Context: In my time as division director of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) at NSF, I sent out a short message to the IIS mailing list on the Second Tuesday Every Month (STEM). More or less.

Note: You can sign up for the mailing list following instructions on the NSF website.

• STEM Update #1: What’s an IPA? What’s a Golden Ticket? 

• STEM Update #2, What’s Wendy like? Can I use Cloudbank? 

• STEM Update #3, NSF as University, AI Everywhere All At Once 

• STEM Update #4, Robotics at NSF, DD concur 

• STEM Update #5, CIRC, Jim Donlon, and responsible research requirements 

• STEM Update #6, Close out, AI Institutes Round #4 

• STEM Update #7, PAPPG, solicitations, and DCLs 

• STEM Update #8, NSF, PIs, and shutdowns 

• STEM Update #9, NSF, the IIS Community, and the AI Executive Order 

• STEM Update #10: AI in Government, Who is Minding the Store?, Open Drawers 

• STEM Update #11: Generative AI and Merit Review 

• STEM Update #12: Annual Reports, New PAPPG, Drawer Puzzle Solution 

• STEM Update #12.5: Deadlines for AI resources for AI researchers 

• STEM Update #13: What are “Other Senior Personnel”? 

• STEM Update #14: A New Biosketch Format 

• STEM Update #15: A surprising FACA about review panels 

• STEM Update #16: AI Aspirations and infinite 1-d tic tac toe 

• STEM Update #17: AI Aspirations videos and infinite 1-d tic tac toe solution

• STEM Update #18: EPSCoR, rhomboid puzzle, NAIRR pilot IPA  

• STEM Update #19: Honoring Ephraim Glinert, rhomboid puzzle solution 

• STEM Update #20: NSF Reviewer Ratings, Interpreting "and"s in NSF names