Funding a Revolution: Government Support for Computing Research

National Research Council; Computer Science And Telecommunications Board; Committee On Innovations In Computing And Communications: Lessons From History

ISBN 10: 0309062780 ISBN 13: 9780309062787

Published by National Academies Press, 1999

Language: English

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Funding a Revolution: Government Support for Computing Research

Publisher

National Academies Press

Publication Date

1999

Language

English

ISBN 10

0309062780

ISBN 13

9780309062787

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

Near Fine

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The past 50 years have witnessed a revolution in computing and related communications technologies. The contributions of industry and university researchers to this revolution are manifest; less widely recognized is the major role the federal government played in launching the computing revolution and sustaining its momentum. Funding a Revolution examines the history of computing since World War II to elucidate the federal government's role in funding computing research, supporting the education of computer scientists and engineers, and equipping university research labs. It reviews the economic rationale for government support of research, characterizes federal support for computing research, and summarizes key historical advances in which government-sponsored research played an important role.

Funding a Revolution contains a series of case studies in relational databases, the Internet, theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality that demonstrate the complex interactions among government, universities, and industry that have driven the field. It offers a series of lessons that identify factors contributing to the success of the nation's computing enterprise and the government's role within it.

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