Guest Editorial
|
Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr.
Director
National Science Foundation
Biography
Progress, Prosperity and the Cyberinfrastructure
Guest Editorial
ComputerWorld
May 8, 2006
|
As NSF ramps up implementation of the American Competitiveness Initiative, NSF Director Arden L. Bement is reaching out to inform the public of our activities through speeches and editorials. In a guest editorial in ComputerWorld, he defines the national cyberinfrastructure being developed through NSF programs as essential infrastructure for the United States to prosper in a global knowledge economy.
"The term cyberinfrastructure resembles something from a William Gibson novel, but the National Science Foundation is working to make it a reality. Webster's New World College Dictionary defines infrastructure as the basic facilities needed for a society to survive and grow. "
Full text
|