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Foundations of Computer Science are not redundant

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Philip Bille
5 years ago

Professor, Technical Uni. Denmark.

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paola vocca
5 years ago

Faculty in computer science

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Shay Kutten
5 years ago

Leicester seems to take the way of stopping to be a university, Courses for some practical staff can be given (and indeed given) by various for profit businesses.

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Yuval Emek
5 years ago

Assoc. Prof. (with tenure) at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Murray Patterson
5 years ago

foundational research and application need one another to exist: I am surprised to hear of this short-sighted decision Murray Patterson, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Georgia State University, USA

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Pushpendra Singh
5 years ago

Without foundations in algorithms in maths, there cannot be any groundbreaking research in computer science.

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Peter Richtarik
5 years ago

Professor

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Hongwei Huo
5 years ago

Without theoretical fundamental, applications would become a sourceless water, a tree without roots. Professor of Department of Computer Science, Xidian University

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Matthieu Roy
5 years ago

Researcher on foundations and practice of truly dependable systems

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Jainendra Shukla
5 years ago

It is unfortunate to see this happening anywhere. Newton said, we stand on giant’s shoulders and I strongly believe FOCO is what provides a standing ground to any AI,ML or DL techniques. I hope responsible people will make a responsible decision.

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James Blustein
5 years ago

Without foundations there is neither computer science nor a need for computer studies. My work is in non-theoretical aspects of computers but theory frequently has an strong influence on my research.

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Oscar
5 years ago

Diversity of research

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Without fundamental research, development in AI, data science, computational modelling, and digitalisation area can not be achieved.

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Rolf Fagerberg
5 years ago

I am appalled with the notion that because one focuses on hard issues, one cannot contribute to softer and more applied issues. There is a reason for the word "foundation" in "foundation of computer science".

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Catuscia Palamidessi
5 years ago

Inria

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Sreepathi Pai
5 years ago

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Rochester

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Lane A Hemaspaandra
5 years ago

Professor of Computer Science, University of Rochester

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John van de Wetering
5 years ago

Getting rid of theoretical computer science in order to better support machine learning is just idiotic.

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Shuai Cheng Li
5 years ago

Many tools of AI and data mining are rooted from pure maths, e. g. , the topological data analysis.

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Christopher Whidden
5 years ago

As a researcher working at the intersection of theory and practice in bioinformatics and oceans I want to stress that my work would not be possible without the strong theoretical foundation laid by research in pure algorithms theory. Computer Science is a young field and it is not difficult to directly link all current "applications" to basic theory developed over the past 10, 20 and 50 years. Neural networks were a theoretical curiosity not so long ago and this kind of short-sighted removal of basic research would ensure that the next breakthrough never occurs.