BacktotheFuture—TheIncreasingImportanceoftheStates.pptVIP

Back to the Future—The Increasing Importance of the States in Setting the Research Agenda Lecture in the Series “Defining Values of Research and Technology: The Universitys Changing Role” Center for Advanced Study University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL April 11, 2001 Land Grant InstitutionsFounding Principles The Universities Were Founded to: Educate a Broad Workforce and Citizenry Perform Research to Create More Productive Economy Provide Services to the Economic Creators Clear Coupling to Economy: Agriculture Manufacturing Embedded in a Liberal Arts Education Morrill Act Federal Support for State Functions The Land Grant Values are Reflected in the University of Illinois Seal The Critical Role of Federal Funding in Creating the Information Economy The Critical Role of Federal Funding in Creating the Information Economy PITAC Findings and Recommendations Federal Funding Has: Seeded High-Risk Research Yielded Many Billion-Dollar Industries Trained Most of Our Leading IT Researchers Created Ideas Which Freely Flow From Universities and National Labs to Existing and New Companies The United States Must Not Only Continue, but Also Substantially Increase, Long-term Fundamental Information Technology Research Programs in Universities Large Federal Programs Can Make Major Changes in Infrastructure NSF Supercomputer Centers Program Access to Supercomputers Large Dataset Archive NSFnet Scientific Visualization and Virtual Reality The Web Browser and Server Software Partnerships in Advanced Computational Infrastructure (PACI) Access Grid Superclusters User Portals Optical and International Networks Distributed Terascale Facility Characteristics of PACI Federal Government is Primary Fund Source Defines the Program, Holds the Competition Evaluates the Progress State Supports Fed Initiative Thru Cost Sharing Major Source for Staff Salary Extra Funds for New Buildings Industrial Partners Leverage Federal Funding: Proprietary Projects Which Led to New Capabi