Peter A. Freeman, a computer scientist (Carnegie Mellon University, 1970), was the seventh AD/CISE from 2002-2007 and DD/CCR from 1987-1989. Previously he held faculty positions at the University of California, Irvine and Georgia Tech, where he was Founding Dean of Computing in 1990. After NSF he returned to Georgia Tech as Emeritus Dean and Professor and was an active consultant with the Washington Advisory Group. While in academe he was an active researcher, educator, and participant in professional society activities. He is a fellow of the ACM, AAAS and IEEE.

• Preface


• PART I CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY
  • 1950-1974: Science Information, Computing Facilities, Education, and Basic Research
  • 1974-1986: CER, CSNET, NSFNET, and the Founding of CISE
  • 1986-1998: The New Directorate in a Period of Computer Science Expansion
  • 1999-2006: Broadening Computer Science with New Initiatives
  • 2007-2016: The Growing Centrality of CISE to NSF
  
  
• PART II SELECTED SUBJECT STUDIES
  • Pre-CISE Computing Facilities and Education Programs
  • Pre-CISE Computing Research
  • Information Technology Research
  • Networking Research and Deployment
  • NSF Support of High-Performance Computation
  • CISE's Role in Broadening Participation in Computing
  • What Does an AD/CISE Do?
  
  
• PART III SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  • Summary and Conclusions
  
  
• APPENDIXES
  • Computing Organizations at NSF