NASA: Applied Information Systems Research
Sponsor: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
The purpose of the Applied Information Systems Research (AISR) Program is to employ
advances in information science and technology to enhance science productivity of the
Science Mission Directorate (SMD). AISR seeks innovative ideas for applying advances
in information science and technology to increase life-cycle effectiveness and efficiency
of research endeavors conducted by SMD research programs in Planetary Science,
Heliophysics, Astrophysics, and Earth Science.
AISR provides practical application of emerging information technologies, concepts,
methodologies, etc. to demonstrate their feasibility and potential to increase science
return, as well as to inform missions and research disciplines of promising techniques and
capabilities worthy of broader application and/or further development through full
maturity.
The specific goals of the AISR Program are to:
Investigate novel information technologies and computational methods that have
the potential to increase productivity of the SMD research endeavors and that
would extend the state-of-the-practice in those endeavors;
Demonstrate the degree of relevance, applicability, and potential impact of
emerging information technologies to SMD missions and programs; and
Foster interdisciplinary collaborations that span the space science, Earth science,
and computer science disciplines.
The AISR Program seeks innovative adaptations of advances in information science and
technology to enrich the NASA science environment. It is not intended for basic
computer science research or for low-level technology developments, but rather for
experimental application of such advances as an entrιe for early exposure in the NASA
science environment.
The AISR Program is intended to allow SMD to be an early, innovative, and a less riskaverse
adopter of advanced information technologies and capabilities, especially in areas
with potential for high payoff if successful. Typically, NASA science disciplines and/or
missions are unwilling to take chances and invest in unproven technologies, and AISR
serves as an incubator to mitigate risks and inform potential beneficiaries for subsequent
infusion within NASA.
Notional areas of interest for proposals to this program include, but are not limited to:
Reduce mission development time, risk, and cost through, for example, advanced
simulation and design capabilities;
Increase mission duration and reliability through, for example, autonomous
operations and control, improved dynamic scheduling, fault tolerant and/or
adaptable computing, etc.;
Increase data return through, for example, onboard science autonomy and
intelligent compression;
Increase science return from the data and enable qualitatively new science
through, for example, advanced knowledge discovery, data synthesis, and data
presentation methodologies; distributed and heterogeneous, interdisciplinary
collaborative frameworks; intelligent knowledge-building systems to assist
scientific research and applications; etc.; and/or
Deploy enhancements to persistent software tools and environments that assist the
productivity of the scientific users of high-end computing resources.
The first four areas of interest roughly frame the possibilities in terms of the science life
cycle. The fifth area of interest targets a specific application domain for consideration,
and affords an opportunity to align with and complement the NASA High-End
Computing Program support for scientific modeling and analysis.
Deadline: STARTING MAY 1, 2007 THROUGH APRIL 11, 2008
For further information, please visit:
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=%7B89FBF877-DD5F-AC6E-DAB3-AE19504EA70D%7D&path=open
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