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 R. D. Shelton, Editor:  rds@itri2.org
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In This Issue of ITRInews
As DotComs Wilt, Internet Sprouts
U.S. Leads in Global Web Usage
OECD Science, Technology, and Industry Outlook 2000
China IT & Telecom Report
Chinese Claim Lead in Some S&T Fields
Richard Russell New OSTP Chief of Staff
Gingrich Calls for More R&D Investment

ITRI Alumni News
David A. Hodges
Richard L. Tucker
Daniel I. C. Wang

Featured Organizations in International S&T:
AAAS Research Competitiveness Service (Yet Another ITRI Competitor)
Science Committee: House of Representatives
Science & Government Report
International Science Policy Foundation
International Foundation for Science
European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
OECD S&T Links
ivcon.net S&T Clearinghouse
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As DotComs Wilt, Internet Sprouts  Even as the New Economy is revealed as just a new version of the same Old Scam, the Internet keeps doubling every 18 months--just like Moore's Law. There were 56,218,000 domain names in July 1999.  The data for January 2001 has just been tabulated as (a little drum roll, please) 109,574,429 domain names -- pretty close to double, huh?     This is the engine that the DotComs claimed they were going to hitch their sales wagon to.  To be fair, many never announced any "profit" destination.  Source: Internet Software Consortium  http://www.isc.org/ds/WWW-200101/index.html  U.S. Leads in Global Web Usage Another approach  to measuring Internet use has 98 million Americans logged online at home during December. Japan ranked second with 15 million surfers, followed by Germany with 13 million, the United Kingdom with 10 million, and Canada with 9 million.  Actually, Internet users in Hong Kong spent more time connected online than any other country, 9:43 hours per month. Nielsen//NetRatings reports on Web usage in 21 countries. http://news.excite.com/news/r/010309/15/net-tech-netratings-dc

 

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2000.  This was published in October 2000, so this is not exactly a scoop, but it's still a great report.  It covers trends, provides an overview of policy developments and emphasizes the role played by S&T in recent economic growth. Chapters examine the link between innovation and growth, the importance of innovation in services, the growing interaction between science and industry, the impact of public support on private R&D and the role of networks in the innovation process. An annex provides detailed indicators on science, technology and innovation. Check out the position of your country on the graphs posted comparing nations' productivity in S&T outputs. The hardcopy is $53, but it's already out of print.  You can download a pdf version, though.   http://www.ocde.org/dsti/sti/index.htm

China IT & Telecom Report: The Interfax information services group has a just added a new weekly report on the computer industry, telecommunications and information technology in the PRC. Interfax staff based on the mainland provide extensive coverage of national and foreign corporations, joint ventures, new projects, statistics, tenders, industrial policies. You can get a free sample; the one I got was quite impressive--39 pages of small print factoids.  ITRI, Inc. is sending an expert panel on telecom to the PRC, HK, and Taiwan in May, so this is timely.  Interfax has weekly and daily newsletters in many other economic sectors, mostly for China and ex-USSR countries. Thanks to D. E. Shelton for this tip.  http://www.interfax-news.com/

Chinese Claim Lead in Some S&T Fields  An exhibition showcasing the achievements of Chinese scientists under the National "863" projects was held in early March in Beijing.  Many of these achievements, which involve 230 research themes in six industries, lead the international field - one of the most striking examples being the 1998 discovery of a human gene that affects hearing impairment.  The project has yielded more than 2,000 patents since 1986.  From NSF/Tokyo:   kshinoha@nsf.gov

Richard Russell New OSTP Chief of Staff At last there is someone to answer the phone at the President's Office of Science and Technology Policy.  Richard Russell has spent most of his career on the Hill, most recently as a senior House Science Committee staffer. He was born Feb. 5, 1966 in Naples, Italy, and graduated from Yale in 1988 with a B. S. in Biology.  The website hadn't been updated when I visited on 3/26/1.  Perhaps you'll find an update at  http://www.ostp.gov

Gingrich Calls for Greater R&D Investment  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich testified on March 21 before the House Armed Services Committee on the FY 2002 Bush Administration budget request for DoD.  He faulted the Bush Administration's FY 2002 request for basic science funding during a hearing on the long-term security of the U.S.   Also last week, a report released by the Defense Science Board stated "the DoD should be requesting higher levels of funding for the S&T program."  From the The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News  FYI March 26, 2001. http://www.aip.org/gov

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ITRI ALUMNI NEWS
ITRI recruits distinguished scientists and engineers for its panels.  Some more examples:
 

David A. Hodges is the Daniel M. Tellep Distinguished Professor of Engineering Emeritus at the UC Berkeley, where he has spent much of his career, including a term as Dean of the College of Engineering 1990-96.  Professor Hodges was active in microelectronics technology, and since 1984 his research has centered on semiconductor manufacturing systems. He was the winner of the 1997 IEEE Education Medal. He was the founding Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing and is a past Editor of the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering and a director of Mentor Graphics Corp. and of Silicon Image, Inc. http://radon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~hodges/  Prof. Hodges served on several of our studies, including a 1988 study of CAD/CIM in the Japanese semiconductor industry, an update of the world semiconductor industry for the White House NSTC in 1993, and the 2000 Asian Electronic Manufacturing Update study.  http://itri2.org/ttec/aemu/report/index.htm

 

Richard L. Tucker holds the Joe C. Walter Chair in Engineering at the University of Texas in Austin.  He is also Director of the Center for Construction Industry Studies (CCIS).  His awards include the 1986 ASCE Peurifoy Award, the 1991 Ronald Reagan Award and the 1993 NSPE Construction Education Award. His technical specialties are construction methods, productivity improvement, and project management. http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/tucker/home.html   Dr. Tucker led our construction R&D studies in Japan in 1991 and Europe in 1994.

 

Daniel I. C. Wang is Institute Professor at M.I.T. and Director of its Biotechnology Process Engineering Center.  He has received the William H. Walker Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 1994 and is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.  http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/org/c/cheme/www/People/Faculty/Wang_Daniel.html  Dr. Wang led our 1992 bioprocessing technology study in Japan.

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FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS THIS MONTH

AAAS Research Competitiveness Service draws upon the resources of the American science and engineering community to assist institutions in evaluating programs and initiatives in R&D. AAAS tailors a team of scientists, engineers, science administrators or policy analysts to provide expert, objective advice, under the direction of America’s premier organization for the advancement of science.  Clients listed for the 10 example projects include universities and state government agencies.  The service was created in 1996 under a grant from NSF. [ITRI provides much the same peer review studies, but mostly abroad]  http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/rcp/rcpta.htm

Science Committee: House of Representatives The committee officially came into being on January 3, 1959, and on its 20th Anniversary Charles Mosher said, the committee "was born of an extraordinary House-Senate joint leadership initiative, a determination to maintain American preeminence in science and technology,..." Its present jurisdiction is mainly authorization of the science portions of NSF, NASA, DOE, EPA, NIST, and a few other agencies.  While the real power resides in the Appropriations Committee, the Science Committee is the premier forum for airing of S&T issues in DC.  http://www.house.gov/science/welcome.htm

Science & Government Report is a legacy medium newletter published twice most months for $490 a year. It does a good job of covering science policy news in Washington.  http://www.wiley.com/technical_insights/

International Science Policy Foundation publishes:
*  Science and Public Policy is a refereed, international journal on public policies for S&T, and on the implications of S&T for other public policies. Editors: Professor Phil Gummett, University of Manchester, and by Professor John de la Mothe, University of Ottawa. http://www.scipol.demon.co.uk/spp.htm
*  Outlook on Science Policy newsletter gives you news of S&T policy in the public sector, world-wide in 12 printed pages per issue. It covers initiatives by governments and agencies, about trends in priorities and funding, about reports of international organisations.  Editors: Paul Cunningham, Manchester University, and Paul Dufour, Industry Canada http://www.scipol.demon.co.uk/osp.htm

International Foundation for Science  IFS is an NGO providing support to developing country scientists to conduct, in a developing country, relevant and high quality research on the management, use, and conservation of biological resources and their environment. IFS believes that the interests of both science and development are best served by promoting and nurturing the research efforts of young science graduates, who are at the beginning of their research careers. Since 1974, IFS has provided support, mainly in the form of small research grants, to over 2,900 scientists in 99 developing countries.  http://www.ifs.se/index.htm

European Association for the Study of Science and Technology EASST is an interdisciplinary scholarly society including history, philosophy, psychology and sociology of science. It also welcomes a policy perspective on science and technology.  These aims are furthered through the EASST general conference, held every other year, workshops and the EASST Review. http://www.chem.uva.nl/easst/

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)  Clearinghouse of S&T policy institutions in OECD member countries
http://www.ocde.org/dsti/sti/s_t/inte/news/sites.htm

IVCON.NET has a great clearinghouse of S&T sites.  The company's home page is in German, so I really don't know much about the company itself.  Thanks to Thomas Ilfrich for this tip.http://www.ivcon.com/mon/index.shtml

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Copyright © 2001 ITRI, Inc. Comments to rds@itri2.org please.
 

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Oct 98	Is S&T to Blame for the Asian Financial Crisis?	http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews3.htm
Nov 98	NRC to State:  Ignoring S&T is Ignorant	http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews4.htm
Dec 98/Jan 99	The Bottom Line: US Trade Deficit Skyrockets	http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews5.htm
Feb 99	Who's the Bear, and Who's the Bull? Japan Doubles R&D; The US Cuts It	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews6.html
Mar 99	Who's On First? (US, But Not for Long)	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews7.html
Apr 99	GPRA Metastasizes Abroad	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews8.html
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Oct 99	Is International S&T Assessment Needed?	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews13.html
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Feb 00	S&T: Ready for Prime Time?	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews16.html
Mar 00	Bottom Line II: Trade Deficit Skyrocket Explodes	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews17.html
Apr 00	Who's Getting U.S. Patents?	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews18.html
May 00	Think That Government is Investing More in Research? Think Again.	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews19.html
Jun 00	American Leadership of S&T: Reality or Myth?	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews20.html
Jul 00	Science and Engineering Indicators 2000 Released by NSF	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews21.html
Aug 00	Pale Green Manufacturing: US is 3rd out of 3	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews22.html
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Sept 00	Industry Leads U.S. R&D	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews24.html
Oct 00	Gingrich Praises Clinton	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews25.html
Nov 00	Research Feasts: FY2001 Budgets	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews26.html
Dec 00	S&T Policy of the Bush Administration	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews27.html
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