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Does the Military Dominate CS Research?

Posted by Cliff on Sunday January 11, 2004 @09:23AM from the in-the-name-of-national-security dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "It seems at my university the military has their fingers in much of the computer science research happening on campus: sensors, intelligent agents, autonomous vehicles, supercomputing. Is this the case at other schools around the US? How about outside of the US? How is the military shaping the current state of CS research? What areas of research atrophy because the funding goes to investigating military applications of new technology?"

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Re:The question doesn't make sense. by Ieshan · 2004-01-11 14:24 · Score: 0, Troll

Yeah, if you look real hard, you can think up stupid uses for any technology.

Spoons can be assault weapons if thrown fast enough, eyeglasses can be fighterstarters, and scissors can be advanced carving tools if ever you're in a cave with no paper and pencil.