The NITRD Subcommittee and each coordination group have Co-chair leaders—Federal agency experts—whose vision and dedication enable the Group to fulfill its responsibilities and to plan and execute high-impact coordination initiatives. The following people serve as NITRD Subcommittee and Group Co-chairs.

 

NITRD Subcommittee

Dr. Dilma Da Silva

Dr. Dilma Da Silva
Acting Assistant Director
Directorate for Computer Information Science and Engineering
Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF)
National Science Foundation

Dr. Craig Schlenoff

Dr. Craig Schlenoff
Director
National Coordination Office for
Networking Information Technology
Research and Development

To learn more about the NITRD Subcommittee, please visit the NITRD Subcommittee home page

Artificial Intelligence R&D (AI) (IWG)

John Garofolo

John Garofolo
Senior Adviser for Applied Analytics Programs
Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Steven Lee

Steven Lee
Program Manager in Applied Mathematics
Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Michael Littman

Michael Littman
Division Director
Information and Intelligent Systems (CISE/IIS)
National Science Foundation

To learn more about the Artificial Intelligence R&D IWG, please visit the Artificial Intelligence R&D IWG home page

Video and Image Analytics (VIA) Team

David Kuehn

David Kuehn
Program Manager
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration

Richard W. Vorder Bruegge

Richard W. Vorder Bruegge
Senior Physical Scientist
FBI/OTD/DFAS

Patricia Wolfhope

Patricia Wolfhope
Digital Forensics Subject Matter Expert
Science & Technology Directorate
Department of Homeland Security

To learn more about the VIA Team, please visit the VIA Team home page

Big Data (BD) (IWG)

Laura J. Biven

Laura J. Biven
Data Science Technical Lead
Office of Data Science Strategy
Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health

Amy Walton

Amy Walton
Program Director
Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CISE/OAC)
National Science Foundation

To learn more about the Big Data IWG, please visit the Big Data IWG home page

Computing-Enabled Networked Physical Systems (CNPS) (IWG)

David Corman

David Corman, Ph.D.
Program Director, CISE/CNS
National Science Foundation

William Bradley Martin

William Bradley Martin
NSA Research Directorate
Secure Systems Architecture and Analysis
National Security Agency

To learn more about the CNPS IWG, please visit the CNPS IWG home page

Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CSIA) (IWG)

Matthew Scholl

Matthew Scholl
Division Chief, Computer Security
National Institute of Standards and Technology/Information Technology Laboratory

Cliff Wang Cliff Wang
Program Director
Computer and Network Systems (CISE/CNS)
National Science Foundat

To learn more about the CSIA IWG, please visit the CSIA IWG home page

Digital Assets R&D Fast-Track Action Committee (FTAC)

Alan Mislove

Alan Mislove
Assistant Director for Data and Democracy
Science and Society Division
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

Anna Squicciarini

Anna Squicciarini
Program Director
Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)
Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS)
National Science Foundation

Anna Brady-Estevez

Anna Brady-Estevez
Program Director
Chemical Technologies (CT)
Distributed Ledger (DL)
Energy Technologies (EN)
Power Management (PM)
Space (SP)
National Science Foundation

To learn more about the Digital Assets R&D FTAC, please visit the Digital Assets R&D FTAC home page

Digital Health R&D (DHRD) (IWG)

Wendy J. Nilsen

Wendy J. Nilsen
Deputy Division Director
Information and Intelligent Systems (CISE/IIS)
National Science Foundation

Dana Wolff-Hughes

Dana Wolff-Hughes
Program Director, Risk Factor Assessment Branch
Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program
National Cancer Institute
National Institute of Health

To learn more about the Digital Health R&D IWG, please visit the DHRD IWG home page

High End Computing (HEC) (IWG)

Varun Chandola

Varun Chandola
Program Director
Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CISE/OAC)
National Science Foundation

Hal Finkel

Hal Finkel
Program Manager
Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science

To learn more about the HEC IWG, please visit the HEC IWG home page

Information Integrity R&D (IIRD) (IWG)

Nina Amla

Nina Amla
Senior Science Advisor
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
National Science Foundation (NSF)

Wil Corvey

Wil Corvey
Program Manager, Information Innovation Office (I2O)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

To learn more about the IIRD IWG, please visit the IIRD IWG home page

Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Systems (IRAS) (IWG)

Steven J. Thomson Steven J. Thomson
National Program Leader (NPL)
Division of Agricultural Systems
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Juan Wachs Juan Wachs
Program Director
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CISE/IIS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)

To learn more about the IRAS IWG, please visit the IRAS IWG home page

Large Scale Networking (LSN) (IWG)

Robert J. Bonneau

Robert J. Bonneau
Associate Director, Command/Control and Data Analytics
DoD/OASD (R&E)

Deep Medhi

Deep Medhi
Program Director, CISE/CNS
National Science Foundation

Doug Montgomery

Doug Montgomery
Manager Internet Technologies Research
National Institute of Standards and Technology

To learn more about the LSN IWG, please visit the LSN IWG home page

LSN/Joint Engineering Team (JET)

Ralph A. McEldowney

Ralph A. McEldowney
Associate Director for Networking
DoD HPC Modernization Program

Kevin Thompson
Program Director, CISE/OAC
National Science Foundation

To learn more about the JET, please visit the JET home page

LSN/Middleware and Grid Interagency Coordination (MAGIC)

Hal Finkel Hal Finkel
Program Manager
Advanced Scientific Computing Research
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science
Sharon Broude Geva Sharon Broude Geva
Program Director
Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CISE/OAC)
National Science Foundation

To learn more about the MAGIC, please visit the MAGIC home page

Privacy R&D (IWG)

Naomi Lefkovitz

Naomi Lefkovitz
Senior Privacy Policy Advisor
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Anna Squicciarini

Anna Squicciarini
Program Director
Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)
Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS)
National Science Foundation

To learn more about the Privacy R&D IWG, please visit the Privacy R&D IWG home page

Privacy R&D/Advancing Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing and Analytics

Tess deBlanc-Knowles Tess deBlanc-Knowles
Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence
National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office (NAIIO)
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
James Joshi James Joshi
Program Director
Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)
Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS)
National Science Foundation
Naomi Lefkovitz Naomi Lefkovitz
Senior Privacy Policy Advisor
Cybersecurity and Privacy Applications Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Kate McCall-Kiley Kate McCall-Kiley
CoFounder & Program Director
xD | US Census Bureau

To learn more about the FTAC-APPDSA, please visit the FTAC-APPDSA home page

Software Productivity, Sustainability, and Quality (SPSQ) (IWG)

Ram D. Sriram

Ram D. Sriram
Chief, Software and Systems Division
Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Sol Greenspan

Sol Greenspan
Program Director, CISE/CCF
National Science Foundation

To learn more about the SPSQ IWG, please visit the SPSQ IWG home page

Wireless Spectrum R&D (WSRD) (IWG)

John Chapin

John Chapin
Special Advisor for Spectrum
Division of Computer and Network Systems (CISE/CNS)
National Science Foundation

Michael (Mike) DiFrancisco

Michael (Mike) DiFrancisco
Senior Technical Advisor
Office of Spectrum Management
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

To learn more about the WSRD IWG, please visit the WSRD IWG home page