Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Tag: National Science Board
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Signing Up, Making A Difference: Shackleton, Musk, and Computing
Find your passion; sign up; take some risks; make a difference. Your future self will thank you.
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Missing Talent, Missing Opportunities, and Losing Ground
Why is it culturally acceptable in the U.S. to say, “I’m bad at math and science” when few would willingly confess to semi-literacy by saying “I don’t read very well.”
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Higher Education in the 21st Century
Public research universities are in the business of helping people. This is especially true in times of accelerating and disruptive change.
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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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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.