The incredible computer science staff at the University of Leicester deserve better.
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Andre Platzer
5 years ago
Ignoring the foundations of any science are the best path toward making it irrelevant.
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Alessandro Fantechi
5 years ago
University of Florence, Italy
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Victor Luchangco
5 years ago
Understanding the foundations of computer science are essential for understanding how computing works. Aside from its basic importance, it also has proven to have essential applications. For example, cryptography, upon which all financial applications depend, is a direct outcome of the complexity theory.
Theoretical Computer Science - Technical University of Dresden
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Jakub Szczubelek
5 years ago
I was wondering whether to go on this course this year during Covid - and now Covid would choose for me!
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Rick Thomas
5 years ago
The FoCo group has given long and wonderful service to the University of Leicester; to treat them in this way is desperately unfair.
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Tom Grant
5 years ago
I undertook a theoretical PhD in (what was then) the Department of Computer Science. After a brief stint as a Research Associate, I have since been working in industry. When I've spoken with hiring managers in industry, they often comment that it's not difficult to find good developers. What everyone seems to be struggling with is finding developers with strong understanding of the fundamentals, which is essential for tackling the most difficult problems in industry.
I found the research and teaching of this department to be exemplary. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that losing these internationally renowned researchers will drastically impact the university's reputation in a negative way.
On a personal level my ex-colleagues were amongst the most intelligent, dedicated, enthusiastic and kind people with whom I've had the pleasure of working with and learning from. I am incredibly proud to have been associated with that department during that time.
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Alexandre Miquel
5 years ago
This decision is so terribly, so absurdly shortsighted... Is it really necessary to recall that the foundations of what would later be called Computer Science were laid down by Alonzo Church and Alan Turing precisely to solve a problem of Foundations in the most theoretical sense of the word? (i.e. Hilbert's Decision Problem.)
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Rajmohan Rajaraman
5 years ago
The foundations of computer science have been integral to the development of modern information technology of any sort. It is incredibly short-sighted for such a great university to devalue such an important science.
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Jeremy Rickard
5 years ago
Ridiculously shortsighted.
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Anonymous
5 years ago
The best part of my MSc at Leicester was in FoCo; it's tremendously disappointing to see expertise in such a fundamental area thrown away, seems very short-sighted. My sympathies to the staff.
Why do that?
If not reversed, this decision will have a huge negative effect on the image of the University.
The university's proposal is shortsighted and will certainly be counterproductive!
Another disgraceful act to the reputation of the University of Leicester
Rejecting theory as useless in order to work only on everyday things is like proposing to cut the roots of a tree because they do not carry fruit.
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The incredible computer science staff at the University of Leicester deserve better.
Ignoring the foundations of any science are the best path toward making it irrelevant.
University of Florence, Italy
Understanding the foundations of computer science are essential for understanding how computing works. Aside from its basic importance, it also has proven to have essential applications. For example, cryptography, upon which all financial applications depend, is a direct outcome of the complexity theory.
BSc Computer Science
Université Grenoble-Alpes, France
Theoretical Computer Science - Technical University of Dresden
I was wondering whether to go on this course this year during Covid - and now Covid would choose for me!
The FoCo group has given long and wonderful service to the University of Leicester; to treat them in this way is desperately unfair.
I undertook a theoretical PhD in (what was then) the Department of Computer Science. After a brief stint as a Research Associate, I have since been working in industry. When I've spoken with hiring managers in industry, they often comment that it's not difficult to find good developers. What everyone seems to be struggling with is finding developers with strong understanding of the fundamentals, which is essential for tackling the most difficult problems in industry. I found the research and teaching of this department to be exemplary. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that losing these internationally renowned researchers will drastically impact the university's reputation in a negative way. On a personal level my ex-colleagues were amongst the most intelligent, dedicated, enthusiastic and kind people with whom I've had the pleasure of working with and learning from. I am incredibly proud to have been associated with that department during that time.
This decision is so terribly, so absurdly shortsighted... Is it really necessary to recall that the foundations of what would later be called Computer Science were laid down by Alonzo Church and Alan Turing precisely to solve a problem of Foundations in the most theoretical sense of the word? (i.e. Hilbert's Decision Problem.)
The foundations of computer science have been integral to the development of modern information technology of any sort. It is incredibly short-sighted for such a great university to devalue such an important science.
Ridiculously shortsighted.
The best part of my MSc at Leicester was in FoCo; it's tremendously disappointing to see expertise in such a fundamental area thrown away, seems very short-sighted. My sympathies to the staff.