Mathematical Sciences: A Holistic System for Mathematical Computation

首席研究员的目标是为数学计算创造一个友好的环境。“环境”一词在以下意义上：它是程序和人一起生活和互动的地方。因此，它需要以下几点：共性。需要有一个丰富的协议，允许程序彼此通信和共享资源。非均质性。为了能够通信，程序不必在结构上彼此相似。法律与秩序。程序之间应该受到保护：如果一个程序行为不合理，其他程序也应该受到保护。可移植性。环境应该独立于底层硬件，底层硬件可以是一台计算机或这样的网络。的灵活性。使用一个程序或一组程序的人不应该被其他有其他目标的人的存在所阻碍。种子。环境应该充满有用程序的幼苗。如果环境肥沃（只有时间才能证明），它们将发展成更大、更多产的东西。该奖项将鼓励这一重要领域的探索性研究。

The goal of the Principal Investigator is to create a hospitable environment for mathematical computation. The word "environment" in the following sense: It is a place where programs and people live and interact together. As such it needs the following: Commonality. There needs to be a rich protocol that allows programs to communicate with one another and to share resources. Heterogeneity. Programs needn't be structurally similar to one another in order to be capable of communicating. Law and Order. Programs should be protected from one another: if one acts irrationally the rest should be protected from it. Portability. The environment should be independent of the underlying hardware, which could be a single computer or a network of such. Flexibility. People using one program or set of programs should not be hindered by the existense of other people with other goals. Seeds. The environment should come populated with seedlings of useful programs. If the environment is fertile (only time can tell) these will develop into ever bigger and more fruitful things. This award will encourage exploratory research in this important area.