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News Release 08-141
NSF Announces Expeditions in Computing Awards
New initiative provides substantial funding to pursue ambitious, fundamental research to define future of computing and information
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The National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) announced the first awards through the Expeditions in Computing program, an initiative to encourage the research computing community to develop bright and bold ideas to research.
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