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Information Technologies and Applications
The research roundtable on “Information
Technologies and Applications,” seeks to bring together a group of experts from
the U.S. and China who are engaged in the field of computer and computational
science and technology in order to strengthen the exchange in this critical
field and to promote substantial cooperation. Advances in computer and
computational science and technology provide us the practical tools
indispensable to further scientific advances in an expanding range of
disciplines, thereby leading to new or deeper understandings of nature. These
advances can also provide a basis for applications by the larger society. On
occasion, such applications are so far reaching that their impacts go beyond
practical economic impacts, and have political, social and cultural impacts as
well. The developments of computer and computational sciences and technologies
have resulted in significant changes in the ways that scientific research is
conducted. They have, for example, facilitated new kinds of scientific
collaboration which allow scientists located in areas remote from leading
research centers not only to have immediate access to research results, but in
many cases to participate directly in the research itself. Computer and
computational sciences and technologies are also continuing to have broad
economic, political, social and cultural impacts, which are only now being
subject to critical examination. Although, arguably, most of these broader
impacts have been positive, negative aspects (both actual and perceived) have
also been identified. Understanding and dealing with such negative aspects,
preferably at an international level, will be essential if computer and
computational sciences and technology are to have their potential capabilities
fully realized. These capabilities will serve as tools for conducting scientific
research, as facilitators of scientific cooperation, and, most importantly, as a
means for effecting positive economic and social change by enhancing
communications within and among societies throughout the world. The United
States has been a leader in the field of the computer and computational sciences
and technology. China, on the other hand, has recently made rapid progress in
many critical aspects of this field and seeks to continue this progression.
Hence, productive collaborations will benefit both countries and make a positive
impact on the community.
