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Appendix C: Partial Chronology of Previous Efforts to Strengthen Mathematics and Cross-Disciplinary Research
Appendix C: Partial Chronology of Previous Efforts to Strengthen Mathematics and Cross-Disciplinary Research
Pages 91-100
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a marked imbalance between federal support of mathematical sciences research and support for related fields of science and engineering. Based on a careful analysis, it calls for more than doubling the FY 1984 federal support level for mathematical sciences and lays out a ~ O-year implementation plan, with specific roles for government, universities, and the mathematical sciences community.
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1986 Board on Mathematical Sciences' Science and Technology Week Symposium This was the first of a series of annual symposia highlighting the role of mathematical sciences research in the sciences and engineering for an audience of scientists and policy makers. 1987 Project MS 2000 At the urging of JPBM and under the supervision of the EMS and MSEB, the NRC launches a comprehensive review of the college and university mathematics enterprise through the Mathematical Sciences in the Year 2000 (MS 2000)
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the goals of the HPCC program cannot be met and progress in solving grand challenge problems cannot continue without active involvement of the mathematical sciences research community and (2) research and education relative to HPCC and grand challenge problems must link a broad range of sciences, the mathematical sciences, and computational sciences.
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The first phase of the Mathematics in Industry study, sponsored by NSF and the National Security Agency, characterizes the working environment of nonacademic mathematical sciences; summarizes the views of nonacademic mathematical scientists and managers on the skills needed for success and the training provided by a traditional graduate education; and suggests strategies for enhancing graduate education in mathematical sciences, nonacademic career opportunities, and application of mathematical sciences to nonacademic environments. Acknowledging the overwhelming interdisciplinary nature of the nonacademic research environment, the report identifies important traits in nonacademic mathematical scientists, which include interest in, knowledge of, and flexibility across applications; communication skills; and adeptness at working with colleagues, including those having expertise outside mathematical sciences.
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1997 Preserving Strength While Meeting Challenges: Summary Report of a Workshop on Actions for the Mathematical Sciences (NRC, 1997) This NRC report highlights critical issues, including the need to enhance connections with other disciplines and rethink faculty evaluation in ways that may inclucle adopting tenure and promotion criteria that reward interdisciplinary efforts.
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Vice Chairman EhIers' Report to the House Committee on Science recommends that Congress make stable and substantial federal funding for fundamental science research a high priority. Noting that the practice of science is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary and that progress in one discipline is often propelled by advances in other, seemingly unrelated fields, the report recommends that the federal government fund basic research in a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines, mathematical sciences, and engineering and that it resist concentrating funds in a particular discipline.
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The Task Force found that mathematics departments generally had a reputation for being too insular and deans viewed this as a problem for both the teaching and the research mission of the department and the university. REFERENCES · O American Cancer Society, Burroughs WelIcome Fund, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. National Research Council.
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1998. Unlocking Our Future: Toward a New National Science Policy.
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