*** SFI COLLOQUIUM ***
Friday, July 11, 2008 • 3:30 pm • Robert N. Noyce Conference
Room, SFI
"Computational Thinking and Thinking About Computing"
by
Jeannette M. Wing
President's Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
University, and
Associate Director, Computer & Information Science & Engineering,
U.S. National Science Foundation
My vision for the 21st Century: Computational thinking will be a
fundamental skill used by everyone in the world. To reading,
writing, and arithmetic, let's add computational thinking to every
child's analytical ability. Computational thinking has already
influenced other disciplines, from the sciences to the arts. The
new NSF Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation initiative in a
nutshell is computational thinking for science and engineering.
Realizing this vision gives the field of computing both exciting
research opportunities and novel educational challenges.
The field of computing is driven by technology innovation, societal
demands, and scientific questions. We are often too easily swept up
with the rapid progress in technology and the surprising uses by
society of our technology, that we forget about the science that
underlies our field. In thinking about computing, I have started a
list of "Deep Questions in Computing,” with the hope of encouraging
the community to think about the scientific drivers of our field.
Host: Joe Traub
http://www.santafe.edu/events/abstract/1257
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