30 exhibits will be present. CASC will be represented. CASC Institutions should send 12-24 brochures. Appropriation hearings for the IT2 initiative will begin at the end of May. The impetus for IT2, as given above and reported at the CCIC web site, was presented by Dr. Bajcsy.
Commercial research is too short sighted.
The government is obliged to support long-term basic research. Dr. Robert Borchers IT2 money is for collateral projects and will be used to make a qualitative difference in IT research. MRE use to be for open procurement of non-computing research instruments such as telescopes, NMR machines, etc. The rules have been changed to allow for support of computers and infrastructure. There will be some consolidation of computing resources.