Give young infosec boffins more cash or BAD THINGS will happen -- RSA boff

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/31/research_investment_us_academia/

By John Leyden
The Register
31st October 2013

RSA Europe 2013 Declining support for young science and technology researchers 
from the US government could hurt technology innovation in the long term, a top 
computer scientist has warned.

Robert Griffin, chief security architect at information security biz RSA, said 
complaints about funding featured in all three pairs of Nobel Prize acceptance 
speeches this year.

Funding is not too much of a problem for established researchers but for 
"younger researchers there's pressure to publish early or quickly," said 
Griffin. Government funding for academic research has been cut because of tough 
economic conditions – but, said Griffin, this is a short-sighted approach 
because it will hurt researchers over the long term.

Zurich-based Griffin, who has given lectures at MIT and is heavily involved in 
the EU's Smart Grid project, said that industry needs to engage in the research 
community. Yet other sources of support are also needed because research 
breakthroughs can take years to filter down into front-line products.

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