Computational Science : Ensuring America's Competitiveness: Report to the President by the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee

Report by the Pres. Info. Tech. Advisory Comm. (PITAC) on computational science -- the use of advanced computing capabilities to understand & solve complex problems -- which has become critical to scientific leadership, econ. competitiveness, & nat. security. Computational science is one of the most important tech. fields of the 21st century because it is essential to advances throughout society. Contents: The Challenges to U.S. Preeminence & Competitiveness; Research & Educational Structures for the 21st Cent.; Multi-Decade Roadmap for Computational Science; Sustained Infrastructure for Discovery & Competitiveness; & R&D Challenges. Appendices: Examples of Computation Science at Work; Computational Science Warnings.Benioff, Marc R. is the author of 'Computational Science : Ensuring America's Competitiveness: Report to the President by the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee', published 2005 under ISBN 9781422302088 and ISBN 1422302083.