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COMPUTING RESEARCH NEWS A Publication of the Computing Research Association January 2003 Vol. 15/No. 1 NIBIB at NIH Promotes Collaboration in Research By Donna J. Dean Overview As the Institute continues to Biomedical Implant Science (BMIS) expand and prosper, areas of Coordinating Committee. The establishment of the National considerable interest include The development of a new Institute of Biomedical Imaging and biomaterials, nanoscience, platform generation of research scientists is Bioengineering (NIBIB) clearly is development, surgery, bioinformatics, also critical to the successful future of having a positive impact on the other multimodality imaging, imaging trans-disciplinary research. Therefore, institutes and centers that comprise devices and agents, computer model- the NIBIB has taken a lead role in the National Institutes of Health. As ing, image-guided therapies and the development of methods for it enters its third year, the NIBIB’s interventions, imaging reconstruc- training researchers who are techni- unique status as an institute dedi- tion, and the physics and mathemat- cally competent in the field, inde- Donna J. Dean cated to emerging biomedical tech- ics of biomedical imaging. Areas of pendent thinkers, successful will be paramount to fully under- nologies is leading to innovative and interest in the technology arena communicators, team players, and standing the mechanisms of all eye collaborative science that crosscuts include sensors, nanotechnology, visionaries in transcending discipli- diseases and disorders. all biological processes, organ sys- microtechnology, micro and macro nary boundaries. Professor Enrico Gratton, a tems, and diseases. materials, computer applications, and NIBIB-supported researcher from the The NIBIB supports and conducts biomedical imaging. Current Research Department of Physics at the interdisciplinary research and train- An important component of the Significant results from a wide University of Illinois, Urbana, has ing in biomedical imaging and bio- NIBIB’s mission is to promote collab- array of research projects in NIBIB’s developed a new, non-invasive sensor engineering, and supports the orations that integrate multiple scien- extramural grant portfolio have technology that significantly development and translation of tech- tific disciplines. These collaborations already been demonstrated. increases a clinician’s ability to nologies that enable fundamental dis- cut across NIH institutes and centers, A new, high-frequency ultrasound resolve high-resolution images of covery and facilitate early disease other Federal agencies, and academia scanning system has been developed brain function. This technology holds detection and management. An out- and industry. Key to the collaborative by Dr. Katherine Ferrara, professor the potential to provide a wealth of standing extramural research program efforts of the Institute are several and chair of the Department of new knowledge about the progres- has been established, and in fiscal trans-NIH and inter-agency organiza- Biomedical Engineering at the sion, detection, and treatment of a year 2002 the Institute supported 289 tions administered by NIBIB: the University of California, Davis. This wide range of neurological disorders, extramural research grants in the Bioengineering Consortium new scanning system will provide an including Parkinson’s and amount of $100,003,000. (BECON), the NIH Inter-Institute unprecedented opportunity to image Alzheimer’s diseases. Imaging Group, and the NIH blood flow in the anterior segment of Another significant project sup- the eye, and holds promise for other ported by NIBIB is that of a digital opaque tissues. The ability to monitor Inside CRN the physiology of the eye will help NIH Institute NIBIB combat major causes of blindness and Continued on Page 8 Expanding the Pipeline .......................2 NSF Column........................................6 Undergraduate Award Winners. ..........3 Federal Budget Cycle..........................7 Taulbee Preliminary Salary Data..........4 Professional Opportunities ................11 PAID U.S. POSTAGE PERMIT NO. 993 NONPROFIT ORG. Sun Microsystems Laboratories: License to DC WASHINGTON, Innovate By Greg Papadopoulos In technology, success comes cepts currently being developed at from equal parts innovation and Sun Labs is a new method of commu- pragmatism. nications tunneling. Jim Mitchell, the director of Sun We call it Supernetworking. What Microsystems Laboratories, puts it it does is add a new layer of abstrac- this way: “This is not university tion to a layered model of computer research. We are here to make things networking, making it easy to encrypt that will someday make money.” both the transmission and storage Creating useful technologies— of data. marketable technologies—is what Communications tunneling is keeps us going. already used in today’s virtual private We’re idealistic enough to want to Greg Papadopoulos networks, but mainly on a network- make a difference in peoples lives to-network basis. Other uses are pos- and practical enough to realize that uses of the network that ultimately sible, but remain costly and selling useful products enables us to create more demand. complicated. The beauty of keep doing what we love. As the network expands, the fun- Supernetworking lies in how easy it is Since Sun Labs was founded in damental questions that drive our to manage. 1990, a number of our rule-changing thinking include: “What will the I won’t go into the technical innovations have made it into the impact be on the infrastructure?” and details; suffice it to say, the Supernet mainstream—from platform-inde- “What pieces of the network infra- layer sits directly above the network pendent Java technologies to our structure are missing?” layer and includes its own addressing ground-breaking Sun Ray and Sun structure and security services. This Cluster products. A very important Secrets of the Supernet Certainly one of the critical pieces Sun Microsystems Laboratories piece of our business model is not just CRA NW 1100 Seventeenth Street, Suite 507 DC 20036-4632 Washington, to predict, but also to help stimulate is security—and one of the key con- Continued on Page 9 COMPUTING RESEARCH NEWS January 2003 Expanding the Pipeline Computing Research Grace Hopper Celebration of Women 2002 Association By Valerie Taylor, Amy Pearl, and Telle Whitney Board Officers James Foley Co-founded by Dr. Anita Borg on “Ad Hoc Networks,” and a panel was created to fulfill the complemen- Chair Georgia Institute of Technology and Dr. Telle Whitney in 1994 and on “Career Transitions and Choices.” tary needs of undergraduates desiring Janice Cuny inspired by the legacy of Admiral The program also included three real-world skills and community Vice Chair Grace Murray Hopper, the Institute invited technical talks—“Living and organizations that increasingly rely University of Oregon for Women and Technology’s Working with Ubiquitous Com- on technology, but often lack the Kathleen McKeown Grace Hopper Celebration of puting: Technical and Societal expertise and budget. As Jamieson Secretary Women in Computing Conference Challenges” by Dr. Jean Scholtz of described the program, snapshots of Columbia University (www.gracehopper.org) is designed to NIST, “Simultaneous Multithreaded the different EPICS project were John Stankovic Treasurer bring the research and career inter- Processors” by Dr. Susan Eggers of continuously being displayed on the University of Virginia ests of women in computing to the the University of Washington, and side, providing true passion to her Board Members forefront. It is the largest technical “Compiler Technology: Trends and spoken words. Philip Bernstein conference for women in computing Challenges” by Dr. Mary Lou Soffa, Again, the conference included Microsoft Research and results in collaborative proposals, University of Pittsburgh. very interesting parallel sessions Randal Bryant networking and mentoring for Thursday featured the Mentor following the keynote talk, such as Carnegie Mellon University junior women, and increased visi- Match program, a volunteer-based technical papers on “Networks, Doris Carver bility for the contributions of women program that grouped senior women Protocols and Proxies,” a talk on the Louisiana State University in computing. with young professionals and gradu- “CRA Grand Research Challenges Lori Clarke The fourth Grace Hopper ate students. During luncheon, Conference on Systems: A Status University of Massachusetts Conference was held at the Hyatt mentees were grouped with mentors Report,” and a technology innova- Timothy Finin Regency in Vancouver, British at reserved tables to get to know tion forum on “Bridging the Digital University of Maryland Baltimore County Columbia, on October 9-12, 2002 each other and to identify other Divide: Ubiquity Without Boun- with more than 600 attendees. Of times during the conference to net- daries and Borders.” The invited Ambuj Goyal IBM T.J. Watson Research Center particular interest was the large num- work. More than 20 mentors and 150 technical talks included “An Open Barbara Grosz ber of students who attended—366, mentees signed up for this program. Web Services Architecture” by Stans Harvard University of which 160 received scholarships. For the first time the conference also Kleijnen of Sun Microsystems, Inc.; James Horning The Grace Hopper Conference was included poster presentations, which “Common Security Exposures” by NAI Labs truly an international conference