New Directions in Comput
erScience
John Hopcroft Cornell University
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Time of change
The information age is a revolution that is changing all aspects of our lives.
Those individuals, institutions, and nations who recognize this change and position themselves for the future will benefit enormously.
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Computer Science is changing
Early years
Programming languages Compilers
Operating systems Algorithms Data bases
Emphasis on making computers useful
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Computer Science is changing
The future years
Tracking the flow of ideas in scientific literature
Tracking evolution of communities in social networks Extracting information from unstructured data sources
Processing massive data sets and streams Extracting signals from noise
Dealing with high dimensional data and dimension reduction
The field will become much more application oriented
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Computer Science is changing
Drivers of change
Merging of computing and communication The wealth of data available in digital form Networked devices and sensors
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