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October 2006

NY Times on Computing’s Future

October 31, 2006/In: R&D in the Press /by Peter Harsha

Steve Lohr has a great piece today in the NY Times on the state of CS, called “Computing, 2016: What Won’t be Possible?” The essay was apparently spurred by last week’s CSTB’s 20th Anniversary symposium, which I regret that I couldn’t attend. (Fortunately Cameron and David from ACM’s U.S. Public Policy Committee did and have […]

Homeland Security Appropriations

October 2, 2006/In: Funding, FY07 Appropriations, Policy, Research, Security /by MelissaNorr

The Homeland Security Appropriations were passed last week before Congress went home to campaign. The news is mixed with the total appropriations for R&D coming in at $838 million more than either the House or the Senate recommended individually. The cyber security R&D program will see an increase of $3.3 million to $20 million, up […]