the technologies to entrepreneurs from Southern California Business community. There are two goals of this event: To get advice on how to commercialization and to network to find potential partners.   If you are interested in presenting, please send mail to Rebeccah Goldware (Goldware@ucr.edu).

·         PRIM&R workshops: Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research.  PRIMR&R is a leading national organization that gives training for Institution Review Boards and faculty applying for IRB grants.  They will give a full day workshop at UCR on OCT 29 appropriate for IRB officials, IRB Board Members (or potential Members), researchers who want to learn more about human subjects research, or researcher who want an in-depth overview of the IRB..  On Oct 30, there will be shorter versions covering the same topic and researchers conducting research involving human subjects are encouraged to attend.

 

Date

Time

Location

Topic

9/25/15

10:00 – 11:00

HUB 260

Show me the Money (Funding Search Engines and Opportunities Including Demo on COS Pivot) - New Faculty Seminar

To sign up:

http://research.ucr.edu/OrApps/Org/OrgEvents/Default.aspx?g=inc

10/5/15

12:00 – 1:30

UOB 210

Stem Cell Research – networking lunch

To reserve:

http://stem-cell-research.eventbrite.com  

10/7/15

11:00 – 12:00

SOM RB 321

Presentation on NIH Funding by Prof. Ilhem Messaoudi Powers

10/9/15

10:00 – 11:00

HUB 260

What are these UCR internal systems and how do they help me (PAMIS eCAF, ePreAward, RED Web Portal)? - New Faculty Seminar

10/15/15

3:30 – 4:30

SOM RB 321

Presentation on NIH Funding by Prof. Ilhem Messaoudi Powers

10/19/15

12:00 – 1:30

UOB 210

Genome Editing (Crispr-Cas9 and related technologies) – networking lunch

To reserve:

https://genome-editing.eventbrite.com

10/23/15

10:00 – 11:00

HUB 269

What’s the fastest way to complete a Grants.gov proposal (Cayuse424)? - New Faculty Seminar

10/28/15

3:00 – 6:00

Hinderaker B154

Science Meets Business Entrepreneur Matchmaking Event: Goldware@ucr.edu

10/29/15

8:30 – 4:00

Alumni & Visitors Center

IRB 101 presented by PRIM&R

10/30/15

8:30 – 10:00

Alumni & Visitors Center

IRB 250 –- Quick Overview

10/30/15

10:15 – 11:15

Alumni & Visitors Center

IRB 250 – Case Studies Social Behavior Research presented by PRIM&R

10/30/15

11:15 – 12:15

Alumni & Visitors Center

IRB 250 – Case Studies in Biomedical Research presented by PRIM&R

11/2/15

12:00 – 1:30

UOB 210

STEM Learning – networking lunch

To reserve:

https://stem-learning.eventbrite.com

11/6/15

10:00 – 11:00.

HUB 260

NSF FastLane and Research.gov? - New Faculty Seminar

11/16/15

12:00 – 1:30

UOB 210

Spatial Science – networking lunch

To reserve:

https://spatial-science.eventbrite.com

11/16/15

3:00 – 5:00

Alumni & Visitors Center

NIH SBIR Workshop

11/20/15

10:00 – 11:00.

HUB 260

NIH eRA Commons and PublicAccess? - New Faculty Seminar

11/30/15

12:00 – 1:30

UOB 210

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Research – networking lunch

To reserve:

https://uav-in-research.eventbrite.com

12/4/15

10:00 – 11:00

HUB 260

How do I get corporate funding? - New Faculty Seminar

 

These sessions will continue in the winter with additional topics.  Research and Economic Development can also offer shorter, customized presentations to departments or colleges on request.

 

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Grant Opportunity Searches

 

UCR subscribes to COS PIVOT which has several useful ways of finding grant opportunities.

·         Search for grant opportunities by keyword (http://pivot.cos.com/funding_main).  I find the results more useful by restricting to Funding type Research, Applicant type Academic, and Sponsor Type either Federal Government or Foundation.

·         Searches may be saved and new results emailed weekly

·         Search for grant opportunities by profile.  (Pivot automatically creates a profile based on your publications and grants, but you can add to this profile)

·         Search for faculty at UCR (or other universities) whose profile contains certain keywords (see http://pivot.cos.com/profiles/main) or whose profile matches a funding opportunity

See http://research.ucr.edu/ord/funding/search-engines/pivot.aspx for signing up for pivot. There will be an information session with a live demo on using COS POVIT on 9/25/2015 from 10:00 – 11:00 in HUB 260

 

The top search results for search on “science policy” are below

Deadline

Amount

Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) (Support for Agenda Setting Conferences for the SciSIP Program) (And Innovative Uses of STAR METRICS & NCSES Data to Illuminate Science Policy)

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)

09 Feb 2016
Full Proposal
Anticipated

$189,000USD

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) - Foundational Program - Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities (AERC): Economics, Markets and Trade

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

30 Apr 2016
Application
Anticipated

$500,000USD

 

Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R21)

United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16 Oct 2015
Application
Confirmed

$275,000USD

 

Dear Colleague Letter - Stimulating Research Related to the Science of Broadening Participation

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)

Varies
Full Proposal
Confirmed

see record

 

National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF)

United States Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (USAF)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

24 Apr 2016
Full Proposal
Anticipated

see record

 

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California Institute of Regenerative Medicine: Stem Cell Funding Announcements

 

RFA 15-05: Funding Opportunity for Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy Awards (Bridges 2.0)

https://www.cirm.ca.gov/about-cirm/bridges-stem-cell-research-and-therapy-awards

 

                Proposals due - October 1, 2015, 2:00pm Pacific Time

                Award Start Date – May 2016

 

RFA 15-06: Funding Opportunity for Summer Program to Accelerate Regenerative Medicine Knowledge (SPARK)

https://www.cirm.ca.gov/about-cirm/bridges-stem-cell-research-and-therapy-awards

 

Proposals due -October 1, 2015, 2:00pm Pacific Time

                Award Start Date – May 2016

 

Limited Submission - Each eligible applicant institution may submit only a single application.

Applicant institutions must be California public universities or colleges, or private, non-profit academic institutions in California that are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Applicant institutions must have an existing high school summer internship program. Non-profit organization means either:

 

(1)    a governmental entity of the state of California; or

 

(2)    a legal entity that is tax exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code section 23701d.

 

Partnering Opportunity For Late Stage Preclinical! Projects (PA-15-01)

 

https://www.cirm.ca.gov/sites/default/files/files/about_cirm/PA1501_rev081715.pdf

 

The objective of this program announcement (PA) is to create a highly competitive partnering opportunity for promising stem cell based project to accelerate the completion of preclinical activities       necessary to attain an active IND or IDE with the FDA and to initiate start-up activities of the proposed clinical trial. CIRM expects Projects under this program to advance rapidly into the clinical and to be accomplished within two years unless adequately justified.

 

Under this program, CIRM will act not only as a funding agency, but will also devote significant internal  resources and leverage its external team of world class subject matter experts to actively advance the project.  The result of a successful application will be the formation of a true partnership that both accelerates the program and gives it the greatest opportunity for success.

 

Proposal due -                  2:00 pm (PDT/PST) on the last business day of each month.

Award Start Date –Must start within 45 days of award approval (i.e., approximately 130 days

post submission)

 

 

Partnering Opportunity For Clinical Trial Stage Projects (PA-15-02)

 

https://www.cirm.ca.gov/sites/default/files/files/about_cirm/PA1502_rev081715_0.pdf

The objective of this program announcement (PA) is to create a highly competitive partnering opportunity for promising stem cell-­based projects to accelerate the completion of a clinical trial for a stem cell-­based therapy that addresses an unmet medical need.

 

Under this program, CIRM will act not only as a funding agency, but will also devote significant internal  resources and leverage its external team of world class subject matter experts to actively advance the project.  The result of a successful application will be the formation of a true partnership that both accelerates the program and gives it the greatest opportunity for success.

 

Proposal due -                  2:00 pm (PDT/PST) on the last business day of each month.

Award Start Date –Must start within 45 days of award approval (i.e., approximately 130 days

post submission)   

 

 

Partnering Opportunity For Supplemental Accelerating Activities (PA 15-03)

 

https://www.cirm.ca.gov/sites/default/files/files/about_cirm/PA1503_rev081715_0.pdf

 

The objective of this program announcement (PA) is to support new activities on active CIRM-­funded development projects that will significantly accelerate development of the proposed therapy or increase the likelihood of success.

 

Under this program, CIRM will act not only as a funding agency, but will also devote significant internal  resources and leverage its external team of world class subject matter experts to actively advance the project.  The result of a successful application will be the formation of a true partnership that both accelerates the program and gives it the greatest opportunity for success.

 

Proposal due -                  2:00 pm (PDT/PST) on the last business day of each month.

Award Start Date –Must start within 45 days of award approval (i.e., approximately 130 days

post submission)  

 

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – 11/11/15

 

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting applications that address specific challenges defined in the grant programs below. For details and application instructions, please visit the new Grand Challenges website (http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org).  Please note that descriptions of the challenges will soon be available on the website in Chinese, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

 

1) Grand Challenges Explorations is seeking innovative global health and development solutions and is now accepting proposals for its latest application round. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations, and for-profit companies. Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.

 

Proposals are being accepted online until November 11, 2015 for the following challenges: 

 

 

2) New Interventions for Global Health: Vaccine Manufacturing. This challenge focuses on innovations in vaccine manufacturing platforms designed to lower production cost for vaccines that target diseases of great global burden and that are among the most costly to produce with current technologies.

 

Letters of Intent will be accepted until November 5, 2015. Read more about this grant opportunity here: http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/new-interventions-global-health-vaccine-manufacturing

 

3) In addition, the African Academy of Sciences (http://www.aasciences.org) and the New Partnership for African Development (http://www.nepad.org/) have launched Grand Challenges Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. This program joins others within the Grand Challenges family of grant programs supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its partners. Grand Challenges Africa will build on the global success of Grand Challenges programs in India, Brazil, and South Africa, as well as the strong base of Africa Grand Challenges grantees already funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and USAID. For more information please visit AAS (http://www.aasciences.org/index.php/news-a-events/433-aesa-launched).

 

If you have a great idea, please apply. If you know someone else who may have a great idea, please forward this message. Innovative ideas from around the world and from all disciplines are welcome.

 

Furthermore, as a forum for sharing ideas, pursuing new opportunities and keeping abreast of new developments in the field of global health, The Gates Foundation (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/) together with Grand Challenges Canada (http://www.grandchallenges.ca) has set-up a LinkedIn group. All you need to join is a free LinkedIn account - go to Global Health Innovations (https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=3839474) and click "Join".

 

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Office of Naval Research 2016 Young Investigator Program – 12/1/15

 

The Office of Naval Research has released its 2016 Young Investigator Program solicitation. To be eligible, you must be in your first or second tenure-track appointment and must have begun your first tenure-track appointment on or after November 1, 2010. You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident at the time the proposal is submitted (December 1, 2015).

 

ONR seeks young faculty members who show promise for doing creative work in its science and technology areas. You are strongly encouraged to contact an ONR technical program officer to discuss your idea before submitting a proposal.

 

Awards will be up to $170,000 over three years. Last year, ONR made 36 awards from 380 proposals.

 

Proposals are due December 1, 2015. The solicitation is available at http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=278925.

 

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Google Faculty Research Awards 10/15/15:

 

Google gives faculty research awards (to be in an amount approximately equivalent to the amount necessary to support one graduate student for one year plus travel). Most awards are in the $40,000 to $70,000 range. The maximum amount a PI can request is $150,000. The intent of the Google Research Awards is to support cutting-edge research in Computer Science, Engineering, and related fields.  There are two items worth noting in applying for these awards:

 

 

http://research.google.com/university/relations/research_awards.html

 

Deadline: October 15, 2015

 

Google ask applicants to categorize their proposals into one of the following broad research areas of interest to Google:

 

Computational neuroscience, Economics and market algorithms, Geo/maps, Human-computer interaction, Information retrieval, extraction, and organization (including semantic graphs) , Machine learning and data mining, Machine perception, Machine translation, Mobile, Natural language processing, Networking, Online education at scale, Physical interactions with devices, Policy and standards, Privacy,  Robotics, Security, Social networks, Software engineering and programming languages, Speech, Structured data and database management, Systems (hardware and software)

 

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Sanofi Collaboration Opportunity

 

Sanofi is interested in funding collaborative projects that align with the research priorities identified in the newly released Sanofi Partnering Brochure: (http://en.sanofi.com/Images/39903_2015%20Sanofi%20Partnering%20Brochure.pdf).  Sanofi also welcomes:

a.        New insights into the biology and pathogenesis of select diseases

b.       Innovative approaches that enable or enhance new and existing therapeutic modalities (e.g. nucleic acid therapeutics, gene therapy, etc.)

 

Sanofi has asked Emily Abbott, UCR’s Director of Corporate & Strategic Partnerships, to share relevant UCR research summaries.  Sanofi is particularly interested in projects featuring novel targets with strong disease biology validation and an initial starting point for drug discovery or even therapeutic intervention.  By way of example, a starting point can be assays amenable to high-throughput screening, new animal models, new chemical or biological constructs, lead compounds, drug candidates, biomarkers…

 

To be considered for a collaboration, please fill out the on-line form for each research area/technology you would like Sanofi to consider:  https://fs18.formsite.com/ebabbott/form1/index.html.  Or send the following information to Emily Abbott (emily.abbott@ucr.edu): name, title, email, phone, lab website, title of your research area/technology, research summary, and relevant publication(s). The deadline is October 13.  For more information: Emily Abbott (emily.abbott@ucr.edu, 827-4772).

 

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DARPA Program Managers

 

I attended a DARPA workshop in early September. DARPA is much different than other federal agencies in that it creates new very specialized programs (or projects) each year and it is extremely important to discuss potential projects with program officers before apply (or even before programs are announced to help them shape programs).   Typically, a program manager creates 1-2 new programs in the first two years they are at DARPA and then manages the funded investigators for the remainder of their term.  Below is a list of all program officers, their interests, and the year they started.  Those that started in 2015 and 2014 are more likely to be starting new programs than those with earlier start dates.  See http://www.darpa.mil/attachments/(6S1)%20Global%20Nav%20-%20Work%20With%20Us%20-%20For%20Small%20Business%20-%20About%20SBPO%20-%20Doing%20Business%20(Approved).pdf for advice on working with DARPA and http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/offices for more info about DARPA.

 

 

 

Office

Name

Start Date

Interests; Topic Tags

BTO

Dr. Phillip Alvelda

2014

| Bio-complexity | Bio-systems | Syn-Bio |; med-devices, neuroscience

BTO

Dr. Mildred Donlon

2010

advanced chemical and biological detectors for battlefield, counter proliferation, and intelligence applications; countermeasures

BTO

Dr. Justin Gallivan

2014

synthetic biology, including engineering microbial communities to produce small molecules or to prevent disease, and reprogramming multicellular organisms to perform complex tasks; bio-systems, syn-bio

BTO

LTC Matthew Hepburn, MD, USA

2013

dynamic threats of emerging infectious diseases with potential impact on national security; disease, forecasting, health

BTO

Dr. Alicia Jackson

2010

 integration of engineering with biology to assemble cells and inorganic materials, novel manufacturing processes for increased process versatility and resiliency in a combat environment, and biomanufacturing to create self-healing materials, evolvable processes and otherwise ‘unmanufacturable’ materials. ;

BTO

Dr. Geoffrey Ling

2013

diagnosing and developing therapeutic responses for brain and spinal cord injury;

BTO

Dr. Barry Pallotta

2011

complex biological systems and their application to scientific discovery and the development of medical countermeasures to biological threats; disease, med-devices, spectroscopy, therapy

BTO

Dr. Justin Sanchez

2013

neurotechnology, brain science and systems neurobiology; neuroscience, restoration

BTO

Dr. Elizabeth Strychalski

2015

applying insights and methods from physics, control theory, and mathematics to understand complex biological systems and transform inhospitable environments.; chemistry, fundamentals, math, syn-bio

BTO

Lt Col Daniel J. Wattendorf, M.D., USAF

2010

methodological advances in genomics and biotechnology to optimize health and prevent disease; disease, health, therapy

BTO

Dr. Doug Weber

2013

neural engineering, specifically: neural interface systems and how to apply these technologies to acquiring and decoding neural signals for controlling assistive and prosthetic devices; and neural stimulation technologies for restoring or retraining sensory, motor and autonomic functions.; med-devices, neuroscience, restoration

DSO

Dr. Fariba Fahroo

2014

Dr. Fahroo comes to DARPA from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) where she was a program officer for Math programs in Dynamics and Control, Computational Mathematics and Optimization and Discrete Math. While at AFOSR, she initiated and managed basic research programs in various areas of computational math and control theory such as multiscale modeling and computation, uncertainty quantification, design under uncertainty, distributed, multi-agent control and estimation, and computational control theory.; complexity, math

DSO

Dr. Reza Ghanadan

2013

information and communications sciences and technologies, applied and computational mathematics, and adaptive and autonomous systems; complexity, math

DSO

Dr. Jim Gimlett

2013

novel metrology for positioning, navigation and timing leveraging advances in quantum optics, nanoscale microelectromechanical systems, and atomic and nuclear physics, and new monitoring, modeling and modulation methodologies applied to immunology; materials, quantum

DSO

Dr. Judah M. Goldwasser

2007

microstructural effects on macroscopic material properties and their exploitation to the control of the continuum response of multifunctional materials for a variety of applications; fundamentals, materials

DSO

Dr. Prem Kumar

2013

electrical engineering, computer science,  physics and astronomy; quantum, sensors

DSO

Mr. Michael Maher

2011

development of new technologies to reduce the manufacturing cycle time and novel lightweight multifunctional material systems; manufacturing, materials

DSO

Dr. John Main

2014

physical sciences and fostering the R&D communities that will support those programs. This is Dr. Main’s second tour as a DARPA Program Manager. His first tour at DARPA began in 2002 and resulted in programs in a broad range of technical areas including biologically inspired materials, fast and efficient human-powered swimming, rapid rooftop access, small-scale power generation, GPS-denied underwater navigation, and human exoskeletons for increased warfighter endurance.; manufacturing, materials

DSO

Dr. Tyler McQuade

2013

no info on DARPA interests - his own research focuses on synthetic methods leveraging catalysis and flow chemical tools; chemistry, complexity, fundamentals, integration, materials

DSO

Dr. Mark Micire

2013

mobile and space robotics, multi-touch interfaces, search and rescue, human-robot interaction, and autonomy; autonomy, robotics

DSO

Dr. Predrag Milojkovic

2014

advanced imaging concepts and devices, computational imaging, novel optical materials, imaging through scattering media and non-line-of-sight imaging.; imagery, photonics

DSO

Dr. John S. Paschkewitz

2015

new paradigms and approaches for the interactive design of complex physical systems and system-of-systems (SoS) architectures. ; chemistry, complexity, systems

DSO

Dr. Gill A. Pratt

2010

robotics.  Specific areas include the development of declarative design methods that enhance the symbiosis between designer and design tool, hyper-rapid fabrication methods, interfaces that significantly enhance human/machine collaboration, mechanisms and control methods for enhanced mobility and manipulation, low impedance actuators, and improved platforms for post-secondary robotics education. He also has a strong interest in the application of neuroscience techniques to robot perception and control.; autonomy, processing, robotics

DSO

Dr. Adam Russell

2015

new experimental platforms and tools to facilitate discovery, quantification, and "big validation" of fundamental measures in social science, behavioral science, and human performance.; data, forecasting, networking

DSO

Dr. Vincent Tang

2013

development of new technologies for countering nuclear terrorism and other national security applications; fundamentals, sensors

DSO

Dr. Jan Vandenbrande

2015

developing math and computational tools to radically improve the design of mechanical products. Topics of specific interest to Dr. Vandenbrande include: exploiting new design possibilities enabled by new materials and fabrication processes (3-D printing, composite fibers, micro truss structures) and enhancing design discovery.; manufacturing, materials

I2O

Mr. Timothy Booher

2014

cyberspace technology; cyber

I2O

Dr. Paul Cohen

2013

artificial intelligence in machine learning, language, vision, semantic technology, data analysis, information theory and education informatics; AI, autonomy, data

I2O

David Doermann

2014

language and media processing and exploitation, vision and mobile technologies. He comes to DARPA with a vision of increasing capabilities through joint vision/language interaction for triage and forensics applications.; analytics, automation, data, imagery, ISR, language

I2O

Dr. John Everett

2014

intersection of automation technologies with information security; automation, cyber, trust

I2O

Mr. Timothy Fraser

2011

cyber security; automation, cyber, trust

I2O

Dr. Michael Hsieh

2013

Previous interests: quantitative models of economic and social phenomena to improve situational awareness of global events with national security significance,  Current Interest as of July 2015: quantitative and cryptographic techniques for establishing provable security in big data and software; cyber, privacy, trust

I2O

Dr. Suresh Jagannathan

2013

programming languages, compilers, program verification, and concurrent and distributed systems; cyber, programming, trust

I2O

Mr. Steve Jameson

2014

algorithms and architectures for situational awareness, meta-cognitive systems to enable decision-making and ways to enhance human trust in automation. Specifically, he’ll pursue the application of these themes to critical problems in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) domain and study their applicability across multiple domains addressed by I2O and DARPA such as cyber and autonomy.; analytics, automation, ISR

I2O

Dr. Angelos Keromytis

2014

computer systems, network security and cryptography; automation, cyber, trust

I2O

Dr. Robert Laddaga

2013

resilient computing systems and artificial intelligence; cyber, networking, trust

I2O

Dr. John Launchbury

2014

programming languages, security, privacy and cryptography; cyber, privacy, trust

I2O

Dr. Boyan Onyshkevych

2013

human language technologies and knowledge-based systems applied to the areas of information extraction, language understanding and semantic computing; analytics, data, language

I2O

Mr. Frank Pound

2014

cyber operations and providing a useful interface to the “living Internet of things” such that it can be more easily measured and understood.; automation, cyber, visualization

I2O

Lt Col George Roelke, PhD, USAF

2011

no information available; cyber

I2O

Dr. Carey Schwartz

2015

analytic methods for distinguishing causality from correlation, data to decisions and quantum information sciences.; analytics, data, math

I2O

Mr. Wade Shen

2014

machine learning, machine translation, speech recognition and data analytics for improved human/computer interaction.; AI, data, language

I2O

Dr. Stuart Wagner

2014

networking, cyber security and computer network operations; analytics, cyber, networking

I2O

Mr. Michael Walker

2013

machine reasoning about software in situ and the automation of application security lifestyles; automation, cyber

 

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Burrowing Owl

 

In mid-august I went out to the desert to watch the meteor shower. We stayed in Borrego Springs and the next morning we went out to the Salton Sea for birding with the primary goal of finding burrowing owls There were quite a few visible from the irrigation ditches in the agricultural land near there.  Here’s a photo of one tilting his head.

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Michael Pazzani

Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development 

Professor, Computer Science & Engineering

University of California, Riverside

200 University Office Building

Riverside, CA 92521

pazzani@ucr.edu

 

Assistant:  Linda Bejenaru

Email: VCREDadmin@ucr.edu

951-827-4800