Two Interesting Posts…

On May 1, 2007, In Diversity in Computing, Funding, Policy, Research, Security, By Peter Harsha

…on Jim Horning’s Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be blog. The first, on a recent cyber security hearing on the Hill has a nice extended quote from the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and S&T of the House Committee on Homeland Security, complaining about the gutting of the cyber security R&D budget at DHS.
The second is a summary of a paper by Robert Meyer and Michel Cukier on the impact of (perceived) user gender on the cyber attack threat (quick summary: “females” are much more likely to get attacked), which concludes with this great quote from Jim:

If this hostility is anywhere near the typical Internet experience, is it any wonder that computing and IT are increasingly losing the women?”

 
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Frances Allen Honored by House of Representatives

On May 1, 2007, In Diversity in Computing, People, By MelissaNorr

A resolution to honor Frances E. Allen, the 2006 recipient of ACM’s A.M. Turing Award, passed the House today. House Concurrent Resolution 95 was introduced by Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and reported out of the House Science and Technology Committee last week.
We wrote about Dr. Allen here when the Turning Award was announced in February. She was the first woman to receive the award since it was first given forty years ago. Dr. Allen was an IBM Fellow at the TJ Watson Research Center.
A press release from the House Science and Technology Committee stated:

H. Con. Res. 95 recognizes her achievements in computer research and development while working at IBM Corporation, and salutes the Turing Award Committee for recognizing the contributions of women to the field of computing.
“It is certainly telling that women, who earn more than half of all undergraduate degrees in this country and make up more than half of the professional workforce, represent only 25% percent of all information technology workers,” Woolsey said. “Dr. Allen has been an inspirational mentor to younger researchers and a leader within the computing community and it is clear that Dr. Allen deserves recognition for all of the tireless work she has done to promote women’s role in computing.”

 
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Another Article on the Innovation Agenda

On May 1, 2007, In American Competitiveness Initiative, Policy, R&D in the Press, By MelissaNorr

Interesting article (requires free registration) on the innovation agenda in the San Jose Mercury News. While it does focus mostly on the energy and environmental areas that could be helped, it also touches on almost all aspects of the overall innovation agenda such as funding basic research and increasing STEM K-12 teachers. There is also a good quote from Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) who said, “I’m a fiscal conservative, but the dollars we invest in basic research will come back to us in spades in terms of stimulating economic activity and helping the United States remain at the forefront of global innovation.”

 
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