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.