tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post7303509142125477273..comments2024-03-28T14:56:46.834-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Making People FlyLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-68885049917531504022013-10-14T13:10:31.812-05:002013-10-14T13:10:31.812-05:00In addition to collness, CS bachelors have one of ...In addition to collness, CS bachelors have one of the highest median incomes:<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/09/10/219372252/the-most-and-least-lucrative-college-majors-in-1-graph<br /><br />No wonder more and more people are choosing CS as their major.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-5153656713814167552008-10-01T11:56:00.000-05:002008-10-01T11:56:00.000-05:00Ahh, the good old days...But things haven't change...Ahh, the good old days...<BR/><BR/>But things haven't changed that much since 2000 when vast numbers of students were choosing CS. We do need to make sure that the field is seen as exciting but we aren't doing as badly as you imply. <BR/><BR/>Michael Mitzenmacher's <A HREF="http://mybiasedcoin.blogspot.com/2008/09/enrollments-up.html" REL="nofollow"> post</A> gives a more positive takeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-35146626404619925952008-09-30T14:16:00.000-05:002008-09-30T14:16:00.000-05:00I think that if you account for the proportion of ...I think that if you account for the proportion of bio engineering majors who are premed, you'll find the skew isn't quite as intense.<BR/><BR/>Either way, is whats needed more computer science majors who go on to become computer scientists or rather folks who can design software systems intelligently? These two goals are related, but I think the distinction is importantcarter t schonwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16546056304179288828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-75456245574502301012008-09-30T11:22:00.000-05:002008-09-30T11:22:00.000-05:00Emily is not real - Lifelike animation heralds new...Emily is not real - Lifelike animation heralds new era <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gd6OgXNUdw" REL="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gd6OgXNUdw</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-80605577048818804672008-09-30T11:07:00.000-05:002008-09-30T11:07:00.000-05:00At least we're a lot cooler than Wall Street and h...At least we're a lot cooler than Wall Street and hedge funds right now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-23486056498629406932008-09-30T11:06:00.000-05:002008-09-30T11:06:00.000-05:00Lance, that is a fine post.To the extent that gett...Lance, that is a fine post.<BR/><BR/>To the extent that getting a job offer is "cool", then mechatronic engineering is just about the coolest field around.<BR/><BR/>The relevance to your post is this: modern mechatronic engineering is all about simulation science, not only as a design tool, but as a social tool for building confidence.<BR/><BR/>To embrace and extend the tag-line to the <I>Superman</I> movies: "You will believe that the 787 will fly ... that Intel's Nehalem processors will compute ... that Craig Venter's synthetic bioforms will boot." <BR/><BR/>And yes, people <I>do</I> believe that these wonders will happen (albeit, not without a lot of hard work).<BR/><BR/>Only in Hollywood is modern simulation science all about realistic graphics ... globally speaking, simulation science is all about reality itself. <BR/><BR/>Which is fun! And very good news for computational complexity research too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com