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Our Computing Sciences Research Center has a
distinguished history and position in computing research.
Past contributions include operating systems
(Unix, Plan 9,
Inferno),
languages (C, C++, AWK, ML),
software tools (make, yacc, lex, f2c, spin),
hardware (the Hobbit microprocessor), numerical software
(netlib,
AMPL), not to mention advances in
fundamentals (computational complexity, discrete and numerical
algorithms, semantics, verification).
We are active today in several areas of computing sciences research---see our
individual homepages to learn what we are up to.
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Our environment emphasizes both world-class individual research
excellence and flexible collaborative connections, an ever-changing set
of shared topics, among ourselves and with colleagues from
Lucent Technologies and other institutions around the world.
Two qualities that members would ascribe to our center without
hesitation are
intellectual intensity and the constant exchange of ideas across the
widest possible array of interests. Familiar sights are people
hard at work in their offices, people perched in other people's offices
talking, people standing in the corridors debating technical points,
and people sitting together bouncing ideas around.
These features of
the our local landscape generate an atmosphere that we feel is uniquely
conducive to inspiration, creativity, accomplishment, and fun.
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When AT&T split up in 1996,
Bell Labs was split too, with some researchers joining
AT&T Labs Research,
a new research organization for the new AT&T.
Most of our center stayed with Bell Labs as part of the newly created
Lucent Technologies,
a company formed from the
systems and technology divisions of the old AT&T. We also lost a few
colleagues in subsequent splits when the companies Avaya and
Agere were
created.
Lucent is technology-driven; its businesses rely on tangibles like networks, switches, wireless systems, optical fiber, chips, and consumer products, as well as on the software that designs, builds, runs, and supports them. As part of an expressly technological company, we have become more focused, more united, and more dedicated than ever to our center's inimitable mixture of research in multiple, complementary forms. In many instances our research is shaped by one person's insights; in others, it is guided by future technical needs of Lucent's business. And, of course, part of the mission of Bell Labs is to influence the future of science and technology through research excellence. |
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Computing technology bears directly on Lucent's business -- large
communication switches, for example, are among the largest and most
complex computers in the world -- so individually selected research
topics often intersect Lucent's business interests. The rest of Bell
Labs Research is a spectacular resource, containing leaders in many
scientific and technological specialities; interchanges and interactions
with these colleagues are exciting, productive, and encouraged. This
spirit of cross-disciplinary collaboration is strikingly different from
most university departments -- as is the freedom from writing grant
proposals.
The center is itself multidisciplinary across significant portions of
computer science. Although organized into departments, the center is
best understood as a large group of talented researchers who focus
their wide-ranging expertise in unpredictable ways on solving
challenging problems.
