The NITRD Subcommittee and each coordination group have Co-chair leaders—Federal agency experts—whose vision and dedication enable the Group to fulfill its responsibilities and to plan and execute high-impact coordination initiatives. The following people serve as NITRD Subcommittee and Group Co-chairs.
NITRD Subcommittee
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Gregory D. Hager |
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Dr. Craig Schlenoff |
To learn more about the NITRD Subcommittee, please visit the NITRD Subcommittee home page
Artificial Intelligence R&D (AI) IWG
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John Garofolo |
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Steven Lee |
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Michael Littman |
To learn more about the Artificial Intelligence R&D IWG, please visit the Artificial Intelligence R&D IWG home page
Big Data (BD) IWG
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Laura J. Biven |
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Amy Walton |
To learn more about the Big Data IWG, please visit the Big Data IWG home page
Computing-Enabled Networked Physical Systems (CNPS) IWG
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David Corman, Ph.D. |
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William Bradley Martin |
To learn more about the CNPS IWG, please visit the CNPS IWG home page
Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CSIA) IWG
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Matthew Scholl |
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Cliff Wang Program Director Computer and Network Systems (CISE/CNS) National Science Foundat |
To learn more about the CSIA IWG, please visit the CSIA IWG home page
Digital Assets R&D Fast-Track Action Committee (FTAC)
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Alan Mislove |
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Anna Squicciarini |
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Anna Brady-Estevez |
To learn more about the Digital Assets R&D FTAC, please visit the Digital Assets R&D FTAC home page
Digital Health R&D (DHRD) IWG
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Wendy J. Nilsen |
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Dana Wolff-Hughes |
To learn more about the Digital Health R&D IWG, please visit the DHRD IWG home page
Digital Twins Fast-Track Action Committee (FTAC)
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Simon Frechette |
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Steven Lee |
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Stacey Levine |
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Craig Schlenoff |
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Qing Wu |
To learn more about the Digital Twins FTAC, please visit the Digital Twins FTAC home page
High End Computing (HEC) IWG
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Varun Chandola |
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Hal Finkel |
To learn more about the HEC IWG, please visit the HEC IWG home page
Information Integrity R&D (IIRD) IWG
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Nina Amla |
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Wil Corvey |
To learn more about the IIRD IWG, please visit the IIRD IWG home page
Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Systems (IRAS) IWG
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Steven J. Thomson National Program Leader (NPL) Division of Agricultural Systems USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) |
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Juan Wachs Program Director Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CISE/IIS) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
To learn more about the IRAS IWG, please visit the IRAS IWG home page
Large Scale Networking (LSN) IWG
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Robert J. Bonneau |
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Deep Medhi |
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Doug Montgomery |
To learn more about the LSN IWG, please visit the LSN IWG home page
LSN/Joint Engineering Team (JET) COP
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Ralph A. McEldowney |
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Kevin Thompson |
To learn more about the JET, please visit the JET COP home page
LSN/Middleware and Grid Interagency Coordination (MAGIC) COP
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Hal Finkel Program Manager Advanced Scientific Computing Research U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science |
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Sharon Broude Geva Program Director Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CISE/OAC) National Science Foundation |
To learn more about the MAGIC, please visit the MAGIC COP home page
Privacy R&D IWG
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David Kuehn |
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Angela Robinson |
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Anna Squicciarini |
To learn more about the Privacy R&D IWG, please visit the Privacy R&D IWG home page
Software Productivity, Sustainability, and Quality (SPSQ) COP
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Ram D. Sriram |
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Sol Greenspan |
To learn more about the SPSQ COP, please visit the SPSQ COP home page
Wireless Spectrum R&D (WSRD) IWG
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John Chapin |
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Michael (Mike) DiFrancisco |
To learn more about the WSRD IWG, please visit the WSRD IWG home page