最近,美国 AT&T 公司贝尔实验室主任约翰·梅耶先生应邀来华盛顿,作了题为“第三纪元的研究的发展工作”报告。报告描述了今后20年中信息技术的前沿,研究发展工作的特点,同时以贝尔实验室为背景解释了如何组织好一个研究部门。笔者参加了报告会,现从他的报告中摘录部分,以飨读者。 Recently, John Mayer, director of the Bell Labs Laboratory at AT & T in the United States, was invited to Washington for a presentation entitled “Development Work on Research in the Third Age.” The report describes the forefront of information technology in the next 20 years, the characteristics of research and development work, while Bell Laboratories as a background explains how to organize a research department. I participated in the report, now excerpts from his report to readers.