Computing and the National Science Foundation, 1950-2016: Building a Foundation for Modern Computing - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter a. Freeman, W. Richards Adrion, William AspraySeries:ACM BooksPublish date:2019-11-21Pages:431
Language:EnglishPublisher:ACM BooksISBN-13:9781450372763ISBN-10:1450372767UPC:9781450372763Book Category:ComputersBook Subcategory:Computer Science, HistorySize:9.25 x 7.50 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.6314Product ID:SCKZT7PREJ
Computing and the National Science Foundation, 1950-2016: Building a Foundation for Modern Computing
This organizational history relates the role of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the development of modern computing.
Drawing upon new and existing oral histories, extensive use of NSF documents, and the experience of two of the authors as senior managers, this book describes how NSF's programmatic activities originated and evolved to become the primary source of funding for fundamental...
Series: ACM Books
Language:EnglishPublisher:ACM BooksISBN-13:9781450372763ISBN-10:1450372767UPC:9781450372763Book Category:ComputersBook Subcategory:Computer Science, HistorySize:9.25 x 7.50 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.6314Product ID:SCKZT7PREJ
Peter A. Freeman, a computer scientist (Carnegie Mellon University, 1970), was the seventh AD/CISE from 2002-2007 and DD/CCR from 1987-1989. Previously he held faculty positions at the University of California, Irvine and Georgia Tech, where he was Founding Dean of Computing in 1990. After NSF he returned to Georgia Tech as Emeritus Dean and Professor and was an active consultant with the...
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