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Dean Evasius:
Convergence is a process
in which knowledge and technique
from multiple fields are integrated
in a deep and sustained manner.
And the reason for this integration
is generally the need to address
an important societal
or scientific challenge.
These motivating problems
expand an enormous range
from providing clean water
for the world to securing cyberspace
to reverse engineering the brain.
What's exciting
about convergence,
is its promise for accelerating progress
on important questions like these.
This is the vision behind the Ten
Big Ideas for future NSF investments.
To identify a set
of important problems
and to promote converging approaches
for addressing them.
