---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erwin Gianchandani <erwin@cra.org> Date: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:04 AM Subject: [CCC Blog] NSF Unveils Cross-Cutting Smart Health & Wellbeing Program To: erwin@cra.org CCC Blog has posted a new item, 'NSF Unveils Cross-Cutting Smart Health & Wellbeing Program' You may view the latest post at http://www.cccblog.org/2011/11/10/nsf-unveils-cross-cutting-smart-health-wel... Excerpt ------------ The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Engineering (ENG), and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) have joined forces to co-sponsor a new, interdisciplinary Smart Health and Wellbeing (SHB) program for FY 2012. The solicitation just out today broadens a program first implemented by CISE in spring 2011 -- and is consistent with an outline in last winter's President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report on networking and information technology R&D as well as a prior Computing Community Consortium (CCC) health IT research roadmap: Through the Smart Health and Wellbeing (SHB) Program, NSF seeks to address fundamental technical and scientific issues that would support much needed transformation of healthcare from reactive and hospital-centered to preventive, proactive, evidence-based, person-centered and focused on wellbeing rather than disease. The issues to be addressed include, but are not limited to, sensor technology, networking, information and machine learning technology, modeling cognitive processes, system and process modeling, and social and economic issues. Effective technology-based solutions must satisfy a multitude of constraints arising from clinical needs, social interactions, cognitive limitations, barriers to behavioral changes, heterogeneity of data, semantic mismatch and limitations of current cyberphysical systems. The high degree of complexity and broad range of the problems require multidisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers to identify and address barriers limiting quality of life, independence for chronically ill and elder individuals, and other aspects of wellbeing. Fundamental technological advances are also needed to understand the impediments that prevent people from engaging in health-promoting life styles including diet and exercise and from participating in their healthcare decisions. The solicitation calls for two types of projects (after the jump...): You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, Erwin Gianchandani erwin@cra.org