A National Academy panel evaluates trade-offs between dangers to national security that arise from technology transfers and threats to the openness of scientific communication that are caused by too much secrecy. Major conclusions/suggestions are discussed. A list of acquisitions from the West affecting Soviet military technology is included.…

The results of a comprehensive technical survey of all published Soviet literature in coding theory and its applications--over 400 papers and books appearing before March 1967--are described in this report. Noteworthy Soviet contributions are discussed, including codes for the noiseless channel, codes that correct asymetric errors, decoding for…

Deals with archives as an important source of knowledge about the history of science and technology and the use of archives documents in advanced areas of contemporary science and technology, with particular reference to the activities of the U.S.S.R. State Archives. (Author)

Describes creative technology programs for elementary and secondary school children in the Soviet Union. Elementary school projects include aircraft, ship, and rocket models, amateur radio, electrical engineering, and electronics. Senior high school students design and build small-capacity vehicles, agricultural equipment, and electronic…

Presents statements from 12 participants in the Crimea 96 conference (3rd, Foros, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, June 1-9, 1996) about the conference, the attending libraries and companies, and library technology in Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union. (PEN)

Reviews the rapid development of science and technology in the U.S.S.R., and the efforts made toward establishing conditions favorable to the training of young scientists. (MLH)

Moscow State University, one of the main centers of science, will play an important role in scientific research and creative inquiry during the Tenth Five-Year Plan. (AV)

An inquiry into the uses of instructional technology was originally undertaken by the Ford Foundation to provide the Foundation itself with guidance for its support of efforts to apply technology to learning. The report of the inquiry, initially prepared for internal use, was found to be of interest to a wider audience and hence was subsequently…

The report contains a discussion of how electronics is taught at the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering as well as what students are to be selected for the program. (NTIS)

The only operational Soviet time-sharing systems are incorporated in special-purpose, fixed-application installations, most of which are intended for industrial applications of process control or management information. Despite the peculiar suitability of time-sharing to the Soviet economic system, with its heavy reliance on centralized planning…

Pannabecker's study interprets the Russian system of tool analysis and its influence in a broad historical context. It also examines some of the basic structural and historical similarities and differences between Russia and the United States. Luetkemeyer's reply attempts to place the Russian system within a broader historical context. (CT)

This report examines the impact of the Soviet Academy of Sciences on the development of technology in the Soviet Union, finding that the future of Soviet technology depends significantly on the Academy and that severe problems stemming from its nature and its relationship with Soviet industry encumber the Academy's ability to serve Soviet…

Examines alternative energy sources in the USSR including wind energy, solar energy, tidal energy and geothermal energy. (MA)

Summarizes a 1976 National Science Foundation (NSF) report on the overall organization of science in the Soviet Union, U.S. science policy as seen through Soviet eyes, Soviet technological performance, U.S.-Soviet technological interaction, and the value of machinery imports into the Soviet Union. (SL)

Reviews the relationship between scientific and technological progress, needs of the Soviet economy, and capacities of higher education institutions in terms of the future of the mining industry. Mining specialists will have to prepare for technical progress in the extracting industries, growth in production, complex mechanization, and automation…