Next-Generation Research and Breakthrough Innovation.

The article presents the opinions of a major software company's university-relations specialist to prepare for future changes in computing. The studies include collaboration with educators, researchers and deans in many disciplines in looking for breakthrough innovations. It discusses academic and government breakthroughs powered by funding agencies and industry research on robotics, gaming and global issues approaching multidisciplinary areas. It concludes that breakthrough research and innovation appear intertwined with the future of computing.