Innovation in information technology / Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Computer Science and Telecommunications Board.

National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations.

Information technology--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (85 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Progress in information technology (IT) has been remarkable, but the best truly is yet to come: the power of IT as a human enabler is just beginning to be realized. Whether the nation builds on this momentum or plateaus prematurely depends on today's decisions about fundamental research in computer science (CS) and the related fields behind IT. The Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) has often been asked to examine how innovation occurs in IT, what the most promising research directions are, and what impacts such innovation might have on society. Consistent themes emerge from CSTB studies, notwithstanding changes in information technology itself, in the IT-producing sector, and in the U.S. university system, a key player in IT research. In this synthesis report, based largely on the eight CSTB reports enumerated below, CSTB highlights these themes and updates some of the data that support them.

Contents:

Front Matter; Preface; Contents; Summary and Recommendations; 1 Innovation in Information Technology; 2 Excerpts from Earlier CSTB Reports; What Is CSTB?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610179558

9780309167031

0309167035

9781280179556

1280179554

9780309526227

0309526221

OCLC:

53973059