Virtual Organization for Computing Research in Pandemic Preparedness and Resilience

这个虚拟组织（VO）将促进CISE科学家之间的交流和合作，这些科学家目前通过NSF RAPID项目参与流行病研究。在由工业界、学术界和政府机构成员组成的指导委员会的指导下，世界知识产权组织将鼓励以一种没有共同努力就无法实现的方式分享研究成果。本次会议将扩大多学科合作的深度和广度，包括对与大流行规划和复原力有关的一般主题感兴趣的研究人员、教育工作者和学生。VO将利用各种传播平台，利用CISE RAPID研究项目的协同作用，促进美国和世界各地的科学进步和公共卫生事业。VO将：(i)促进收集可由研究界共享的全面数据集、软件工具和文档；（ii）识别由CISE研究的各个分支学科的思想相互融合而产生的新研究成果；㈢研究路线图，提出CISE科学领域的研究方向，这些方向可导致有效的方法，以防备未来的大流行病并从中恢复；（四）在与大流行病的防备、恢复和复原力有关的主题方面教育后代科学家所需的培训和其他教学材料。该组织促进的协作水平的提高有可能产生处理未来大流行病的创新计算方法和技术。研究路线图将包括确定当前研发领域的关键研究课题、风险和差距，这将大大有利于研究界，并作为研究人员、资助机构和政策制定者关于信息和通信技术（ICT）在开发应对大流行的突破性解决方案中的作用的蓝图。虽然不可能完全预防流行病，但发展复原力技术将使社会能够以更有效的方式为流行病的后果做好准备和应对。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Virtual Organization (VO) will facilitate communication and collaboration among CISE scientists currently involved in pandemic research through the NSF RAPID program. With the guidance of a Steering Committee composed of members from industry, academia, and government agencies, the VO will encourage the sharing of research results in a way not available without a concerted effort. The depth and breadth of multi-disciplinary collaboration enabled by this VO will be extended to include researchers, educators, and students interested in general topics related to pandemic planning and resilience. Utilizing a variety of dissemination platforms, the VO will harness the synergies of the CISE RAPID research programs to facilitate scientific advances and advance public health in the US and around the world.The VO will: (i) facilitate the collection of a comprehensive collection of data sets, software tools, and documentation that can be shared by the research community; (ii) identification of new research efforts resulting from the cross fertilization of ideas from various subdisciplines of CISE research; (iii) a research roadmap that proposes research directions in CISE sciences that can lead to effective methods to prepare for and recover from future pandemics; and (iv) training and other pedagogic materials needed for educating future generations of scientists in topics related to pandemic preparedness, recovery, and resilience. The increased levels of collaboration fostered by this VO have the potential to result in innovative computational methods and technologies for dealing with future pandemics. The research roadmap will include identification of key research topics, risks, and gaps in the current R&D landscape that will significantly benefit the research community and serve as the blueprint for researchers, funding agencies, and policy makers on the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in developing break-through solutions for pandemic resilience. While it is not possible to prevent pandemics completely, developing resilience techniques will enable society to prepare for and cope with the aftermath in a more effective manner.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.