This document has been archived Announcement of opportunities in High Performance Computing and National Information Infrastructure for 1995. Dear Colleague: The National Science Foundation (NSF) intends to announce opportunities for support of multidisciplinary group-oriented research for Fiscal Year 1995 in connection with the U.S. High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Program, including the new Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications (IITA) component and the National Information Infrastructure (NII). This activity builds on the success of the Grand Challenge Application Groups and National Challenge Groups competitions held previously to include five distinct but interrelated components: GRAND CHALLENGES: to prepare the groundwork for the HPCC goal of sustained teraflop computing on important application problems utilizing parallel, distributed and heterogeneous computing systems and high performance networks; NATIONAL CHALLENGES: to demonstrate the solution of problems beneficial to a broad spectrum of society which contain an extensive information processing component, and which could benefit greatly by building an underlying information infrastructure; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES: to accelerate progress in developing those technologies that will enable the community to take full advantage of high performance computing and communications systems in solving problems represented by the Grand Challenges and Natonal Challenges. Computer Science Challenges: focus is on the development of computing technology ranging from computer architecture through systems software to algorithms. Mathematical Sciences Challenges: focus is on advances in the mathematical sciences ranging from algorithms through the development of tools to the essential use of computation in extending mathematical frontiers. Problem Solving Environments: focus is on the development of computational environments that take advantage of unique characteristics of specific problems in order to shorten the problem solving cycle. Pre-proposals will be required. It is anticipated that deadline for submission of pre-proposals will be February 13, 1995. Details will be given in the announcement which will be available on STIS shortly; it will be referenced in the NSF Mosaic home page accessible via http://www.nsf.gov. Until then, inquiries should be directed to Robert G. Voigt, rvoigt@nsf.gov. Robert G. Voigt Acting HPCC Coordinator The National Science Foundation (NSF) provides awards for research in the sciences and engineering. The awardee is wholly responsible for the conduct of such research and preparation of the results for publication. The Foundation, therefore, does not assume responsibility for such findings and their interpretation. The Foundation welcomes proposals on behalf of all qualified scientists and engineers, and strongly encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to compete fully in any of the research and research-related programs described in this document. In accordance with Federal statutes and regulations and NSF policies, no person on grounds of race, color, age, sex, national origin, or disability shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under, any program or activity receiving financial assistance from the National Science Foundation. Facilitation Awards for Handicapped Scientists and Engineers provide funding for special assistance or equipment to enable persons with disabilities (investigators and other staff, including student research assistants) to work on an NSF project. See program announcement NSF 91-54, or contact the Facilitation Awards Coordinator, Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Washington, DC 20550, (703) 306-1636. The Foundation has TDD (Telephonic Device for the Deaf) capability, which enables individuals with hearing impairment to communicate with the Division of Personnel and Management about NSF programs, employment, or general information. The telephone number is (703) 306-0090 This program is described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance categories: 47.074, BIO; 47.070, CISE; 47.041, ENG; 47.049, MPS; and 47.075, SBE. If you are a user of electronic mail and have access to the Internet, you may order publications electronically by sending requests to pubs@nsf.gov. In your request, include the NSF publication number and title, number of copies, your name, and a complete mailing address. Publications should be received within three weeks after placement of your order.