Computing and the National Science Foundation, 1950-2016
Building a Foundation for Modern Computing
This organizational history relates the role of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the development of modern computing.Drawing upon new and existing oral histories, extensive use of NSF documents, and the experience of two of the authors as senior managers, this book describes how NSF's programmatic activities originated and evolved to become the primary source of funding for fundamental research in computing and information technologies.The book traces how NSF's support has provided facilities and education for computing usage by all scientific disciplines, aided in institution and professional community building, supported fundamental…
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Weitere Autoren: Adrion, W. Richards / Aspray, William
- ISBN: 978-1-4503-7275-6
- EAN: 9781450372756
- Produktnummer: 33167550
- Verlag: Association for Computing Machinery and Morgan & Claypool Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 431 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'375 KB
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Peter A. Freeman, a computer scientist (Carnegie Mellon University, 1970), was the seventh AD/CISE from 2002-2007 and DD/CCR from 1987-1989. Previously he held faculty positions at the University of California, Irvine and Georgia Tech, where he was Founding Dean of Computing in 1990. After NSF he returned to Georgia Tech as Emeritus Dean and Professor and was an active consultant with the Washington Advisory Group. While in academe he was an active researcher, educator, and participant in professional society activities. He is a fellow of the ACM, AAAS and IEEE.
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