Please let me know if you intend to provide a letter of support for this proposal. We have received some responses but at this stage do not have the critical mass that is likely to lead to a winning proposal. NSF is highly competitive. Less than 10% of submitted proposals are funded. Thanks to those of you who have responded so far. Regards, Paul D. Franzon Alumni Distinguished Professor of ECE, 919.515.7351 443 Monteith GRC ECE, Box 7911, Raleigh, NC 27695 MRC 223, 2410 Campus Shore Dr., Raleigh NC 27606 paulf@ncsu.edu , www.ece.ncsu.edu/erl/faculty/paulf.html _____ From: Paul D. Franzon [mailto:paulf@ncsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:29 PM To: 'ibis@eda-stds.org'; 'owner-ibis-users@eda.org'; 'ibis-users@eda.org' Cc: 'mbs@ncsu.edu'; 'psashe@ncsu.edu' Subject: Seeking Letters of Support for NextGen Spice2Ibis proposal to NSF The purpose of this email is to seek letters of support for a proposal we are preparing for the National Science Foundation (a US Government Agency) for a next generation Spice2Ibis effort. In the past, Spice2Ibis was supported by DARPA but with substantial changes to how DARPA does business, that model is no longer viable. I have attached an Executive Summary of the proposal we are preparing for NSF. The full proposal is due at NSF on February 7. If as many of you as possible can prepare a letter of support and get them to me next week, that would be much appreciated. These letters do not have to be long. Even a few lines is fine. PDF or word is fine, even if unsigned. You can also fax them to Patsy Ashe at 919.515.2285 . Possible items you could include in a letter are as follows: - A little about yourself, your company, and the importance of IBIS and Spice2Ibis to your company or to the Industrial community at large. - Something about the value of NCSU's past efforts in Spice2Ibis - Your willingness to participate in the proposed research through any of the mechanisms listed. (Note, even just providing feedback on results and tools is still valuable.) - A closing statement expressing your support. Note that in the letter you do not have to specifically commit any resources to this project BUT if you are in a position to commit or consider committing future resources, even if it is just consideration of the students in this project for intern positions, that would be good to mention. If you have any questions, feedback or thoughts on the proposal, feel free to communicate them to Michael and I. BTW, I do have an excellent PhD student lined up for this work. If any of you are interested in hosting an intern this summer, please let me know and I will put you in touch with her. Finally, has anyone got any data or estimates on the $ value of IBIS to the industry as a whole? Thanks in advance, Paul D. Franzon Alumni Distinguished Professor of ECE, 919.515.7351 443 Monteith GRC ECE, Box 7911, Raleigh, NC 27695 MRC 223, 2410 Campus Shore Dr., Raleigh NC 27606 paulf@ncsu.edu , www.ece.ncsu.edu/erl/faculty/paulf.html _____ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by <http://www.mailscanner.info/> MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------------------------------------------------------------- |For help or to subscribe/unsubscribe, e-mail majordomo@eda-stds.org |with the appropriate command message(s) in the body: | | help | subscribe ibis <optional e-mail address, if different> | subscribe ibis-users <optional e-mail address, if different> | unsubscribe ibis <optional e-mail address, if different> | unsubscribe ibis-users <optional e-mail address, if different> | |or e-mail a request to ibis-request@eda-stds.org. | |IBIS reflector archives exist under: | | http://www.eda-stds.org/pub/ibis/email_archive/ Recent | http://www.eda-stds.org/pub/ibis/users_archive/ Recent | http://www.eda-stds.org/pub/ibis/email/ E-mail since 1993Received on Fri Feb 1 12:42:07 2008
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