EDUCAUSE2006: Vinton G. Cerf
Uncovering the Science in Computer Science: Challenges for the 21st Century
Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Cerf talked about computer science: is it a science? If it is, you should be able to use it to predict things, but, for example, you can’t predict how long it will take to complete a program. Also has a significant correlation with science: “auto-immune distributed reflective denial of service”. In the past there was a “viral spread of knowledge”, e.g., the webmaster who learned html by copying other pages. There are new, user-oriented, paradigms, as users search, discover, transact, announce, share, collaborate, and an increasing interest in self-service (nice for the companies, since users may have “only themselves to blame” for lack of good customer service!) He mentioned Amazon, FedEx, Tivo, Instant Messaging, GPS navigation, image and video sharing.
My Thoughts:
Library science, of course, is even less of a science. Just saying.
Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Cerf talked about computer science: is it a science? If it is, you should be able to use it to predict things, but, for example, you can’t predict how long it will take to complete a program. Also has a significant correlation with science: “auto-immune distributed reflective denial of service”. In the past there was a “viral spread of knowledge”, e.g., the webmaster who learned html by copying other pages. There are new, user-oriented, paradigms, as users search, discover, transact, announce, share, collaborate, and an increasing interest in self-service (nice for the companies, since users may have “only themselves to blame” for lack of good customer service!) He mentioned Amazon, FedEx, Tivo, Instant Messaging, GPS navigation, image and video sharing.
My Thoughts:
Library science, of course, is even less of a science. Just saying.
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