News

Information and Data Management Program (IDM)
Information and Intelligent Systems Division (IIS)
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1115
Arlington, VA 22230, U.S.A.

Phone: 703-292-8930	Fax: 703-292-9073
URL: http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/idm

The Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (including the IDM
Program) has changed the annual target dates of Sept. 15 and Feb. 15 to
DEADLINES (i.e., proposals MUST be submitted via Fastlane by the deadline
dates). The forthcoming deadlines are:
	December 5, 2001
	March 1, 2002
	November 16, 2002
For more details, please see the "Dear Colleague letter" of Sept. 6, 2001
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf01156

You are encouraged to see the information on research funded in the IDM
program and the results from IDM Program workshops at
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/idm prior to contacting the IDM program staff or
submitting your proposal to the IDM Program. The information from PIs
(Principal Investigators) Workshops includes up-to-date reports on funded
projects, summary of the achievements of the IDM field and future research
directions.

Please note that Dr. Maria Zemankova, the current IDM Program Director, will
be on a sabbatical Oct. 1, 2001 - Sept. 30, 2002 at the National Library
Medicine/NIH.

Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham of MITRE Corp. will be managing the IDM Program
next year. She can be reached at bthurais@nsf.gov, phone 703-292-8930.

Ms. Lori Allen lallen@nsf.gov, 703-292-8930 is the new IDM Program
Assistant, and Ms. Barbara Mitchell bmitchel@nsf.gov, 703-292-8930 is the
Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) Division's Proposal Processing and
Fastlane Specialist. They can help with any routine or special
proposal/award logistics inquiries.