Thursday, June 17, 2004
11:00am - 3:00pm
Via WebEx or
Board Room (#1235) of the National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230

This President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) meeting will focus on the U.S. Government investment in networking and information technology research and development with some specific applications. There will be deliberation of the PITAC Health and IT Subcommittee Final Report. There will also be a report on the activities of the Cyber Security Subcommittee. The afternoon session will focus on Computational Science issues.

The Committee will hear presentations by Dr.Erik Jakobsson, Director of the center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, National Institute of General Medicine, National Institutes of Health; Dr. Michael Strayer, Director, Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computation, Department of Energy Office of Science; Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation; and Dr. Ken Kennedy, Rice University. A full agenda can be found on the following NITRD website: http://www.nitrd.gov/pitac/index.html.

REGISTRATION: The public may attend the meeting on-line via the Internet or in person at the above address.

Please click here to register to attend in person at NSF:

Please click here to register for the on-line conference:

Registration for the conference will close at 5pm on Tuesday, June 15, 2004.

Members of the public are invited to submit their comments by (1) providing written statements to the PITAC before June 17, 2004 at pitac-comments@nitrd.gov or (2) giving a brief (three minutes or less) oral statement during the appropriate public comment periods on the meeting agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The NCO/ITRD at 703-292-4873 or by e-mail at pitac-comments@nitrd.gov.

The President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) was established on February 11, 1997 to provide the President, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Federal agencies involved in IT R&D with guidance and advice on all areas of high performance computing, communications, and information technologies. Representing the research, education, and library communities and including network provider and representatives from critical industries, the Committee guides the Administration's effort to accelerate development and adoption of information technologies vital for American prosperity in the 21st century.