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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Contributors to the Study." National Research Council. 2012. The New Global Ecosystem in Advanced Computing: Implications for U.S. Competitiveness and National Security. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13472.
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Contributors to the Study

Although the briefers listed below provided much useful information of various kinds to the Committee on Global Approaches to Advanced Computing, they were not asked to endorse the content of this study, nor did they see the final draft of this report before its release.

BRIEFERS AND PRESENTERS TO THE COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 19–20, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC

Connie Chang, Independent Consultant

Krisztian Flautner, ARM Limited

David Jakubek, Department of Defense

Luc Soete, United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Gregory Tassey, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Contributors to the Study." National Research Council. 2012. The New Global Ecosystem in Advanced Computing: Implications for U.S. Competitiveness and National Security. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13472.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Contributors to the Study." National Research Council. 2012. The New Global Ecosystem in Advanced Computing: Implications for U.S. Competitiveness and National Security. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13472.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Contributors to the Study." National Research Council. 2012. The New Global Ecosystem in Advanced Computing: Implications for U.S. Competitiveness and National Security. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13472.
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