Instructor to serve on advisory committee

An instructor from LSMSA has been asked to join the working group on Learning and Workforce Development for a committee within the National Science Foundation.

Brad Burkman, a principal lecturer of mathematics and computer science and student research advisor, will serve on the Advisory Committee on Cyberinfrastructure (ACCI) of the NSF. The group was formed at the behest of Irene Qualters, division director of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) Division of the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE).

The directorate for computer and information science and engineering has four goals: to enable the U.S. to uphold a position of world leadership in computing, communications and information science and engineering; to promote understanding of the principles and uses of advanced computing, communications and information systems in service to society; to support and provide advanced cyberinfrastructure to enable and accelerate discovery and innovation across all disciplines; and to contribute to universal, transparent and affordable participation in an information-based society.

The Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Division supports and coordinates the development, acquisition and provision of state-of-the-art cyberinfrastructure resources, tools and services essential to the advancement and transformation of science and engineering. ACI also supports forward-looking research and education to expand the future capabilities of cyberinfrastructure. By fostering a vibrant ecosystem of technologies and a skilled workforce of developers, researchers, staff and users, ACI serves the growing community of scientists and engineers, across all disciplines, whose work relies on the power of an advanced research cyberinfrastructure.

The National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity and welfare; to secure the national defense.” NSF is vital because it supports basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future. With an annual budget of $7.5 billion, NSF is the funding source for approximately 24 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and universities.