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How should the Committee view the role of the discipline of “computer and information science and engineering” (CISE)?

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How should the Committee view the role of the discipline of “computer and information science and engineering” (CISE)?

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The Committee should view CISE as a fundamental discipline that, through its progress, brings about revolutionary and transformational changes in every aspect of our lives, and contributes in essential ways to America’s world leadership and to the well-being of her citizens. Because the Committee is concerned with “science,” it is natural for the Committee to look at CISE as an enabler of other fields of science and engineering, and to focus mainly on those aspects of CISE that are of obvious relevance to these other fields. But this is much too narrow a view of CISE. The fact that CISE is a fundamental enabler (and a revolutionary transformer) of other fields of science and engineering is important, but it’s not the only reason that CISE is important. When the Committee thinks about physics, or chemistry, or astronomy, or biology, or mathematics, the Committee doesn’t focus mainly on what they can do to enable other fields of science and engineering. Rather, the Committee considers th

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