Since the World War II era, when scientists, mathematicians, and engineers began using revolutionary electronic machinery that could rapidly perform complex calculations in support of the war effort, pioneering computing capabilities have been a principal foundation of the nation`s technological and economic strength. Today, solving many of our most important scientific and engineering problems requires high-end computers...

This report details the challenges and opportunities discussed at the NITRD sponsored multi-agency workshop on Computational Science and Engineering Software Productivity and Sustainability (CSESSP) Challenges, held in Washington, D.C. USA on October 15-16, 2015. The workshop brought together 85 attendees from all branches of the U.S. federal government, industry, academia, and U.S. and international research laboratories to discuss growing concerns over the sustainability of our Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) software foundation, and the productivity of scientists and engineers who develop and use this software. Discussions focused on characterization of the challenges, and opportunities for improved productivity and sustainability going forward. This report comprises workshop and subsequent discussions including a summary of key opportunities for the CSE community going forward.

...the U.S. Government makes critical decisions about appropriate investments in IT R and D to help society forward both socially and economically. To inform that decision-making, in July of 2003, a group of leading Government technical program managers who participate in the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development NITRD Program completed their formulation of 16 illustrative science, engineering, and societal grand challenges...

The 2010 Report of the President`s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology PCAST, entitled ?Designing a Digital Future: Federally Funded Research and Development in Networking and Information Technology,? documents the transformation of our society driven by advances in networking and information technology, catalyzed by our nation`s past investments in research. Our world today relies to an astonishing degree on systems, tools, and services that belong to a vast and still growing domain known as Networking and Information Technology NIT...

... The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy then provided a formal charge, asking PITAC members to concentrate their efforts on the focus, balance, and affectiveness of current Federal cyber security research and development R and D activities see Appendix A. To conduct this examination, PITAC established the Subcommittee on Cyber Security, whose work culminated in this report, Cyber Security: A Crisis of Prioritization...

The National Strategic Computing Initiative Update builds on the 2016 Strategic Computing Plan to enable focused and collaborative research, development, and deployment of future computing technologies to benefit the Nation. Realizing the successes of the National Strategic Computing Initiative to date, this update examines steps beyond those already implemented for realizing a computing ecosystem that combines heterogeneous computing systems (from extreme-scale to edge-centered systems and beyond) with the networking, hardware, software, data, and expertise required to support national security and defense as well as U.S. scientific, engineering, and economic leadership.

Information technology IT computers, wired and wireless digital networks, electronic data and information, IT devices and systems, and software applications?today provides indispensable infrastructure for activities across all facets of society. Throughout the IT revolution, the United States has led the world in the invention and applications of these technologies. Ongoing research and development R and D to provide advanced IT capabilities for Federal missions has fueled the creation of new ideas, and innovations addressing key national priorities, including national security, national defense, economic prosperity, scientific discovery, energy and environment, health, individual privacy, and quality of life...

The goals of the SDP workshop on New Visions for Software Design and Productivity were to: Bring together leading-edge researchers and practitioners Encourage brainstorming and out-of-box thinking Inform the Federal research agenda Involve Federal agencies and research community of particular interest were technology needs and promising solutions that could revolutionize the way we design and produce software in the coming decades...

The United States is today the global leader in networking and information technology NIT. That leadership is essential to U.S. economic prosperity, security, and quality of life. The Nation?s leadership position is the product of its entire NIT ecosystem, including its market position, commercialization system, and higher education and research system...