Academic careers for experimental computer scientists and engineers / Committee on Academic Careers for Experimental Computer Scientists, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Academic Careers for Experimental Computer Scientists.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer science--Vocational guidance.

Computer science.

Computer engineering--Vocational guidance.

Computer engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The information age has grown out of the work of experimental computer science, which is dedicated to the development of new hardware, software, graphics, interfaces, and other computer system technologies. While it is important to society in this larger sense, experimental computer science has found an awkward fit in university environments. This volume examines what is special about experimental computer science and what can be done to achieve a better fit for its practitioners in the academic context.

Contents:

""Academic Careers for Experimental Computer Scientists and Engineers""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""THE NATURE OF EXPERIMENTAL COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""; ""ECSE AND THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT""; ""PROVIDING A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR ECSE FACULTY""; ""1 What Is Experimental Computer Science and Engineering? ""; ""ORGANIZATION AND SCOPE OF THIS REPORT""; ""COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""; ""DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF ECSE""; ""ECSE Is a Synthetic Discipline""; ""ECSE Focuses Primarily on Artifacts""; ""Proof of Performance""

""Proof of Concept""""Proof of Existence""; ""Summary""; ""The Artifacts of ECSE Are Extraordinarily Complex""; ""ECSE Is Sensitive to Technological Developments""; ""Computing Artifacts Are Universal""; ""ECSE Is Not Strongly Coupled to Theoretical Computer Science""; ""A Succinct Definition of Experimental Computer Science and Engineering""; ""MORE ON ARTIFACTS""; ""COMPARISONS WITH OTHER FIELDS""; ""WHY UNIVERSITIES SHOULD PERFORM ECSE RESEARCH""; ""2 An Academic Career in ECSE ""; ""GOALS OF RESEARCH IN ECSE""; ""RESOURCES FOR ECSE RESEARCH""; ""Equipment and Software""

""Staying on the Cutting Edge in Equipment""""Dedicated Computing Systems""; ""Specialized Systems""; ""Space""; ""Maintaining the Research Environment""; ""Graduate Students""; ""Staff Support""; ""Access to Collaborators and Other Experimental Systems""; ""Funding""; ""Time""; ""Building Complex Artifacts""; ""Building a Research Laboratory""; ""Building Industrial Relationships""; ""Graduating Doctoral Students""; ""Recovering from Wrong Turns and Dead Ends, and from Being Scooped""; ""Building a Reputation""; ""THE RELATIONSHIP OF RESEARCH SCALE TO INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS""; ""SUMMARY""

""3 Educational Dimensions of Academic ECSE """"KEEPING COURSES CURRENT""; ""EVALUATING STUDENT WORK""; ""STUDENT-FACULTY RATIOS""; ""SUPERVISING NON-PH.D. GRADUATE STUDENTS""; ""4 Evaluating Research in ECSE ""; ""PUBLICATION AND OTHER FORMS OF DISSEMINATION""; ""Publications""; ""Journals""; ""Conferences""; ""Artifacts as a Medium for Dissemination""; ""THEORETICIANS' AND EXPERIMENTALISTS' VIEWS ON EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH""; ""THE EFFECT OF EVALUATION ON PROBLEM CHOICES AND RESEARCH AREA""; ""A NOTE ON OTHER DISCIPLINES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""5 A Positive Environment for Academic ECSE ""

""MENTORING AND ADVOCACY""""Mentoring""; ""Advocacy""; ""DESIDERATA FOR THE TENURE AND PROMOTION PROCESS""; ""Publications""; ""Artifacts""; ""Review Letters""; ""Funding History""; ""Other considerations in the T&P Process""; ""Ph.D. Students""; ""Consulting""; ""Workshops""; ""Teaching""; ""Service""; ""INSTITUTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT""; ""6 Special Needs and Concerns of Non-Doctorate-Granting and Less Recognized Institutions ""; ""MISSION""; ""SIZE""; ""RESOURCES""; ""MODELS FOR CONDUCTING ECSE RESEARCH AT NPHD SCHOOLS""; ""Proof-of-Performance Research""

""Collaborative Research""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610211241

9781280211249

1280211245

9780309585682

0309585686

9780585085630

0585085633

OCLC:

923261966