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New CISE Assistant Director
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 1994 17:44:36 -0400
News Release NSF PR94-32 COMPLEXITY EXPERT PAUL R. YOUNG TO LEAD NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S COMPUTING DIRECTORATE Paul R. Young, an expert on the complexity of computing, has been appointed to head the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). Young, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, serves as the associate dean of research, facilities and external affairs for the College of Engineering at Washington. He will assume his duties as NSF's assistant director for CISE July 1, 1994. For Young, 58, the appointment continues an association with NSF that began more than 30 years ago. Before earning a doctorate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1963, he was twice awarded NSF Predoctoral Fellowships. In 1965-66 at Stanford University, he received an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship and has since received numerous NSF grants to research the mathematical theory of computing. In 1992, Young became a senior member of the Institute Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE). He co-authored the text "An Introduction to the General Theory of Algorithms" and has written 50 published technical articles. He has taught extensively, including at Reed College, Purdue University, University of California at Berkeley, University of New Mexico, University of Wisconsin and Washington. NSF Director Neal Lane, citing Young's leadership in the Computing Research Association and his national efforts to forge strong undergraduate curricula, said, "Dr. Young has advanced not only the technical realm of the discipline, but, perhaps more importantly, he has strengthened its base and helped sharpen its vision. His talents and insights will serve the foundation well as he guides CISE's efforts in high- performance computing, networking and communications, information systems, robotics, microelectronics systems, computation systems, and, of course, theoretical computer science. "These are times of tremendous and rapid changes in computing. When you consider that Dr. Young's research emphasis, complexity theory, explores the limits of what computers can do and how to pursue the optimal solutions to problems, I'm confident that we have appointed someone especially suited to turn challenges into opportunities," Lane said. In making the announcement, Lane also praised Mel Ciment, who was named CISE's acting assistant director after the unexpected death of A. Nico Habermann last August. Ciment will return to his former position of deputy assistant director for CISE. With a $240 million budget in fiscal year 1994, CISE supports the NSF's four supercomputing centers and the NSFNET program (a critical factor in phenomenal growth of the Internet and the development of America's information infrastructure). CISE also leads NSF's participation in the federal government's interagency initiative on high-performance computing and communications. In fiscal year 1993, the directorate provided support for more than 5,000 persons involved in realms such as parallel processing, software engineering, systems architecture, gigabit networking research, digital libraries, virtual reality, robotics and advanced manufacturing, and computational modeling of biological processes. -end- The National Science Foundation is an independent agency of the federal government established in 1950 to promote and advance scientific progress in the United States. NSF accomplishes its mission primarily by competitively awarding grants to educational institutions for research and education in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering. This and other information is available electronically on STIS, NSF's Science and Technology Information System. For more information about STIS contact the Publications Section at (703) 306-1130 and request the "STIS Flyer," NSF Publication #94-4, or send an E-mail message to stisinfo () nsf gov (INTERNET) or stisinfo@NSF (BITNET). ==================== Dr. John R. Lehmann Deputy Division Director MIPS Division National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22230 703-306-1940 FAX: 703-306-0610 jlehmann () nsf gov
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