Computation as a conceptual tool for modern science
1 : Department of Computer Science
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It was the singular genius of Alan Turing to capture the essence of computing with a machine: to compute, logicians were told to become engineers. Today, the favor is being returned. With the indispensability of the computer firmly established among scientists, we are now witnessing the rise of ``computational thinking.'' This more ambitious phase of Turing's visionary program will see the algorithmic paradigm get woven ever more tightly into the fabric of modern science, especially biology. This (self-contained) talk will discuss this phenomenon with concrete examples.
| Subject : | : | oral |
| Topics | : | History and Philosophy of Computability |
| PDF version | : |  PDF version |
