About the series
SBE Advisory Committee Meeting
December 3-4, 2020 via Zoom (All times EST)
Draft Public Agenda
Registration and Accommodations Information:
Advance registration for the meeting is required. Please register using the SBE AC Meeting ZoomGov registration link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Real time captioning for the meeting is available:
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Link to website displaying captions (on December 4th)
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If you require additional reasonable accommodations, please provide advanced notice of at least 24-48 hours before the meeting start date. Please contact sbe-ac-it-support@nsf.gov.
Thursday, 12/3/2020
12:00 – 12:15 p.m.
Welcome, introductions, approval of previous AC meeting summary, preview of agenda
Dr. Dominique Brossard, University of Wisconsin-Madison, SBE AC Chair
12:15 – 12:55 p.m.
SBE Directorate update
- Budget and Strategy Small Group Discussions
Dr. Arthur Lupia, Assistant Director (AD), SBE
- Broadening Participation
Dr. Kellina Craig-Henderson, Deputy AD, SBE
12:55 – 2:10 p.m.
Partnerships
- Dr. Andrea Belz, Division Director, Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, Directorate for Engineering
- Small group discussions
- Report out and general discussion
2:10 – 2:30 p.m.
Break
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Collaborations Between SBE and the NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE; joint with CISE AC)
- Report from May 2020 workshop, "Harnessing the Computational and Social Sciences to Solve Critical Societal Problems"
Dr. Beth Mynatt, Georgia Tech, CISE AC Member
Dr. Duncan Watts, University of Pennsylvania, SBE AC Member
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Prepare for meeting with NSF leadership
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Meeting with NSF Leadership
Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, NSF Director
Dr. F. Fleming Crim, NSF Chief Operating Officer
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn for the Day
Friday, 12/4/2020
12:00 – 12:45 p.m.
SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities Committee of Visitors (COV)
- COV report
Dr. Sandra Graham, University of California, Los Angeles, COV Chair
- SBE response
Dr. Kellina Craig-Henderson, Deputy AD, SBE
12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Federal Data Strategy
- Dr. Daniel Goroff, Division Director, SBE Division of Social and Economic Sciences
- Ms. Emilda Rivers, Division Director, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
- Small group discussion
- Report out and general discussion
2:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Break
2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
COVID-19-Related Research in the SBE Sciences
- Introduction
Mr. Jason Stoughton, Communications Specialist, SBE
- RAPID Award Project
Dr. Catherine Eckel, Texas A&M University, SBE AC Member
- Societal Experts Action Network
Dr. Dominique Brossard, University of Wisconsin-Madison, SBE AC Chair
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Activities
Dr. William Riley, NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, SBE AC Member
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Committee on Equal Opportunity in Science and Engineering (CEOSE) update
Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Intersections SBD, SBE CEOSE Liaison
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education (AC-ERE) Update
Dr. Ann Bostrom, University of Washington, SBE AC-ERE Liaison
3:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Break
4:00 – 4:40 p.m.
New SBE Funding Opportunities
- Human Networks and Data Science
Dr. Trisha Van Zandt, Program Director, Human Networks and Data Science
- Strengthening American Infrastructure
Dr. Marc Sebrechts, Division Director, SBE Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
4:40 – 5:00 p.m.
Wrap-up, assignments, closing remarks, farewell to departing SBE AC members
Dr. Dominique Brossard, University of Wisconsin-Madison, SBE AC Chair
Dr. Arthur Lupia, AD, SBE
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn
