RENEWING U.S. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH
Robert W. Lucky and Jon Eisenberg, Editors
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COMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
ROBERT W. LUCKY,
Telcordia Technologies (retired),
Chair
JAMES D. ADAMS,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
FREDERICK R. CHANG,1
University of Texas, Austin
JOHN M. CIOFFI,
Stanford University
RICHARD A. DeMILLO,
Georgia Institute of Technology
REED HUNDT,
McKinsey & Company
JEFFREY M. JAFFE,
Novell
EDWARD KOZEL,
Open Range Ventures
RAJIV LAROIA,
Flarion Technologies
DAVID MESSERSCHMITT,
University of California, Berkeley
ELI M. NOAM,
Columbia University
DANIEL PIKE,
GCI Cable and Entertainment
LAWRENCE RABINER,
Rutgers University
THEODORE S. RAPPAPORT,
University of Texas, Austin
WILLIAM J. SPENCER,
SEMATECH (Emeritus)
DAVID TEECE,
University of California, Berkeley
HEMANT THAPAR,
Link-A-Media Devices
JACK K. WOLF,
University of California, San Diego
Staff
JON EISENBERG, Director and Study Director
DAVID PADGHAM, Associate Program Officer
CYNTHIA A. PATTERSON, Program Officer (through October 2004)
PHIL HILLIARD, Research Associate (through June 2004)
JENNIFER BISHOP, Senior Project Assistant
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOARD
JOSEPH F. TRAUB,
Columbia University,
Chair
ERIC BENHAMOU,
Benhamou Global Ventures, LLC
WILLIAM DALLY,
Stanford University
MARK E. DEAN,
IBM Almaden Research Center
DAVID J. DeWITT,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
DEBORAH ESTRIN,
University of California, Los Angeles
JOAN FEIGENBAUM,
Yale University
KEVIN KAHN,
Intel Corporation
JAMES KAJIYA,
Microsoft Corporation
MICHAEL KATZ,
University of California, Berkeley
RANDY H. KATZ,
University of California, Berkeley
SARA KIESLER,
Carnegie Mellon University
TERESA H. MENG,
Stanford University
PRABHAKAR RAGHAVAN,
Yahoo! Research
FRED B. SCHNEIDER,
Cornell University
ALFRED Z. SPECTOR,
Independent Consultant, Pelham, New York
WILLIAM STEAD,
Vanderbilt University
ANDREW J. VITERBI,
Viterbi Group, LLC
PETER WEINBERGER,
Google, Inc.
JEANNETTE M. WING,
Carnegie Mellon University
JON EISENBERG, Director
KRISTEN BATCH, Associate Program Officer
JENNIFER M. BISHOP, Program Associate
RADHIKA CHARI, Administrative Coordinator
RENEE HAWKINS, Financial Associate
MARGARET MARSH HUYNH, Senior Program Assistant
HERBERT S. LIN, Senior Scientist
LYNETTE I. MILLETT, Senior Program Officer
DAVID PADGHAM, Associate Program Officer
JANICE SABUDA, Senior Program Assistant
TED SCHMITT, Program Officer
GLORIA WESTBROOK, Senior Program Assistant
BRANDYE WILLIAMS, Staff Assistant
JOAN WINSTON, Program Officer
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Preface
The Committee on Telecommunications Research and Development was convened by the National Research Council’s Computer Science and Telecommunications Board to conduct an assessment of U.S. telecommunications research and development (R&D). Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the study examines changes in the level of research support, research focus, and research time horizon in industry; discusses the importance of support for telecommunications research within universities; and addresses implications of the current research landscape for the health of the U.S. telecommunications sector, as well as the U.S. economy and society. The report comes at a time of increasing attention to the health of U.S. R&D across many sectors. Although some of the issues raised mirror those seen in other sectors, there are also marked differences with respect to research in telecommunications, some owing to the support for R&D historically provided through the Bell System.
The committee’s findings and recommendations are provided in Chapter 5. Chapters 1 through 4 provide related supporting evidence and discussion.
Robert W. Lucky, Chair
Committee on Telecommunications Research and Development
Acknowledgment of Reviewers
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
William J. Brinkman, Princeton University,
David D. Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Stephen Dukes, Imaginary Universes, LLC,
Judith Estrin, Packet Design,
James Flanagan, Rutgers University,
David Goodman, Polytechnic University,
Butler W. Lampson, Microsoft Corporation,
Frederick Leonberger, EOvation Technologies, LLC, and
Andrew J. Viterbi, Viterbi Group, LLC.
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Elsa Garmire of Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering. Appointed by the National Research Council, she was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.