Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Category: Science Policy
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Advanced Computing: Integrative Thinking for the Future
The free ride from Dennard scaling is over; the von Neumann architecture is showing its age; and our hierarchical abstractions are now an intellectual box from which we must escape.
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Predicting Potentialities, Reifying Futures
Remember, the best way to predict the future is to create it.
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Breathing Easily
Utah is hosting The Air We Breathe, a symposium on air quality on October 3, 2019: https://cleanair.utah.edu/
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The Endless Frontier and the National Science Board
I am pleased that I am being appointed to the National Science Board, where I hope to help the NSF continue to support and sustain scholars – young and old – and to advance scientific research and ensure national competitiveness.
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On Being the Right Size: Science Scaling and Power Laws
Balancing single researcher support against large projects is of ever-growing scientific policy importance.
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Research: When There Are No Answers in the Back of the Book
Research is about the unknown. There are no answers in the back of the textbook, for there is no textbook