New Information Processing Technologies

[Charles Wilson x2080]

	As part of the US response to the Japanese ``Sixth
       Generation Computer'' initiate, specifically the ``New
       Information Processing Technologies'' (NIPT) cooperative
       initiaive, the Advanced Systems Division of NIST is
       preparing a report on `` new information processing
       technologies''. This report will be used to help set
       future US policy in these areas. These technologies
       include massively parallel computing, distributed
       processing, neural computing, optical computing, and
       fuzzy logic. This report will include:
	
	1) identification of emerging technologies (are these
       the technologies which will provide ``human like response''
       in computer systems);
	
	2) assessment of economic impact of NIPT technologies
       (which technologies will move from toy system to real
       systems and when);
	
	3) assessment of present US position relative to Japan
	and how international collaborations will affect these
	positions.
	
	4) national security considerations.
	
	The Japanese are particularly interested funding in US
       (largely university) participation. The report must be
       completed before May 31.
	
	Other agencies such as DARPA and NSF will be asked to
       comment.
	
	Interested US researchers are invited to respond by E-
       mail. Comments on items 1 and 2 from researchers working
       in these areas are particularly important. Response
       received after May 15 have lower probability of
       inclusion.
	
	
					C. L. Wilson
					
					(301) 975-2080
				   FAX  (301) 590-0932
				 E-mail wilson at magi.ncsl.nist.gov

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