Manpower and funding in Canadian university computing and information science: the crisis continues

Abstract

The NSERC Computing and Information Sciences (CIS) Grant Selection Committee has continued to study the problems of manpower and funding in CIS, since the Vaucher report two years ago. The crisis has deepened, though not as badly as it might have if the NSERC, backed by the federal government, had not taken a number of steps to cope with some of the most outstanding problems within their control. This report represents a personal view by this year's committee chairman, based on discussions within the committee and with visitors, as well as a study of the continuing flood of documentation concerning the situation and needs in computer science, on the international as well as a national scene.