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Computing research: a looming crisis

Published: 01 July 2005 Publication History

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On June 11, Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn received computing's highest prize, the A.M. Turing Award, from the Association for Computing Machinery. Their Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), created in 1973, became the language of the Internet.In the May 6 issue of Science [1], we used this as the "news hook" for an invited editorial on the current state of computer science research in the United States. "Where will the next generation of groundbreaking innovations in IT arise?" we asked. "Where will the Turing Awardees 30 years hence reside?" Our conclusion: "Given current trends, the answers to both questions will likely be 'not in the United States.'"We take this opportunity to explore in greater depth the issues we raised in that editorial. What are the trends that concern us? What can all of us, as computer scientists, do to reverse them?

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Lazowska, E.D., and Patterson, D.A. An Endless Frontier Postponed. Science Vol. 308, May 6 2005, p. 757. http://lazowska.cs.washington.edu/Science.pdf
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Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. Innovation in Information Technology. National Academies Press, 2003. http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cstb/pub_itinnovation.html
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Information Technology Research: Investing in Our Future. President's Information Technology Advisory Committee, February 1999. http://www.itrd.gov/pitac/report/
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Freeman, P.A., and Harle, L. CISE 1994-2004: A Decade In Review. Computing Research News 16,5, November 2004. http://www.cra.org/CRN/articles/nov04/freeman.harle.html
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Cyber Security: A Crisis of Prioritization. President's Information Technology Advisory Committee, February 2005. http://www.itrd.gov/pitac/reports/20050301_cybersecurity/cybersecurity.pdf
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Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. Looking Over the Fence at Networks: A Neighbor's View of Networking Research. National Academies Press, 2001. http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cstb/pub_lookingover.html

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    cover image ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
    ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review  Volume 35, Issue 3
    July 2005
    90 pages
    ISSN:0146-4833
    DOI:10.1145/1070873
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    Published: 01 July 2005
    Published in SIGCOMM-CCR Volume 35, Issue 3

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