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Subject: Re: Is Computer Science Science? (Funding)
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Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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In article <2868@ames.arpa> eugene@pioneer.UUCP (Eugene Miya N.) writes:
>Status Quo? Hopefully a short note:
>The reason why you have to make some clear distinctions care partially
>be read in the latest CPSR [Computer Professionals for Social
>Responsibility] Newsletter.  It appears in the halls of places like
>Ames, JPL, DOE Labs, the NAS (Natl. Acad. Sci), NSF, etc.  Basically if
>you are not a science, you don't get funding from those Science
>Agencies.
>
>This is a difference in Geography (seen as an art) and Geology.
>I studied remote sensing for several years.  The fact that it was in a
>geography --->cartography -->graph --> "art" department was a big
>minus.  RS is pretty respectable in some circles, and like AI, disreputable

This may be improving.  NSF is soliciting proposals  to set up a center
for excellence in Geographic Information Systems.

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