CISE Launches Digital Society Research Program

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Looking to study the way IT and society are shaping each other, the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering has unveiled the Digital Society and Technologies Research Program.

The future and well-being of the Nation depend on the effective integration of Information Technologies (IT) into its various enterprises and social fabric. Information Technologies are designed, used and have consequences in a number of social, economic, legal, ethical and cultural contexts. With the rise of unprecedented new technologies (e.g., smart homes, shop-bots, pedagogical agents, wearable computers, personal robots, multi-agent systems, sensors, grids, knowledge environments) and their increasing ubiquity in our social and economic lives, large-scale social, economic and scientific transformations are predicted.

The new program is meant to add to " scientific understanding of the actual scope and trajectory of these socio-technical transformations."

Deadlines and additional information for proposals are available in the official solicitation, which can be found at http://www.cise.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_display.cfm?pub_id=9951.