• We like to think of CS as a "hot" field (just like Biology). It is therefore sobering to realize that total funding for academic CS research has stayed fairly flat for quite a while now. (In fact, the graph for CS resembles the graph for psychology and social science, rather than that of a "hot" discipline like Biology.) Meanwhile, the number of academic CS researchers has grown tremendously, and CS has had great impact on society. NSF statistics on R&D expenditures of all federal agencies also interesting reading.

NSF statistics on R&D expenditures of all federal agencies are compiled here.

• We like to think of CS as a "hot" field (just like Biology). It is therefore sobering to realize that total funding for academic CS research has stayed fairly flat for quite a while now. (In fact, the graph for CS resembles the graph for psychology and social science, rather than that of a "hot" discipline like Biology.) Meanwhile, the number of academic CS researchers has grown tremendously, and CS has had great impact on society.

• We like to think of CS as a "hot" field (just like Biology). It is therefore sobering to realize that total funding for academic CS research has stayed fairly flat for quite a while now. (In fact, the graph for CS looks more like the graph for psychology and social science, and very different from that of a "hot" discipline like Biology.) Meanwhile, the number of academic CS researchers has grown tremendously, and CS has had great impact on society.

• We like to think of CS as a "hot" field (just like Biology). It is therefore sobering to realize that total funding for academic CS research has stayed fairly flat for quite a while now. (In fact, the graph for CS looks more like the graph for psychology and social science, and very different from that of a "hot" discipline like Biology.) Meanwhile, the number of academic CS researchers has grown tremendously, and CS's impact on society has only grown.

• We like to think of CS as a "hot" field (just like Biology). It is therefore sobering to realize that total funding for academic CS research has stayed fairly flat for quite a while now. Meanwhile, the number of academic researchers has grown tremendously. Ironically, during this time CS has had tremendous impact on society.

• Many links appear at CRA's website, including one on how to write to your congressperson.

• Many links appear at CRA's website, including one on |how to write to your congressperson.

• An article announcing that PITAC is being disbanded.

• Task Force on the Future of American Innovation is a group of concerned industry and academia figures who argue for more govt funding for science and computing. They have an interesting report on their website that documents the shrinking lead of the US in basic science.

• A new SIGACT commitee has been formed to address funding, outreach and advocacy issues.

• Task Force on the Future of American Innovation is a group of concerned industry and academia figures who argue for more govt funding for science and computing. They have an interesting report on their website that documents the shrinking lead of the US in basic science.

• Task Force on the Future of American Innovation is a group of concerned industry and academia figures who argue for more govt funding for science and computing. They have an interesting report on their website that documents the

shrinking lead of the US in basic science.

• Task Force on the Future of American Innovation is a group of concerned industry and academia figures who argue for more govt funding for science and computing.

They have an interesting report on their website.

• Slides from the discussion of TCS funding at STOC in May 2005.

• Task Force on the Future of American Innovation is a group of concerned industry and academia figures who argue for more govt funding for science and computing.

• A powerpoint presentation from a program examiner at the Office of Management and the Budget. It gives some insight into how people in his position think. The slides titled "Ethos and Mythos" are the most interesting.

• The latest report from PITAC, which calls Computational Science a national priority. We can probably use some of its recommendations wrt algorithms in our advocacy. Note how many times the report uses the term "infrastructure." I wish they had also stressed the notion that CS gives a new way to think. [Sanjeev A.]

• Slides from the discussion of TCS funding at STOC in May 2005.

• An Endless Frontier Postponed. Science editorial by Lazowska and Patterson. Many other articles in that issue deal with computational science and distributed computing.

• An Endless Frontier Postponed. Science editorial by Lazowska and Patterson. Many other articles in that

issue deal with computational science and distributed computing.

• Is the thrill gone? Op-ed by Arora and Chazelle (to appear in CACM August'05). It tries to explain the point that CS is a radical new way to think, rather than just a road to IT infrastructure.

• Computing Research: A National Investment for Leadership in the 21st Century by CRA. Note that TCS is missing from this picture. This illustrates the need for the TCS community to be more proactive.

• [[ http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/lazowska/cra/case/ | Computing Research:

A National Investment for Leadership in the 21st Century]] by CRA. Note that TCS is missing from this picture. This illustrates the need for the TCS community to be more proactive.

• 20th century vs. 21st century C&C: the SPUR manifesto and The state of funding for new initiatives in computer science and engineering. A pair of articles by ACM president Dave Patterson.

• 20th century vs. 21st century C&C: the SPUR manifesto and

The state of funding for new initiatives in computer science and engineering. A pair of articles by ACM president Dave Patterson.

• Is the thrill gone? Op-ed by Arora and Chazelle (to appear in CACM August'05). It tries to explain the point that CS is a radical new way to think, rather than just a road to IT infrastructure:

• An Endless Frontier Postponed. Science editorial by Lazowska and Patterson.

• An Endless Frontier Postponed. Editorial in Science by Lazowska and Patterson.

• The latest report from PITAC, which calls Computational Science a national priority. We can probably use some of its recommendations wrt algorithms in our advocacy. Note how many times the report uses the term "infrastructure." I wish they had also stressed the notion that CS gives a new way to think. [Sanjeev A.]

Note how many times the report uses the term "infrastructure." I wish they had also stressed the notion that CS gives a new way to think. [Sanjeev A.]

• A powerpoint presentation from a program examiner at the Office of Management and the Budget. The slides titled "Ethos and Mythos" are the most interesting.

• The latest report from PITAC, which calls Computational Science a national priority. We can probably use some of its recommendations wrt algorithms in our advocacy.

• An example of how to make arguments to NSF and the government; the cyberinfrastructure proposal.

• A powerpoint presentation from a program examiner at the Office of Management and the Budget. The slides titled "Ethos and Mythos" are the most interesting.

• The following oped will appear in CACM August'05. It tries to explain the point that CS is a radical new way to think, rather than just a road to IT infrastructure: Op-ed by Arora and Chazelle

• The following oped will appear in CACM August'05. It tries to explain the point that CS is a radical new way to think, rather than just a road to IT infrastructure. [[ http://theorymatters.org/documents/arorachazelle.pdf | Op-ed by Arora and Chazelle ]

• The following oped will appear in CACM August'05. It tries to explain the

point that CS is a radical new way to think, rather than just a road to IT infrastructure. [[ http://theorymatters.org/documents/arorachazelle.pdf | Op-ed by Arora and Chazelle ]

Links

• An example of how to make arguments to NSF and the government; the cyberinfrastructure proposal.

• Ed Lazowska's article. Note that TCS is missing from this picture. This illustrates the need for the TCS community to be more proactive.

The following are some links to information about the current funding crisis in computer science.

• http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/lazowska/cra/case/?. Note that TCS is missing from this picture. This illustrates the need for the TCS community to be more proactive.

• Many links appear at CRA http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/advocacy/index.php

• Draft of an op-ed piece by Sanjeev Arora and Bernard Chazelle on ["The role of big ideas in computer science."|http://www.cs.princeton.edu/theory/advocacy/documents/oped.pdf]. The op-ed piece refers to [Peter Lee's Article|https://www.wiki.cs.cmu.edu/public/pmwiki.php?pagename=Main.ShrinkingPipeline] and [latest CRA report|http://www.cra.org/CRN/articles/may05/vegso]

• An example of how to make arguments to NSF and the government; the [cyberinfrastructure proposal|http://www.nsf.gov/cise/sci/reports/ExecSum.pdf].