In 1995, the Computer Science & Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council published the first “Tire Tracks Diagram” – illustrating the complex interplay among government, academia, and industry that has made America the world leader in information technology. The diagram was included in the “Brooks-Sutherland” report examining the nation’s high performance computing and communications program. In 2003, CSTB updated the diagram in the report “Innovation in Information Technology.” A substantial revision has just been published in the new CSTB report “Continuing Innovation in Information Technology.” The diagram illustrates the flow from fundamental research in fields such as digital communications, computer architecture, computer graphics, and AI into new multi-billion-dollar industry […]
Computing Community Consortium Blog
The goal of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community to debate longer range, more audacious research challenges; to build consensus around research visions; to evolve the most promising visions toward clearly defined initiatives; and to work with the funding organizations to move challenges and visions toward funding initiatives. The purpose of this blog is to provide a more immediate, online mechanism for dissemination of visioning concepts and community discussion/debate about them.
“Tire Tracks” poster and brochure – “Continuing Innovation in Information Technology”
December 2nd, 2012 / in Uncategorized / by Ed Lazowska2012 PCAST Review of NITRD – slides and webcast from public briefing
December 2nd, 2012 / in Uncategorized / by Ed LazowskaIn December 2010, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) conducted an extensive review of the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program – the $4B coordinated multi-agency IT R&D program. PCAST has just released a 2012 follow-up to that review, conducted by Susan Graham, Peter Lee, and David Shaw. The goals were to assess the responses to the 2010 recommendations, propose additional recommendations, and identify emerging research challenges. Key findings: Research areas from the 2010 report where Federal agencies have made significant progress in sponsoring R&D: Big Data NIT interaction with the physical world Health IT Cybersecurity (although much remains to be done) […]
“Recent Developments in Deep Learning”
November 29th, 2012 / in Uncategorized / by Shar SteedScientists have seen significant progress in developing software that can perform human activities like seeing, listening and thinking. A New York Times article recently highlighted advances in this type of cutting edge technology, called “deep learning.” Deep learning uses artificial intelligence to create things like speech recognition technology, and machines that can drive cars and work in factories. It is available today in programs like Apple’s Siri virtual personal assistant, which uses voice recognition software and Google’s Street View, which uses machine vision to identify specific addresses. But what is new in recent months is the growing speed and accuracy of deep-learning programs, often called artificial neural networks or just […]
CIFellow Sharoda Paul Featured in the New York Times
November 27th, 2012 / in CIFellows / by Shar SteedSharoda Paul, a former CIFellow, was recently featured in the New York Times article,“Looking to Industry for the Next Digital Disruption.” After her postdoctoral fellowship at a Palo Alto research center as a 2010-11 CIFellow, Sharoda Paul, an expert in social computing, chose a different path than many of her peers. While others considered jobs at big Silicon Valley companies, she decided to work for General Electric, the nation’s largest industrial company. Sharoda is one of 250 engineers recruited by General Electric, and they plan to increase their numbers of computer scientists and software developers to 400, and to invest $1 billion in the center by 2015. “The buildup is part of G.E’s big bet on what it calls […]
NSF Holding First Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace PI Meeting This Week; Tuesday Afternoon Webcast to Discuss Federal Cybersecurity R&D Strategy
November 26th, 2012 / in Research News / by Kenneth HinesThe National Science Foundation (NSF) is holding this week a first-ever Principal Investigators’ meeting for its Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program. From Tuesday through Thursday, nearly 400 academic researchers, industry partners, and Federal agency officials will gather just outside Washington, DC, for discussions about the status of cybersecurity R&D, including recent progress and the large number of opportunities that lie ahead. According to the meeting website: “SaTC is an interdisciplinary program including technologists, social scientists, and educators from programs sponsored by the NSF CISE, SBE, and EHR directorates. This PI meeting will encompass all of these perspectives on cybersecurity through plenary talks, breakout sessions, posters, and informal Birds of a Feather gatherings…” […]
“What Will the Future Be Like?”
November 23rd, 2012 / in Uncategorized / by Ed LazowskaThis week’s episode of David Pogue’s PBS NOVA Science NOW explores the future that is being created by computer scientists: “The technologies that will transform our lives decades from now are already taking shape in laboratories around the world. David Pogue imagines what the Tech page of The New York Times might look like 10, 20, or 30 years from today, as he meets the innovative engineers and computer scientists working to create thought-controlled video games, robotic exoskeletons, and virtual reality that seamlessly integrates with the real world.” The entire 52-minute episode is “must see TV”! Check it out here.
