April 29, 2005

Presidential Panel Recommends Steps to Promote Computational Science

By VINCENT KIERNAN

A federal advisory committee called on universities and federal agencies last week to reorganize themselves to promote multidisciplinary research using computers.

According to the panel, the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee, such a reorganization is essential to encourage the growth of "computational science," or the use of computers to complement experiments and theoretical research. Also essential, the panel said, is more-extensive planning by the government, and

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