There are three major revolutionary changes that have led to the information society. First is the breakthrough development of semiconductor technology, which began with the invention of the transistor, the base of today’s most complicated semiconductors. Second is the development of the Internet, which has made it possible to distribute information on a worldwide scale. Last is the Mobile revo...

This Physics Today article discusses why the physics community needs to embrace challenge of educating students with diverse educational backgrounds meet future research and workforce demands outlines some efforts underway.

dvances in information and communication technologies have brought about an information revolution, leading to fundamental changes in the way that information is collected or generated, shared, and distributed [1, 2]. The importance of establishing systems in which research findings can be readily made available to and used by other researchers has long been recognized in international scientif...

The Internet has triggered the Fourth Information Revolution, which is leading to fundamental and irreversible changes in the way we do business and in the requirements for the supporting core technologies. Business-to-Business (B2B) e-commerce, the Information Revolution driver, is estimated to be between a $2.7 and a $7.3 trillion market in 2004. This pot of gold is resulting in massive compe...