BIG DATA REGIONAL INNOVATION HUBS Accelerating the Innovation Ecosystem Fe Fen Z Zhao ao Staff Associate, Strategic Innovation CISE Directorate, Office of the Assistant Director 1 National Science Foundation
THE BDHUBS TEAM Many thanks goes out to… • Martin Wiener • Al Suarez • Chaitan Baru • Sylvia Spengler • Suzi Iacono • Casey Henderson , Camille Mulligan, Natalie DeJarlais(USENIX) • Andy Burnett (KI) • Dan Akins • Fran Berman • Alan Blatecky • David Logsdon • Chris Mentzel • Glenn Ricart • George Strawn 2 National Science Foundation
WHAT IS THE BDHUBS PROGRAM? An Agenda for The Discussion Today 01 THE HISTORY BDHubs continue and scale up the innovation activities initiated by White House Data2Action event 03 PHASE ONE NSF has released a solicitation (15-562) to support the first phase of BDHubs. 02 THE STRATEGY NSF is hosting a series of The multiphase BDHubs program aims charrettes around the to build regionally focused consortia country where regional around the country that will ideate, plan, Big Data stakeholders and support Big Data partnerships and will design the structure collaborative activities of their BD Hub 3 National Science Foundation
WHAT IS THE HISTORY BEHIND BDHUBS? The National Big Data R&D Initiative & Data to Knowledge to Action (Data2Action) Launch Data2Action MAR NOV OSTP and NITRD Agencies kick 90 organizations announce 29 new Big Data partnerships 2012 2013 off National Big Data R&D supported by $100M in non-federal funds Initiative with new federal programs totaling $200M Partnerships Bear Fruit JUN Partnerships update NITRD on midterm 2014 outcomes from announced projects BDHubs MAR NSF initiates BDHubs 2015 Big Data Partnerships Workshop MAY effort to sustain and Industry, academia, and government 2013 scale up collaborative representatives gathered to learn about Big Data innovation current Big Data partnership and brainstorm activities new ideas 4 National Science Foundation
Why focus on Big Data Partnerships? 5 National Science Foundation
JOHN HOLDREN Assistant to the President for Science and Technology @ Data2Action, Nov 2013 “America is rich with institutions that are expert at generating data, but as a Nation we have not fulfilled our potential to make the most of these data by merging pre- competitive resources, partnering on analytics, and sharing lessons learned. Today’s announcements show that we are maturing in this respect, finding synergies and collaborative opportunities that will accelerate progress in a wide range of scientific, social, and economic domains.” 6
WHAT IS A PARTNERSHIP? Here are three examples from the Nov 2013 Data2Action White House Event Foundational Research Education Healthcare • Berkeley AMPLab is funded • Funded by the Schmidt • Novartis, Pfizer, and Eli Lilly by NSF, DARPA, DOE and a Family Foundation, partner to improve access to large number of private University of Chicago runs information about clinical sector companies such as the Data Science for Social trials AWS, Google, and SAP Good summer program • New platform builds on • AMPLab creates Apache • Fellows work to solve and clinicaltrials.gov data to will open source software create apps to solve data provide more detailed and platform (BDAS) for the science challenges defined patient-friendly information, whole community, including by DSSG partners, including a machine readable Spark/Shark, Mesos, “ target health profile” to • Partners include City of Tachyon improve the ability of Chicago, Cook County Land healthcare software to • Sponsors are able to interact Bank, Cook County Sheriff, match individual health with researchers and Ushahidi, Qatar Computing profiles to applicable clinical students at meetings, Research Institute, Lawrence trials hearing about progress in Berkeley National cutting edge research Laboratory, Environmental Defense Fund and many others 7 National Science Foundation
WHAT IS THE BDHUBS NETWORK? “Hub and Spoke”– A Nation-Wide Network for Data Innovation 1 Hubs 3 Nodes Local stakeholders guide activities Partnerships formed locally and to drive specific nationally end goals in priority areas Spokes Hub selects some 2 local priority areas (i.e. transportation, manufacturing) 8 National Science Foundation
Accelerating the ideation and development of Big Data solutions Driving successful pilot programs Engaging stakeholders from across the region Hubs should focus on key challenges & opportunities in their region Potential activities could be 9 9 National Science Foundation
Facilitating engagement with opinion and thought leaders on the societal impact of Big Data Increasing the speed and volume of technology transfer Providing data resources Hubs should focus on key challenges & opportunities in their region Potential activities could be 10 10 National Science Foundation
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF PARTNERING? Achieve collectively what is impossible individually INITIATE COMMON ACCESS TO TOP SHARED BEST REDUCED PARTNERSHIPS RESOURCES TALENT PRACTICES COORDINATION COSTS Hubs will bring Participants can In a world where Big Data practices, Partnerships always together academia, leverage the resources demand for Big Data especially in a socio- come with a logistical industry, non-profits, contributed by talent far exceeds technical context, are cost. With BDHubs, and government to partners to Hub supply, Hubs will increasingly complex. NSF will fund the staff initiate new partnerships. Hubs connect partners with and logistics support partnerships. can help develop “plug Partners can develop students in academia. necessary for more and play” and share best By collectively ideating complex infrastructure Projects with academia practices in areas such and bringing together collaborations, resources for partners. will train those as privacy, resources from across reducing overhead and sectors, partnerships Resource providers students in projects of discrimination, and maximizing benefits for can drive faster can find users that will interest to partners ethics to ensure participants. innovation and more develop novel before they even leave adoption while novel ideas applications for their school. minimizing unwanted infrastructure. consequences. 11 National Science Foundation
THE NSF BIG DATA PORTFOLIO OF PROGRAMS Within the broader NSF portfolio, BDHubs focuses on building partnerships around Big Data RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE Critical Techniques & Data Infrastructure Technologies for … Big Building Blocks Data (BIGDATA) (DIBBS) PARTNERSHIPS EDUCATION Big Data Regional National Research Innovation Hubs Traineeship (NRT) (BDHubs) 12 National Science Foundation
HOW IS THE BDHUBS PROGRAM DIFFERENT? BDHubs is not your typical NSF research program MULTIPHASE Partners can use networking activities to determine what future priority areas NETWORKING to take on. Activities NSF is funding the around these areas staff & networking will be funded in activities between later phases partners, not research . COLLABORATION NOT COMPETITION NSF prefers one proposal per DYNAMIC region that describes the Hubs will be general consensus around dynamic and grow Hub activities. Submitting institution is only a logistics over time to facilitator for the Hub. accommodate more interested participants 13 National Science Foundation
THE BD HUBS SOLICITATION (15-562) Details and Specifications 14 National Science Foundation
Specifications & Limits AWARD INFORMATION & DUE DATES An estimated 4 awards is anticipated – 1 award Full Proposal Deadline: per region. June 24, 2015 (5pm proposer’s local time) Each project will be funded up to a maximum of $1,250,000 for up to 3 years , subject to the availability of funds. Total anticipated funding amount of $4M-$5M 15 National Science Foundation
Specifications & Limits ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION Proposals may be submitted by NSF welcomes collaborative proposals that include for-profit organizations. However, for-profit Universities and Colleges organizations may only participate as subawardees. Non-profit, non-academic organizations An organization may only submit one proposal. This limit holds across all regions defined in the Program State and Local Governments Description. Other Federal Agencies and Federally An individual may only serve as the PI or co-PI in at Funded Research and Development most one submission. Centers (FFRDCs) 16 National Science Foundation
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