A very nice page to look at to understand computer scientists in academy:
Evaluating CS people
Evaluating CS people
posted by irem at 12/15/2005 07:00:00 PM
Thursday, December 15, 2005
posted by irem at 12/15/2005 07:00:00 PM
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"Computation is synthetic in the sense that many of the phenomena computer scientists and engineers study are created by humans rather than occurring naturally in the physical world. As Professor Fred Brooks of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill observed [Academic Careers, 94, p. 35],
When one discovers a fact about nature, it is a contribution per se, no matter how small. Since anyone can create something new [in a synthetic field], that alone does not establish a contribution. Rather, one must show that the creation is better. "
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