computer science

Is computer science a relevant academic discipline for the 21st centure

The current view of computing as technology overlooks the discipline’s theoretical and scientific foundations in computer science, weakening the entire computing enterprise.

Computer Science: An Interview

Peter J. Denning, Neville Holmes

This e-mail interview with Peter Denning sprang from comments in the October 2010 The Profession column, “The Future of the Computing Profession: Readers’ E-mails” about Denning’s essay, “The Great Principles of Computing” (American Scientist, Sept./Oct. 2010, pp. 369-372).

Computing has its own paradigm, distinct from engineering or science.

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