{"233101":{"#nid":"233101","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NSF\u0027s FastLane (1950-2012): Lessons in Human-Centered Computing?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EFastLane is the \u0022central nervous system\u0022 for the National Science Foundation, which relies on it to manage $7 billion in research funding. FastLane, developed in the 1990s and made mandatory in October 2000, transformed NSF from a paper-based organization to a computer-centered one. The Charles Babbage Institute has recently completed the first full-scale assessment of FastLane. We conducted more than 800 interviews with NSF staff, principal investigators, sponsored research staff, and administrators at 29 universities across the U.S. --- sampling large research universities, historically black colleges, and universities in the EPSCoR states. Our work places FastLane into the agency\u0027s history of research policies, peer review, information management, and software development. Our book-length study aims to identify lessons for software engineering, IT managers, federal agencies, and human-centered computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThomas J. Misa directs the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota, where he is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and in the Program for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine. His recent books include Gender Codes: Why Women Are Leaving Computing (Wiley 2010) and Digital State: The Story of Minnesota\u0027s Computing Industry (Minnesota 2013).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFastLane transformed NSF from a paper-based organization to a computer-centered one.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The Charles Babbage Institute has recently completed the first full-scale assessment\u0026nbsp;including more than 800 interviews with NSF staff, principal investigators, sponsored research staff, and administrators at 29 universities across the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Lecture on FastLane, the \u0022central nervous system\u0022 for the National Science Foundation, which relies on it to manage $7 billion in research funding."}],"uid":"27866","created_gmt":"2013-08-30 14:42:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Ava Roth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"233121":{"id":"233121","type":"image","title":"Fastlane","body":null,"created":"1449243627","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:27","changed":"1475894906","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:26","alt":"Fastlane","file":{"fid":"197601","name":"20130806_171858.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20130806_171858_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20130806_171858_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":857898,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/20130806_171858_0.jpg?itok=RqfrMVnA"}},"233111":{"id":"233111","type":"image","title":"FastLane","body":null,"created":"1449243627","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:27","changed":"1475894906","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:26","alt":"FastLane","file":{"fid":"197600","name":"fastlane.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fastlane_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fastlane_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2615981,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fastlane_0.jpg?itok=lYty4DNH"}}},"media_ids":["233121","233111"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/bitstream\/handle\/1853\/48709\/misa_video.html?sequence=2","title":"In Collection: CISTP Lecture Series"}],"groups":[{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11588","name":"FastLane"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFariah Majmundar\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022tel:404-894-5601\u0022\u003E404-894-5601\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["fariah@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}