[1950] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Computer Systems Policy Project report summary
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Cisler)
Sat Jan 11 10:28:03 1992
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 92 07:27:08 -0800
From: Steve Cisler <sac@apple.com>
To: com-priv@psi.com
Here is a short version of a recent report that will be
of interest to com-priv readers. The 29 kb file is in the alug
directory on ftp.apple.com and can be obtained by anonymous ftp.
Steve Cisler
Apple Library
sac@apple.com
Expanding the Vision of High Performance
Computing and Communications:
Linking America for the Future
A Report by
the Computer Systems Policy Project
December 3, 1991
The Computer Systems Policy Project
The Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP) is an affiliation of Chief
Executive Officers of American computer companies that develop, build and
market information processing systems and related software and services.
CSPP was formed in 1989 to provide the CEOs of the industry with a forum to
discuss, develop, and advocate public policy positions on trade and
technology issues critical to the computer systems industry and country.
Additional copies of this report, along with a complementary video, are
available for $20. For more information, please contact:
The Computer Systems Policy Project
1735 New York Avenue, N.W.
Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20006
Telephone: (202) 628-1700
Fax: (202) 331-1024
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Linking America for the Future . . . . . . . . . . . .1
HPCCI: Providing the Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
HPCCI: Expanding the Vision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Better Health Care and Medical Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Lifelong Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Improved Services for Senior Citizens, the Disabled, and Housebound .6
Enhanced Industrial Design and Intelligent Manufacturing Technology .7
Broad Access to Public and Private Databases, Electronic Mail, and
Other Unique Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Recommendation #1:
Expand the Vision of the HPCCI and Include Research on Generic, Enabling
Technologies to Solve a Wider Range of Grand Challenges . . . . . .9
Recommendation #2:
Establish a Technology and Policy Foundation for an Information and
Communications Infrastructure for the Future. . . . . . . . . . . 11
Recommendation #3:
Improve Management and Governance of the Initiative and
Increase Opportunities for Industry Participation . . . . . . . . 13
Recommendation #4:
Reorder HPCCI Budget Priorities to Achieve a More Balanced Program14
Executive Summary
Over the past year, the Computer
Systems Policy Project (CSPP), an affiliation of major U.S. computer
systems companies, has reviewed the Administration's High Performance
Computing and Communications Initiative (HPCCI), as outlined in Grand
Challenges: High Performance Computing and Communications. CSPP believes
the HPCCI is a significant, critical and necessary undertaking by the
government. As currently designed, the HPCCI will advance research in high
performance computing and networking technologies as well as increase the
use of high performance computers to solve a range of scientific and
engineering "Grand Challenges" -- problems whose solutions are critical to
national needs. CSPP believes, however, that the HPCCI can provide the
foundation for something even more important: a new national infrastructure
to promote America's growth in the 21st century and beyond.
Today, high performance computing and high speed networks are being used at
an increasing rate in a wide variety of scientific, engineering, academic,
and business settings. The potential benefits of these technologies,
however, extend far beyond this country's laboratories, universities,
businesses, and supercomputer centers. High performance computing, in
conjunction with widely accessible high-speed networks, offers exciting new
opportunities to improve the quality of life for all Americans.
To make the most of federal and private research investments in the HPCCI,
however, the software, hardware, and networking technologies being
developed must be based on the broadest possible vision of what high
performance computing and communications can make possible in the future.
This requires expanding the current vision of the HPCCI to include Grand
Challenges motivated by social and economic needs in areas of interest to
the government and general public, such as advances in the delivery of
health care and services for senior citizens; improvements in education and
opportunities for lifelong learning; enhanced industrial design and
intelligent manufacturing technologies; and broad access to public and
private databases, electronic mail and other unique resources.
As a major user of computers, the government is appropriately investing in
advanced computer technology research through the HPCCI. By leveraging
these investments, the government can develop more broadly applicable
generic, enabling technologies and stimulate the additional research by the
private sector needed to solve the expanded Grand Challenges.
CSPP strongly believes the HPCCI program will have maximum benefit to the
country only if the government collaborates more closely with industry and
supports the broader vision of the HPCCI; advances the technologies to meet
that vision; and implements a stronger management approach. To accomplish
this, CSPP recommends the following changes to the current initiative:
- Expand the vision of the HPCCI and include research on generic, enabling
technologies to support a wider range of applications;
- Establish a technology and policy foundation for an information and
communications infrastructure for the future;
- Improve management and governance of the initiative and increase
opportunities for industry participation; and
- Reorder HPCCI budget priorities to achieve a more balanced program.
Working together, the government, industry, and the broader science and
technology community can construct an HPCCI program that will contribute to
our nation's ability to meet many of the science, engineering, economic and
social challenges we face. In addition, by cooperating, we can ensure a
better return on the federal R&D investment; promote increased industry
investment; and generate productive collaboration between industry,
academia, and government.
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