Where is the Science in Computer Science?

The author discusses membership in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), noting changes to the science of computing technology throughout the organization's history. He focuses on the importance of accounting for reliability and vulnerabilities in computer software writing. He argues that i...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 55; no. 10; pp. 5 - 6
Main Author:	Cerf, Vinton G.
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Oct2012
Subjects:	Association for Computing Machinery History of computers Computer software development Computer science
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The author discusses membership in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), noting changes to the science of computing technology throughout the organization's history. He focuses on the importance of accounting for reliability and vulnerabilities in computer software writing. He argues that increasing dependence of society on computer technology makes the work of the computer science field and members of the ACM especially vital.