Author: National Science Foundation (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
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Production Research and Technology, Proc. 8th NSF Grantees' Conf. Held Stanford, January 27-29, 1981
Author: National Science Foundation (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Eighth NSF Grantees' Conference on Production Research and Technology
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Production engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Government Reports Announcements & Index
Author: Robots, 1964-March, 1982
Author: Government Reports Annual Index
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Category : Government reports announcements & index
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
Astronautics & Aeronautics
Author: The Sound of Innovation
Author: Andrew J. NelsonPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 026202876X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
How a team of musicians, engineers, computer scientists, and psychologists developed computer music as an academic field and ushered in the era of digital music. In the 1960s, a team of Stanford musicians, engineers, computer scientists, and psychologists used computing in an entirely novel way: to produce and manipulate sound and create the sonic basis of new musical compositions. This group of interdisciplinary researchers at the nascent Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA, pronounced “karma”) helped to develop computer music as an academic field, invent the technologies that underlie it, and usher in the age of digital music. In The Sound of Innovation, Andrew Nelson chronicles the history of CCRMA, tracing its origins in Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory through its present-day influence on Silicon Valley and digital music groups worldwide. Nelson emphasizes CCRMA's interdisciplinarity, which stimulates creativity at the intersections of fields; its commitment to open sharing and users; and its pioneering commercial engagement. He shows that Stanford's outsized influence on the emergence of digital music came from the intertwining of these three modes, which brought together diverse supporters with different aims around a field of shared interest. Nelson thus challenges long-standing assumptions about the divisions between art and science, between the humanities and technology, and between academic research and commercial applications, showing how the story of a small group of musicians reveals substantial insights about innovation. Nelson draws on extensive archival research and dozens of interviews with digital music pioneers; the book's website provides access to original historic documents and other material.
Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
Author: Footprints
Author: Joy A. FrechtlingPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788183621
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This FootprintsÓ conference was organized by the National Science Fdn. (NSF) to propose fresh ideas & new methodologies that might inform the design of Education & Human Resources evaluations. Papers include: the use of science & math educ. indicators & studies; a plan for evaluation; new methods for evaluating programs; considerations for the evaluation of NSF programs; communicating the value of the NSF's contributions to research & innovative technical applications for science & math educ.; conceptual underpinnings for program evaluation of major public importance; & the virtual reality of systemic effects of NSF programming on education.
Midsize Facilities
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309097029
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Most of the instruments now used for materials research are too complex and expensive for individual investigators to own, operate, and maintain them. Consequently, they have become increasingly consolidated into multi-user, small to midsized research facilities, located at many sites around the country. The proliferation of these facilities, however, has drawn calls for a careful assessment of best principles for their operation. With support from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, the NRC carried out a study to characterize and discuss ways to optimize investments in materials research facility infrastructure with attention to midsize facilities. This report provides an assessment of the nature and importance of mid-sized facilities, their capabilities, challenges they face, current investment, and optimizing their effectiveness.