Computing the Future : a Broader Agenda for Computer Science and Engineering.
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1900.
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Table of Contents:
- ""COMPUTING THE FUTURE""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""THE BACKDROP""; ""JUDGMENTS AND PRIORITIES""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS (A SUMMARY)""; ""To Federal Policy Makers Regarding Research""; ""To Universities Regarding Research""; ""To Federal Policy Makers Regarding Education""; ""To Universities Regarding Education""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""NOTE""; ""PART I""; ""1 Computing�Significance, Status, Challenges ""; ""COMPUTING IN SOCIETY""; ""SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT""; ""COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""; ""CONTRIBUTIONS OF CS & E TO COMPUTING PRACTICE""
- ""COMPUTINGS AS A TWO-EDGED SWORD""""THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND CS & E RESEARCH""; ""THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CS & E AND THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY""; ""THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT FOR ACADEMIC CS & E""; ""Changes in the Computer Industry""; ""Structural Changes in Academic CS & E""; ""Changes in the University Environment""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""NOTE""; ""2 Looking to the Future of CS & E ""; ""BROADENING THE FIELD""; ""A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE""; ""RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN BROADENING""; ""A BROADER RESEARCH AGENDA-SOME ILLUSTRATIONS""
- ""Earth Sciences and the Environment""""Computational Biology""; ""Commercial Computing""; ""Model Management and Decision Support""; ""Easily Usable Software""; ""Software Development Metrics and Modeling""; ""Technology for Interoperation""; ""Collaborative Work""; ""The Electronic Library""; ""Input""; ""Retrieval""; ""Presentation""; ""Performance""; ""BROADENING EDUCATIONAL HORIZONS IN CS & E""; ""A SPECIAL ROLE FOR UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY-COMMERCE INTERACTION""; ""PREREQUISITES FOR BROADENING""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""NOTES""; ""3 A Core CS & E Research Agenda for the Future ""
- ""PROCESSOR CAPABILITIES AND MULTIPLE-PROCESSOR SYSTEMS""""DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING""; ""SOFTWARE ENGINEERING""; ""Reengineering of Existing Software""; ""Testing""; ""INFORMATION STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT""; ""RELIABILITY""; ""USER INTERFACES""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""NOTES""; ""4 Education in CS & E ""; ""UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN CS & E""; ""Undergraduate Education for CS & E Majors""; ""Rigor and Clarity""; ""Mathematics and Formalism""; ""Breadth""; ""The Limits of a Four-Year Program""; ""Undergraduate Service Education""; ""THE MASTER'S DEGREE IN CS & E""
- ""THE PH. D. DEGREE IN CS & E""""EMPLOYMENT EXPECTATIONS FOR HOLDERS OF CS & E DEGREES""; ""CONTINUING EDUCATION""; ""PRECOLLEGE CS & E EDUCATION""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""NOTES""; ""5 Recommendations ""; ""OVERALL PRIORITIES""; ""Priority 1: Sustain the CS & E Core""; ""Priority 2: Broaden the Field""; ""Priority 3: Improve Undergraduate Education""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING RESEARCH""; ""To Federal Policy Makers""; ""To Universities""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING EDUCATION""; ""To Federal Policy Makers""; ""To Universities""; ""Additional Studies""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""NOTES""; ""PART II""