Request for Information; National Science Foundation's Directorate for Computer Information Science and Engineering, 35367-35368 [2021-14159]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 125 / Friday, July 2, 2021 / Notices Abstract: We offer a variety of education programs, public programs, tours, training, and events throughout the country. In order to register participants, we use various online and paper registration forms. Advance registration allows NARA offices to schedule the tours, training, and events to maximize the participants’ time and to accommodate the participants in the space. Swarnali Haldar, Executive for Information Services/CIO. Dated: June 29, 2021. Sherry P. Hale, Staff Assistant, National Endowment for the Arts. 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ADDRESSES: NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 60-Day Notice for the ‘‘NEA American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Grants to Organizations and Grants to Local Arts Agencies for Subgranting Notices of Funding Opportunties (NOFOs)’’ National Endowment for the Arts AGENCY: National Endowment for the Arts, National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities. ACTION: Notice of proposed collection; comment request. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arts Advisory Panel Meetings National Endowment for the Arts, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. ACTION: Notice of meetings. AGENCY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that 1 meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference or videoconference. DATES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for individual meeting times and dates. All meetings are Eastern time and ending times are approximate. 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SUMMARY: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Date and time: July 19, 2021; 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 35367 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:12 Jul 01, 2021 Jkt 253001 The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data is provided in the desired format; reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized; collection instruments are clearly understood; and the impact of collection requirements on respondents is properly assessed. Currently, the NEA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information collection of: NEA American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Grants to Organizations and Grants to Local Arts Agencies for Subgranting Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs). A copy of the current information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the ADDRESSES section below within 60 days from the date of this publication in the Federal Register. The NEA is particularly interested in comments that: • Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Email comments to Daniel Beattie, Director, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts, at: beattied@ arts.gov. Daniel Beattie, Director of Guidelines and Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts, at (202) 682– 5688 or at beattied@arts.gov. Dated: June 22, 2021. Daniel Beattie, Director, Guidelines and Panel Operations, Administrative Services, National Endowment for the Arts. [FR Doc. 2021–13540 Filed 7–1–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7537–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Request for Information; National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Computer Information Science and Engineering National Science Foundation. Request for information. AGENCY: ACTION: Semiconductor-related research, including underlying supplychain, business, and economic impacts, are increasingly important to the Nation’s long-term competitiveness and security. Through this Request for Information (RFI), the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer Information Science and Engineering (CISE) seeks input from those who are directly engaged in, or might potentially benefit from, CISErelated research and education in semiconductor and micro- and nanoelectronics. SUMMARY: Please send comments on or before September 30, 2021. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable. Send comments to the address below. ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Sankar Basu or Erik Brunvand, Program Directors, CISE_SemiWG@nsf.gov. DATES: E:\FR\FM\02JYN1.SGM 02JYN1 35368 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 125 / Friday, July 2, 2021 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite E10241, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1.800.877.8339, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (including Federal holidays). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The computing stack has traditionally been viewed as a hierarchy of layers with devices and circuits comprising the lowest layers, and architectures, software, algorithms, and applications constituting progressively higher layers. Lower layers of the stack (e.g., devices, circuits, architectures) more directly involve semiconductor technologies to the extent that researchers may interact with large-scale fabrication facilities, but all levels of the stack are influenced by microelectronic advances to varying degrees. Thus, although in its entirety CISE research may not directly involve research on semiconductors, per se, the entire computing stack, from circuit design to architectures and on to software and applications such as sensor networks including the Internet of Things (IoT), embedded computing, next-generation wireless systems, largescale data analytics, AI, edge and cloud computing, and high-performance computing, heavily depends on advances in this space. As a result, much of the CISE directorate’s portfolio is dependent upon advances in semiconductor technologies. For one example, tomorrow’s artificial intelligence (AI) innovations offer transformative societal impacts, but require advanced hardware capabilities that leverage newer semiconductor technologies. Conversely, the hardware design problem is a large multi-objective, multiscale optimization problem that stands to benefit from the application of modern AI techniques. Invitation to Comment: NSF invites comments from the public who are directly engaged in, or might potentially benefit from, CISE-related research and education in semiconductor and microand nano-electronics. 1.0 Background On December 14–20, 2020, CISE funded a workshop focusing on the lowest levels of the computing stack. This workshop considered the scientific frontiers for semiconductor and microelectronics technologies as well as the needs for access to semiconductor foundries (for details, see the workshop report at https:// nsfedaworkshop.nd.edu/assets/429148/ nsf20_foundry_meeting_report.pdf. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:12 Jul 01, 2021 Jkt 253001 Building upon that workshop and report, and given the diverse interests of the CISE directorate and community, the intent of this RFI is broader. Specifically, NSF/CISE seeks to: • Gauge the extent to which the community’s research and educational agenda are handicapped, e.g., by unavailability of past or future resources. By this, NSF/CISE asks that respondents not restrict their answers to issues related to funding, but rather also consider issues related to infrastructure, facilities, access to tools/intellectual property/data, legal issues, etc., that support their research and educational agenda in the broader area of semiconductors; • Understand what specific activities the research community would pursue and how that activity would impact societal and national interests, if the impediments mentioned in the first category above are removed. NSF/CISE asks respondents to be specific in making projections about new technologies potentially enabled by advances in semiconductor and microelectronics technologies within the 5-, 10-, or 15-year horizons, or longer. 2.0 Request for Information This RFI is issued solely for information-gathering purposes. NSF/ CISE’s intent is to analyze the responses received from this RFI for internal needs and for potentially formulating future programmatics. NSF/CISE may make anonymized versions of the responses available for public consumption. This RFI does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals. To respond to this RFI, please use the official submission form available at https:// www.surveymonkey.com/r/CISERFI onSemiconductorResearchand Education. (Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1861.) Dated: June 28, 2021. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2021–14159 Filed 7–1–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2021–0055] Information Collection: NRC Online Form, Request for Alternatives Nuclear Regulatory Commission. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Renewal of existing information collection; request for comment. ACTION: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, NRC Online Form, ‘‘Request for Alternatives.’’ DATES: Submit comments by August 31, 2021. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal Rulemaking Website: • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC–2021–0055. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • Mail Comments to: David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Mail Stop: T–6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 2084; email: Infocollects.Resource@ nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021– 0055 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC–2021–0055. A copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC–2021–0055 on this website. 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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Request for Information; National Science Foundation's 
Directorate for Computer Information Science and Engineering

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Request for information.

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SUMMARY: Semiconductor-related research, including underlying supply-
chain, business, and economic impacts, are increasingly important to 
the Nation's long-term competitiveness and security. Through this 
Request for Information (RFI), the National Science Foundation's (NSF) 
Directorate for Computer Information Science and Engineering (CISE) 
seeks input from those who are directly engaged in, or might 
potentially benefit from, CISE-related research and education in 
semiconductor and micro- and nano-electronics.

DATES: Please send comments on or before September 30, 2021. Comments 
received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable. 
Send comments to the address below.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Sankar Basu or Erik Brunvand, Program 
Directors, [email protected].

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National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite E10241, 
Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Individuals who use a telecommunications 
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay 
Service (FIRS) at 1.800.877.8339, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 
days a year (including Federal holidays).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The computing stack has traditionally been 
viewed as a hierarchy of layers with devices and circuits comprising 
the lowest layers, and architectures, software, algorithms, and 
applications constituting progressively higher layers. Lower layers of 
the stack (e.g., devices, circuits, architectures) more directly 
involve semiconductor technologies to the extent that researchers may 
interact with large-scale fabrication facilities, but all levels of the 
stack are influenced by microelectronic advances to varying degrees. 
Thus, although in its entirety CISE research may not directly involve 
research on semiconductors, per se, the entire computing stack, from 
circuit design to architectures and on to software and applications 
such as sensor networks including the Internet of Things (IoT), 
embedded computing, next-generation wireless systems, large-scale data 
analytics, AI, edge and cloud computing, and high-performance 
computing, heavily depends on advances in this space.
    As a result, much of the CISE directorate's portfolio is dependent 
upon advances in semiconductor technologies. For one example, 
tomorrow's artificial intelligence (AI) innovations offer 
transformative societal impacts, but require advanced hardware 
capabilities that leverage newer semiconductor technologies. 
Conversely, the hardware design problem is a large multi-objective, 
multiscale optimization problem that stands to benefit from the 
application of modern AI techniques.
    Invitation to Comment: NSF invites comments from the public who are 
directly engaged in, or might potentially benefit from, CISE-related 
research and education in semiconductor and micro- and nano-
electronics.

1.0 Background

    On December 14-20, 2020, CISE funded a workshop focusing on the 
lowest levels of the computing stack. This workshop considered the 
scientific frontiers for semiconductor and microelectronics 
technologies as well as the needs for access to semiconductor foundries 
(for details, see the workshop report at https://nsfedaworkshop.nd.edu/assets/429148/nsf20_foundry_meeting_report.pdf. Building upon that 
workshop and report, and given the diverse interests of the CISE 
directorate and community, the intent of this RFI is broader. 
Specifically, NSF/CISE seeks to:
     Gauge the extent to which the community's research and 
educational agenda are handicapped, e.g., by unavailability of past or 
future resources. By this, NSF/CISE asks that respondents not restrict 
their answers to issues related to funding, but rather also consider 
issues related to infrastructure, facilities, access to tools/
intellectual property/data, legal issues, etc., that support their 
research and educational agenda in the broader area of semiconductors;
     Understand what specific activities the research community 
would pursue and how that activity would impact societal and national 
interests, if the impediments mentioned in the first category above are 
removed. NSF/CISE asks respondents to be specific in making projections 
about new technologies potentially enabled by advances in semiconductor 
and microelectronics technologies within the 5-, 10-, or 15-year 
horizons, or longer.

2.0 Request for Information

    This RFI is issued solely for information-gathering purposes. NSF/
CISE's intent is to analyze the responses received from this RFI for 
internal needs and for potentially formulating future programmatics. 
NSF/CISE may make anonymized versions of the responses available for 
public consumption. This RFI does not constitute a formal solicitation 
for proposals. To respond to this RFI, please use the official 
submission form available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CISERFIonSemiconductorResearchandEducation.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1861.)

    Dated: June 28, 2021.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2021-14159 Filed 7-1-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
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