Information Technology: Frontiers for a New Millennium: Supplement to the President's FY 2000 Budget

Washington, DC: United States, National Science and Technology Council, 1999. Reprint. Second printing [stated]. Wraps. xii, 130 p. Includes illustrations. Most illustrations in color. Glossary. This was produced by the Subcommittee on Computing, Information, and Communications R&D. In the FY 2000 budget, the President proposed to expand and extend the High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) programs. This expansion was developed in response to the 1999 report by the Congressionally-chartered President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC). The expanded program was intended to provide increased support for long-term, high-risk, fundamental research in computing, develop new advanced computational infrastructure for science and engineering; and to fund research into the social, economic, and workforce implications of information technologies. Condition: Very good.

Keywords: High Performance Computing, HPCC, Multi-Chip Modules. Grand Challenges, Telemedicine, Bioinformatics, Cryptography, Human-Centered Systems, ASCI, Stockpile Stewardship

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