Computing and the National Science Foundation, 1950-2016 : building a foundation for modern computing /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Freeman, Peter, 1941- (Author), Adrion, W. Richards (Author), Aspray, William (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[New York, New York] : Association for Computing Machinery, [2019]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	ACM books ; #31.
Subjects:	National Science Foundation (U.S.) > History. Information technology > Research > United States > History. Computer science > Research > United States > History.

Table of Contents:

part I. Chronological history. 1. 1950-1974 : science information, computing facilities, education, and basic research / W. Richards Adrion
2. 1974-1986 : CER, CSNET, NSFNET, and the founding of CISE / W. Richards Adrion
3. 1986-1998 : the new directorate in a period of computer science expansion / Peter A. Freeman
4. 1999-2006 : broadening computer science with new initiatives / Peter A. Freeman
5. 2007-2016 : the growing centrality of CISE to NSF / William Aspray
part II. Selected subject studies. 6. Pre-CISE computing facilities and education programs / William Aspray
7. Pre-CISE computing research / William Aspray
8. Information technology research / W. Richards Adrion
9. Networking research and deployment / W. Richards Adrion, Peter A. Freeman
10. NSF support of high-performance computation / Peter A. Freeman
11. CISE's role in broadening participation in computing / William Aspray
12. What does an AD/CISE do? / Peter A. Freeman
part III. Summary and conclusions. 13. Summary and conclusions / Peter A. Freeman, W. Richards Adrion
Appendixes. Appendix A. Computing organizations at NSF / W. Richards Adrion
Appendix B. CISE oral histories list
Appendix C. Short biographies
Appendix D. CISE History Archive (CHA)
Appendix E. Abbreviations and acronyms