Source: eWeek
Eweek has a very interesting Bill Gates talk on reduction of research activities in the field of computer science. The major points worth mentioning here are
1)Speaking on the decline in federal government funding for research in computer science, Gates said, "It's kind of a crime that as computer science is about to solve some of the most interesting problems…and is becoming the toolkit for all the sciences," the government should pull back on some of its funding.
2)"We're saying to companies 'You ought to invest more in R&D,' this is our competitive edge," he said. "If you look at our competitors—put aside IBM, they're sort of a special case—the investment [in R&D] is pretty small."
3)Microsoft taps both native-born talent and foreign talent, but Gates said he is frustrated that more U.S. students are not going into computer science. "The fastest growing major is physical education," he said. "The "Chinese are going to wake up" and say we missed this opportunity
4)Gates said he welcomes students coming out of engineering management career tracks."We often have to push people into it," he said, noting that not so many programmers want to get involved in managing people. "We can promise people in this career path most of their work won't be coding."
5)computer science lags behind math, and "we're behind physics in some areas."
Interesting piece of fact on the decline of research activities. Gone are the days "Necessity is the mother of invention". "Stay hungry, Stay foolish and Stay ahead", is the driving force in computer science.
Category: Computer Science,Research
1)Speaking on the decline in federal government funding for research in computer science, Gates said, "It's kind of a crime that as computer science is about to solve some of the most interesting problems…and is becoming the toolkit for all the sciences," the government should pull back on some of its funding.
2)"We're saying to companies 'You ought to invest more in R&D,' this is our competitive edge," he said. "If you look at our competitors—put aside IBM, they're sort of a special case—the investment [in R&D] is pretty small."
3)Microsoft taps both native-born talent and foreign talent, but Gates said he is frustrated that more U.S. students are not going into computer science. "The fastest growing major is physical education," he said. "The "Chinese are going to wake up" and say we missed this opportunity
4)Gates said he welcomes students coming out of engineering management career tracks."We often have to push people into it," he said, noting that not so many programmers want to get involved in managing people. "We can promise people in this career path most of their work won't be coding."
5)computer science lags behind math, and "we're behind physics in some areas."
Interesting piece of fact on the decline of research activities. Gone are the days "Necessity is the mother of invention". "Stay hungry, Stay foolish and Stay ahead", is the driving force in computer science.
Category: Computer Science,Research
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