Institution Name:       Florida State University
Work Package Title:     ASC CY5 IC
Project Title:          On-Site Support for I/C Activities
POC:                    Bernholdt David E Geoffrey C. Fox
Email:                  bernhold@npac.syr.edu, gcf@cs.fsu.edu
Phone:                  315 443 3857 850-644-4587
Fax:                    315 443 1973
CTA or PEI:             Information and Communications
Project Description:

This project will support Dr. Marlon Pierce as a Florida State University
employee working on-site at ASC in support of FSU's Info/Comm
activities.

Project Objectives:

Florida State is undertaking a number of fairly large-scale projects which
fall into the Info/Comm area.  These are complex projects which in
general require a significant amount of interaction with MSRC and PET
taff as well as users to bring to fruition.  Having an on-site staff
member knowledgeable in, and contributing to these projects will
greatly facilitate their timely and successful completion.

Deliverables:

Pierce's primary duties will include (but not be limited to):
o Work on Florida State and other PET activities under the direction of
  Geoffrey Fox and David Bernholdt in consultation with PET
  management.
o Facilitating technology transfer from Florida State into the ASC MSRC
  environment.
o Facilitating communications between ASC MSRC and PET staff and
  Florida State-based researchers.
o Seek out new opportunities for Florida State technologies and expertise
  to contribute to the ASC MSRC PET program.

Customers/End Users:

ASC MSRC and PET programs

Benefit to Warfighter:

The warfighter will benefit indirectly from the enhancement of
Florida State's ability to contribute to the PET program.

Project Dependencies and Scope:

Pierce will be involved to a greater or lesser degree in all FSU
projects which are active at ASC, however we do not foresee any project
being singularly dependent on him -- in his absence, all work can be
completed by Florida State-based staff (allowing for the lost effort).

Risk Element:

We are still in the process of trying to hire Pierce, though signs are
good that he will accept if we can extend the offer fairly soon.

Required Funding Level
        Year 5:       126,320