May 13, 2005

NSF Has Plan to Improve 'Cyberinfrastructure,' but Agency's Director Gives Few Details

By VINCENT KIERNAN

The head of the National Science Foundation said last week that his agency had devised a strategy to bolster the nation's "cyberinfrastructure," including that of colleges and universities, though he divulged few details.

Arden L. Bement Jr., director of the NSF, told the spring meeting of the Internet2 advanced-networking consortium here that spending money on cyberinfrastructure -- technology for computer networks, computer storage, and retrieving and analyzing data -- was

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