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Funding a Revolution: Government Support for Computing Research

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Author(s): National Research Council
Year: 0

Language: English
Pages: 300

Front Matter......Page 2
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgment of Reviewers......Page 14
Contents......Page 16
Boxes, Figures, and Tables......Page 22
Executive Summary......Page 28
1 Introduction......Page 44
2 Economic Perspectives on Public Support for Research......Page 67
3 Federal Support for Research Infrastructure......Page 79
4 The Organization of Federal Support: A Historical Review......Page 112
5
Lessons from History......Page 163
6 The Rise of Relational Databases......Page 186
7 Development of the Internet and the World Wide Web......Page 196
8 Theoretical Research: Intangible Cornerstone of Computer Science......Page 211
9 Developments in Artificial Intelligence......Page 225
10 Virtual Reality Comes of Age......Page 253
Bibliography......Page 277
APPENDIX Committee Biographies......Page 294