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Contents

Preface

PART I CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY

Chapter 1 1950–1974: Science Information, Computing Facilities, Education, and Basic Research

W. Richards Adrion

1.1Science Information—1950s to 1980s

1.2Filling the Demand for Computing Infrastructure

1.3Computers in Education

1.4Finding a Home for Computer Science Research

1.5Summary and Conclusions

Notes

Chapter 2 1974–1986: CER, CSNET, NSFNET, and the Founding of CISE

W. Richards Adrion

2.1My Background and Perspective on the 1974–86 Period

2.2Making the Case for NSF’s Computing Research Programs

2.3The Importance of Computing Research and Infrastructure to the Nation

2.4Computing and Information Research in NSF, 1974–1978

2.5Funding the Innovators in Computer Science

2.6Facilities

2.7Cryptography and Interactions with the National Security Agency

2.8The Computer Science Section, 1979–1984

2.9Addressing the Need for Academic Experimental Computer Science

2.10CSNET

2.11The Office of Advanced Scientific Computing and NSFNET

2.12The Beginning of CISE

2.13Summary and Conclusions

Notes

Chapter 3 1986–1998: The New Directorate in a Period of Computer Science Expansion

Peter A. Freeman

3.1Initial Structure and Leadership of CISE: 1986–1987

3.2Organizational Initiation

3.3Initial Actions

3.4Changes in CISE Leadership

3.5Transition to Routine Operation

3.6Analysis

Notes

Chapter 4 1999–2006: Broadening Computer Science with New Initiatives

Peter A. Freeman

4.1Ruzena Bajcsy (December 1998 to August 2001)

4.2Peter Freeman (May 2002 to January 2007)

4.3Closing Observations

Notes

Chapter 5 2007–2016: The Growing Centrality of CISE to NSF

William Aspray

5.1Deborah Crawford (Acting AD, Early 2007)

5.2Jeannette Wing (AD, July 2007 to June 2010)

5.3Peter Arzberger (Acting AD, 2010 and 2011)

5.4Farnam Jahanian (AD, March 2011 to July 2014)

5.5Suzi Iacono (Acting AD, late 2014)

5.6James Kurose (AD, January 2015–)

5.7Conclusions

Notes

PART IISELECTED SUBJECT STUDIES

Chapter 6 Pre-CISE Computing Facilities and Education Programs

William Aspray

6.1Facilities Program

6.2The 1970s and the 1980s

6.3Support for Computer Education, 1950–1986

6.4Conclusions

Notes

Chapter 7 Pre-CISE Computing Research

William Aspray

7.1Saburo Muroga and Computer Circuit Research9

7.2Walter Karplus, David Kuck, and Computer Architecture Research

7.3Mary Shaw, Barbara Liskov, and Software Research

7.4Wayne Cowell, David Young, and Numerical Analysis Research

7.5Lofti Zadeh, Martin Hellman, and Theoretical Computer Engineering

7.6Woodrow Bledsoe, Bertram Raphael, and Artificial Intelligence Research

7.7Donald Greenberg, Charles Csuri, and Computer Graphics Research

7.8Conclusions

Notes

Chapter 8 Information Technology Research

W. Richards Adrion

Notes

Chapter 9 Networking Research and Deployment

W. Richards Adrion , Peter A. Freeman

9.1Early NSF-Supported Research on Networks (1950–1980)

9.2NSF Leads Public Networking (1980–1995)

9.3Transitioning to the Commercial Internet

9.4Network Research after NSFNET (1996–2001)

9.5Networking Research (2002–2004)

9.6Initiation of the GENI Project (2004–2006)

9.7The Origin of GENI (2004)

9.8Conceptual Design for GENI (2004–2006)

9.9Implementation of GENI (2007–2016)

9.10Conclusion

Notes

Chapter 10 NSF Support of High-Performance Computation

Peter A. Freeman

10.11950–1954

10.21955–1983

10.31984–1991

10.41992–2000

10.52000–2004

10.62005–Present

Notes

Chapter 11 CISE’s Role in Broadening Participation in Computing

William Aspray

Conclusions

Notes

Chapter 12 What Does an AD/CISE Do?

Peter A. Freeman

Notes

PART IIISUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 13 Summary and Conclusions

Peter A. Freeman, W. Richards Adrion

13.1Summary

13.2Concluding Remarks

APPENDIXES

Appendix A Computing Organizations at NSF

W. Richards Adrion

Notes

Appendix B CISE Oral Histories List

Appendix C Short Biographies

Appendix D CISE History Archive (CHA)

Appendix E Abbreviations and Acronyms

Bibliography of Secondary Literature on NSF and the History of U.S. Computing

Index

Author Biographies

Computing and the National Science Foundation, 1950-2016

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