"ACADEMIC CAREERS FOR EXPERIMENTAL COMPUTER SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS".

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

The Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research
Council is pleased to announce the electronic availability of its report on
"ACADEMIC CAREERS FOR EXPERIMENTAL COMPUTER SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS".  This
report explores the environment in academia for experimental computer
scientists and engineers and makes recommendations regarding how the
environment can be improved.


The relevant FTP site is FTP.NAS.EDU, and the report contained in
reports/academic_careers.  In this directory are an ascii readme file (which
you should download) and two subdirectories.  The subdir "postscript" has the
postscript version in it (with full text and
graphics).  The subdir "ascii" is currently empty but will soon have the ascii
text-only version in it.


ACADEMIC CAREERS FOR EXPERIMENTAL COMPUTER
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS will also be published in
the near future (early January) as a printed paperbound
book for about $27.00.  To inquire about availability or
to obtain copies when it is available, call toll free
1-800-624-6242 or 202-334-3313 (in the Washington
metropolitan area) or write to National Academy Press,
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Box 285, Washington,
DC  20055.  To ask questions about the
availability of this book, send email to BKLINE () NAS EDU.


Please forward your comments and/or suggestions about
this server to SLUBECK () NAS EDU.


On the National Research Council


The National Research Council (NRC) is the operating arm of the
Academy complex, which includes the National Academy of Sciences,
the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
The NRC is a source of impartial and independent advice to the
federal government and other policy makers that is able to bring to
bear the best scientific and technical talent in the nation to answer
questions of national significance.  In addition, it often acts as a
neutral party in convening meetings among multiple stakeholders on
any given issue, thereby facilitating the generation of consensus on
controversial issues.


The Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) of the
NRC considers technical and policy issues pertaining to computer
science, telecommunications, and associated technologies.  CSTB
monitors the health of the computer science, computing technology,
and telecommunications fields, including attention as appropriate to
the issues of human resources and information infrastructure and
initiates studies involving computer science, computing technology,
and telecommunications as critical resources and sources of national
economic strength.  A list of CSTB publications is available on
request by sending mail to CSTB () NAS EDU.