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  1. Newsgroups: comp.edu
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!wupost!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies
  3. From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies)
  4. Subject: Re: Are computer "scientists" really scientists? (was: Are programmers Computer Scientists?)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep8.045156.6935@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
  6. Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
  7. References: <1992Sep3.174548.29169@ulowell.ulowell.edu> <Sep03.194343.67982@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> <2250@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> <1992Sep4.172303.2572@newshost.lanl.gov> <1992Sep4.173115.3743@newshost.lanl.gov>
  8. Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 04:51:56 GMT
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  11. In my opinion, the core of the C.S. discipline is concerned with
  12. speeding up computers.  There are at least 5 different levels at which
  13. a computer scientist can work, starting with the VLSI design level (or
  14. maybe even the transisitor / logic block implementation level).  All
  15. these levels belong to the discipline, including the theoretical
  16. level, which is the highest level of all (speeding up individual
  17. applications, or whole classes of applications).
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  19. The alternate core of C.S. is concerned with making computers easier
  20. to use.  This covers everything user interface to language design to
  21. O/S research to network design, and so on.
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  23. Don Gillies - gillies@cs.uiuc.edu - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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