Defining a Decade

Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council

• 1 FRONT MATTER; 2 1 FROM INFOWARE TO INFOWAR; 3 2 LINKING THE CSTB COMMUNITY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: EXPERT ADVICE FOR POLICYMAKERS; 4 3 THE GLOBAL DIFFUSION OF COMPUTING: ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY; 5 4 ENGINES OF PROGRESS: SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY TRENDS AND ISSUES; 6 5 COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS UNCHAINED: THE VIRTUAL WORLD; 7 6 PICTURE THIS: THE CHANGING WORLD OF GRAPHICS; 8 7 COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND THE CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CHALLENGES; 9 8 VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE FIELDS; 10 9 UNIQUE CHALLENGES: COMPUTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY; 11 10 ANCIENT HUMANS IN THE INFORMATION AGE; 12 A LETTER FROM DR. BRUCE ALBERTS, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; 13 B SYMPOSIUM ATTENDEES; 14 C BIOGRAPHIES OF PRESENTERS