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TL;DR: Assessment of how best to organize the conduct of research and teaching in computer science and engineering in the future hopes that the report will stimulate dialogue and discussion among computing professionals in all areas and lead to a consensus on the need for a broader agenda.
Abstract: Research, the committee was charged with assessing how best to organize the conduct of research and teaching in computer science and engineering (CS&E) in the future. The Scope and Direction project was motivated by the observation that both the intellectual focus of CS&E and the environment in which much of CS&E is embedded are today in the midst of significant change. The traditional intellectual boundaries of academic CS&E are blurring with the rise of in-depth programs and activities in computational science. Universities themselves are retrenching; the computer industry is undergoing substantial and rapid restructuring ; and the increasingly apparent utility of computing in all aspects of society is creating demands for computing technology that is more powerful and easier to use. Such changes motivate the forward-looking assessment of the field that this report attempts to provide. The committee believes that its assessment is relevant to a broad spectrum of computing professionals. engineeringmespecially those in academiamare affected by the committee's call for the research discipline to embrace rather than eschew nont raditional problem domains that are rooted in applications of social or economic relevance. Scientists and engineers in other disciplines are encouraged to develop an understanding of CS&E's intellectual perspective that will facilitate peer communication with their CS&E counterparts. Decision makers in government and industry (both inside and outside the computer industry) are in a position to formulate policies to promote greater intercourse between traditional CS&E and other disciplines and problem domains. The committee was composed of 16 individuals from academia and industry. Its first meetings were characterized by a wide spectrum of opinion on the field, but over time committee members learned from each other and developed its ideas on how the field should evolve into the future. In light of its own learning process in developing this report, the committee believes that some of its findings and recommendations may be controversial, but hopes that the report will stimulate dialogue and discussion among computing professionals in all areas and lead to a consensus on the need for a broader agenda.

65 citations


Book
01 Feb 1992
TL;DR: Computers the Future presents a timely assessment of academic computer science and engineering (CS&E), examining what should be done to ensure continuing progress in making discoveries that will carry computing into the twenty-first century.
Abstract: Computers are increasingly the enabling devices of the information revolution, and computing is becoming ubiquitous in every corner of society, from manufacturing to telecommunications to pharmaceuticals to entertainment. Even more importantly, the face of computing is changing rapidly, as even traditional rivals such as IBM and Apple Computer begin to cooperate and new modes of computing are developed. Computing the Future presents a timely assessment of academic computer science and engineering (CS&E), examining what should be done to ensure continuing progress in making discoveries that will carry computing into the twenty-first century. Most importantly, it advocates a broader research and educational agenda that builds on the field's impressive accomplishments. The volume outlines a framework of priorities for CS&E, along with detailed recommendations for education, funding, and leadership. A core research agenda is outlined for these areas: processors and multiple-processor systems, data communications and networking, software engineering, information storage and retrieval, reliability, and user interfaces. This highly readable volume examines * Computer science and engineering as a discipline--how computer scientists and engineers are pushing back the frontiers of their field. * How CS&E must change to meet the challenges of the future. * The influence of strategic investment by federal agencies in CS&E research. * Recent structural changes that affect the interaction of academic CS&E and the business environment. * Specific examples of interdisciplinary and applications research in four areas: earth sciences and the environment, computational biology, commercial computing, and the long-term goal of a national electronic library. The volume provides a detailed look at undergraduate CS&E education, highlighting the limitations of four-year programs, and discusses the emerging importance of a master's degree in CS&E and the prospects for broadening the scope of the Ph.D. It also includes a brief look at continuing education.

63 citations