The Computer and Information Science and Engineering Advisory Committee advises the U.S. National Science Foundation on support for research, education and infrastructure to facilitate policy deliberations, program development and program management, and to identify opportunities within the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE).
The committee advises the directorate on:
- The impact of the directorate's activities on the fields CISE supports.
- Program balance and other aspects of program performance.
- The impact of overall NSF policies on the CISE community.
On this page
Meetings
Next meeting: Spring 2024
Event details to come
Reports and documents
Committee Charter
Computing for the Environment
The CISE community has much to offer to help tackle some of the greatest environmental challenges of our time. This document poses a set of recommendations for NSF and the CISE community to encourage and facilitate research that addresses critical environmental challenges.
CISE Vision 2030
Taking a long-term, decade-and-beyond perspective, this document looks to identify and understand key opportunities and challenges facing CISE and its community.
Private-Sector Partnerships
Over the last several years, NSF has gained experience with partnerships in multiple sectors, public and private. This document provides a community perspective on CISE’s current experience and direction in public-private partnerships.
Growing and Diversifying the Domestic Graduate Pipeline
The vitality of the pipeline of domestic students who pursue PhDs in computer science and related fields is an area of serious concern to the computing community. This document summarizes the issues of graduate enrollments and the diversity of the domestic graduate student population, as identified by an ad hoc sub-committee.
Harnessing the Computational and Social Sciences to Solve Critical Societal Problems
This document summarizes a joint roundtable hosted by CISE and the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences. It underscores the deep interdependence of technological and social systems and explores ideas to improve collaborations between
academia and industry around data, science and society.
Committee members
Scott Acton
Lawrence R. Quarles Professor
Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor
University of Virginia
Term Expiration Date: June 2027
Annamalai Annamalai
Professor and Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Director, Cybersecurity Research and Education Center
Prairie View A&M University
Term Expiration Date: June 2026.
Terry V. Benzel
Director, Networking and Cybersecurity Division
Information Sciences Institute
University of Southern California
Term Expiration Date: June 2024.
Azer Bestavros
Associate Provost for Computing & Data Sciences
Warren Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Founding Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing
Boston University
Term Expiration Date: June 2026.
Vint Cerf
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist
Google
Term Expiration Date: December 2025.
Andrew A. Chien
William Eckhardt Distinguished Service Professor, Computer Science
Director, CERES Center for Unstoppable Computing
University of Chicago
Term Expiration Date: June 2027.
Gabriela Cruz Thompson
Director of University Research and Collaborations
Intel Corporation
Term Expiration Date: December 2023.
Antonio Delgado
Vice President, Innovation and Technology Partnerships
Miami Dade College
Term Expiration Date: June 2026.
Brittany A. Duncan
Ross McCollum Associate Professor in the School of Computing
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Term Expiration Date: December 2026.
Carla P. Gomes
Ronald C. and Antonia V. Nielsen Professor of Computing and Information Science
Director, Institute for Computational Sustainability
Cornell University
Term Expiration Date: June 2024.
Roch Guerin
Harold B. and Adelaide G. Welge Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
Term Expiration Date: June 2025.
Kinnis Gosha
Executive Director, Morehouse Center for Broadening Participation in Computing
Morehouse College
Term Expiration Date: December 2026.
Christopher R. Johnson
Founding Director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
Distinguished Professor, School of Computing
University of Utah
Term Expiration Date: June 2027.
Raja Kushalnagar
Director, BS, Information Technology Program, and MS, Accessible Human-Centered Computing
Professor, School of Science, Technology, Accessibility, Mathematics, and Public Health
Gallaudet University
Term Expiration Date: May 2025.
Ran Libeskind-Hadas
Chair, Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences
Claremont McKenna College
Term Expiration Date: June 2026
Jeanna Matthews
Professor, Department of Computer Science
Clarkson University
Term Expiration Date: June 2026.
Amy McGovern
Lloyd G. and Joyce Austin Presidential Professor, School of Computer Science and School of Meteorology
Director, NSF AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography
University of Oklahoma
Term Expiration Date: May 2025.
Muriel Médard
Cecil H. Green Professor of Electrical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Term Expiration Date: June 2026.
Elizabeth Mynatt
Dean, Khoury College of Computer Science
Northeastern University
Term Expiration Date: December 2024.
Klara Nahrstedt (Committee Co-chair)
Ralph M. and Catherine V. Fisher Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Term Expiration Date: December 2025.
Timothy M. Pinkston
Professor and George Pfleger Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University of Southern California
Term Expiration Date: June 2027.
Enrico Pontelli (Committee Co-chair)
Dean of Arts and Sciences
New Mexico State University
Term Expiration Date: December 2024.
Weisong Shi
Chair, Department of Computer and Information Science
University of Delaware
Term Expiration Date: June 2026.
Yuanyuan Zhou
Qualcomm Chair Professor
University of California, San Diego
Term Expiration Date: June 2026.
Contact information
For questions about the CISE advisory committee, contact KaJuana Mayberry at ciseac@nsf.org.