Cuts in Grants for Computer Research Assailed

posted by  varson (7)  12 months ago (research.microsoft.com)

Government funding for basic computer-science research in the United States is decreasing, and many academics believe agencies that award grants are reluctant to pay for longer-term, "audacious" projects. That was the message July 16 from a panel of computer-science experts at Microsoft Research's eighth annual Faculty Summit, a two-day gathering of about 400 professors and researchers from institutions around the