CSC 400 Graduate Problem Seminar: Links

A few links to interesting or useful resources.

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Home Page. The center of government funded research in the USA.
  
  
• NSF Computer and Information Sciences (CISE) Directorate. Here is where most of the NSF computer science funding comes from.
  
  
• The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The other biggest funder of CS related research in the federal government.
  
  
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. Organization concerned with social/ethical implications of computer technology.
  
  
• The Electronic Frontier Foundation. This group keeps tabs on various information technology issues concerning individual liberties vs. government and corporate interests. Somewhat pro-individual liberty slant.
  
  
• Project Gutenberg. A seminal project founded in 1971 to make publicly available, unencumbered, digital text for manuscripts in the public domain. Currently about 36,000 manuscripts, with heavy emphasis on English language classics. Mostly in plain text (ascii) format. Many other projects with similar goals have since been started.
  
  
• RSA Labs Research branch of one of the world's premier information security outfits. Their FAQ page has all sorts of interesting information on it.
  
  

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