Unless we continue and expand ultra-high-speed activities we will lose the momentum of industry and academia. We will lose the ability to train a new generation of communication engineers, and, in my mind, we will have failed the next generation of U.S. scientists and entrepreneurs.
Predictor: Farber, David J.
Prediction, in context:David Farber made this statement about the future of U.S. dominance in cyber-technology in a 1994 Interesting People message: ”We are at a critical point in gigabit networking. Unless we continue and expand ultra-high-speed activities we will lose the momentum of industry and academia. We will lose the ability to train a new generation of communication engineers, and, in my mind, we will have failed the next generation of U.S. scientists and entrepreneurs. If the U.S. isn’t going to be ready for the 21st century, the rest of the world will be.”
Biography:David Farber was the recipient of the 1995 ACM Sigcomm Award for lifelong contributions to the computer communications field. He has worked at the University of Pennsylvania, managing research in high-speed networking. In 2000, he served as chief technologist at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. He also directed the Center for Communications and Information Sciences and Policy. In 1997, Upside magazine named him one of its Elite 100 visionaries of high-tech. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: December 31, 1994
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Interesting People [online database]
Title, headline, chapter name: Farber’s New Year’s Editorial: Move It or Lose It
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/199412/msg00073.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Goodrich, Barbara J.