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FCCSET

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FCCSETFederal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology


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And it suggests that policymakers articulate research goals more clearly and centrally, from outside the parochialism of individual federal agencies, as the new FCCSET (Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology) programs do.
At the White House, the Office of Science and Technology Policy is pushing forward several FCCSET recommendations, and the National Academy of Sciences is presently studying the matter.
The FCCSET report includes the following "grand" challenges in its list: computing the way a fluid flows over a large, complicated surface in order to improve aircraft design or to build quieter submarines; designing new materials by starting with a list of desirable properties and the fundamental characteristics of electrons in matter; and recognizing spoken words or identifying visual objects quickly and accurately.
 
 
 
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