Doctoral Dissertation Research: Science and the Market in the Implementation of the National Information Infrastructure

在Gary Downey教授的指导下，Juan Rogers先生正在研究从20世纪80年代初的S到1991年的HPCC法案的国家信息基础设施(NII)的实施过程。国家创新研究所最初被提议作为科学的支持基础设施，后来成为全社会系统的基础。讨论中关键立场的阐述包括关于科学的性质和作用、科学对经济和军事优势的贡献、技术在改变社会关系和经济中的作用、以及上世纪60年代的S和70年代的S等人的文化和经济变迁后出现的新情况等背景说明。这种结构的一个重要结果是在科学和市场之间建立了联系，在这种联系中，前者充当了创造信息自由市场的工具，同时保护了超级计算机行业。这项研究旨在通过确定参与者、他们的兴趣和观点来解释这一过程，并展示他们如何通过互动形成结果框架。首先，罗杰斯先生正在分析美国国会关于这一问题的听证会、机构报告和立法行动的记录。其次，他正在通过访谈和寻找更多文件的方式，挑出关键的个人和机构进行进一步研究。最终的产品将提供一个持续了大约十年的过程的动态描述。

Under the direction of Professor Gary Downey, Mr. Juan Rogers is examining the implementation process of the National Information Infrastructure (NII) from the early 1980's to the HPCC Act of 1991. Initially proposed as a support infrastructure for science, the NII became the foundation for a society-wide system. The articulation of key positions in the deliberations incorporated background accounts about the nature and role of science, its contribution to economic and military supremacy, the role of technology in changing social relations and the economy, and the emerging situation after the cultural and economic vicissitudes of the 1960's and 1970's among others. A significant consequence of this construction was a connection between science and the market in which the former served as a vehicle for creating a free market of information while protecting the supercomputer industry. This study aims to account for this process by identifying the participants, their interests and perspectives and show how they shaped the resulting framework through their interaction. First, Mr. Rogers is analyzing the US Congress records of hearings, agency reports, and legislative action on the subject. Second, he is singling out key individuals and institutions for further study by means of interviews and the search for additional documentation. The final product will be offer an account of the dynamics of the process that lasted roughly a decade.