COMPUTING THE FUTURE -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- THE BACKDROP -- JUDGMENTS AND PRIORITIES -- RECOMMENDATIONS (A SUMMARY) -- To Federal Policy Makers Regarding Research -- To Universities Regarding Research -- To Federal Policy Makers Regarding Education -- To Universities Regarding Education -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- PART I -- 1 Computing-Significance, Status, Challenges -- COMPUTING IN SOCIETY -- SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT -- COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING -- CONTRIBUTIONS OF CS&E TO COMPUTING PRACTICE -- COMPUTINGS AS A TWO-EDGED SWORD -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND CS&E RESEARCH -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CS&E AND THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY -- THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT FOR ACADEMIC CS&E -- Changes in the Computer Industry -- Structural Changes in Academic CS&E -- Changes in the University Environment -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- 2 Looking to the Future of CS&E -- BROADENING THE FIELD -- A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN BROADENING -- A BROADER RESEARCH AGENDA-SOME ILLUSTRATIONS -- Earth Sciences and the Environment -- Computational Biology -- Commercial Computing -- Model Management and Decision Support -- Easily Usable Software -- Software Development Metrics and Modeling -- Technology for Interoperation -- Collaborative Work -- The Electronic Library -- Input -- Retrieval -- Presentation -- Performance -- BROADENING EDUCATIONAL HORIZONS IN CS&E -- A SPECIAL ROLE FOR UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY-COMMERCE INTERACTION -- PREREQUISITES FOR BROADENING -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 3 A Core CS&E Research Agenda for the Future -- PROCESSOR CAPABILITIES AND MULTIPLE-PROCESSOR SYSTEMS -- DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING -- SOFTWARE ENGINEERING -- Reengineering of Existing Software -- Testing -- INFORMATION STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT -- RELIABILITY -- USER INTERFACES.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 4 Education in CS&E -- UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN CS&E -- Undergraduate Education for CS&E Majors -- Rigor and Clarity -- Mathematics and Formalism -- Breadth -- The Limits of a Four-Year Program -- Undergraduate Service Education -- THE MASTER'S DEGREE IN CS&E -- THE PH.D. DEGREE IN CS&E -- EMPLOYMENT EXPECTATIONS FOR HOLDERS OF CS&E DEGREES -- CONTINUING EDUCATION -- PRECOLLEGE CS&E EDUCATION -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 5 Recommendations -- OVERALL PRIORITIES -- Priority 1: Sustain the CS&E Core -- Priority 2: Broaden the Field -- Priority 3: Improve Undergraduate Education -- RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING RESEARCH -- To Federal Policy Makers -- To Universities -- RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING EDUCATION -- To Federal Policy Makers -- To Universities -- Additional Studies -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- PART II -- 6 What is Computer Science and Engineering? -- COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING -- ABSTRACTIONS IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS -- SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- Systems and Architectures -- Microelectronics -- Processor and Memory Design -- Operating Systems -- Data Communications and Networking -- Database Systems -- Programming Languages, Compilers, and Software Engineering -- Programming Languages -- Compilers -- Software Engineering -- Algorithms and Computational Complexity -- Algorithms Everywhere -- The Study of Algorithms -- Computational Complexity -- Artificial Intelligence -- Impact on Society -- Impact on Scientific Thought -- The Future of AI -- Computer Graphics and User Interfaces -- Graphics -- WIMP Interfaces -- A Bit of History -- Scientific and Engineering Visualization -- Touch, Sound, Gestures -- Intellectual Challenges -- SYNERGY LEADING TO INNOVATIONS AND RAPID PROGRESS -- INTELLECTUAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CS&E AS A DISCIPLINE -- NOTES.

7 Institutional Infrastructure of Academic CS&E -- FEDERAL AGENCIES FUNDING COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING -- Department of Defense -- National Science Foundation -- NSF Supercomputer Centers -- NSFNET -- Science and Technology Centers -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Department of Energy -- Other Federal Agencies -- National Institutes of Health -- National Institute of Standards and Technology -- PRIVATE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS -- Universities -- Professional Organizations -- NOTES -- 8 Human Resources -- BACCALAUREATE AND POST-BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PRODUCTION -- COMPOSITION OF ACADEMIC CS&E -- Representation of Women and Minorities -- Involvement of Foreign Students -- Youth and Rapid Growth of Computer Science and Engineering -- NOTES -- APPENDIX -- CONTRIBUTORS TO COMPUTING THE FUTURE -- INDEX.