Computing and the National Science Foundation, 1950-2016: Building a Foundation for Modern Computing

Author:   Peter A. Freeman ,  W. Richards Adrion ,  William Aspray
Publisher:   Association of Computing Machinery,U.S.
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Pages:   431
Publication Date:   30 November 2019
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Author:   Peter A. Freeman ,  W. Richards Adrion ,  William Aspray
Publisher:   Association of Computing Machinery,U.S.
Imprint:   Association of Computing Machinery,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.954kg
ISBN:  

9781450372770


ISBN 10:   1450372775
Pages:   431
Publication Date:   30 November 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface PART I CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY 1950-1974: Science Information, Computing Facilities, Education, and Basic Research 1974-1986: CER, CSNET, NSFNET, and the Founding of CISE 1986-1998: The New Directorate in a Period of Computer Science Expansion 1999-2006: Broadening Computer Science with New Initiatives 2007-2016: The Growing Centrality of CISE to NSF PART II SELECTED SUBJECT STUDIES Pre-CISE Computing Facilities and Education Programs Pre-CISE Computing Research Information Technology Research Networking Research and Deployment NSF Support of High-Performance Computation CISE's Role in Broadening Participation in Computing What Does an AD/CISE Do? PART III SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS Summary and Conclusions APPENDIXES Computing Organizations at NSF

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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. W. Richards ""Rick"" Adrion is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He continues to be an active researcher in software engineering and computer science education, leading several large NSF projects during his career. He served as an NSF program director from 1976–1978 and 1980–1986, a division director from 2000–2002, and a CISE senior scientist in 1986 and 2002–2003. He held full-time positions at the University of Texas at Austin, Oregon State, and the National Bureau of Standards, as well as consulting, part-time, and visiting positions at a number of not-for-profit organizations, corporate labs, and universities here and abroad. He is a fellow of the ACM and AAAS. William Aspray is Professor of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is trained as a historian of science and has spent most of his career studying the histories of computing, information, mathematics, and electrical engineering. He formerly taught at Harvard University, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas at Austin, Virginia Tech, and Williams College, and served in leadership positions at the Charles Babbage Institute, Computing Research Association, and IEEE History Center. He led a history of computing project at NSF in the early 1990s, and he has published three articles and a book about NSF computing activities (Participation in Computing: The National Science Foundation's Expansionary Programs, Springer, 2016)."

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