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Conversations About Challenges in Computing

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  • © 2013

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  • A collection of informal interviews with leading researchers in communication systems, computational sciences, and software engineering
  • Gives the state of the art plus outlooks to the future
  • Interviews conducted by well-known science writer Dana Mackenzie and science journalist Kathrine Aspaas?

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Communications Systems

  2. Computational Science

  3. Software Engineering

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This text sheds light on how mathematical models and computing can help understanding and prediction of complicated physical processes; how communication networks should be designed and implemented to meet the increasingly challenging requirements from users; and how modern engineering principles can lead to better and more robust software systems.  

Through interviews with 12 internationally recognized researchers within these fields, conducted by the well-known science writer Dana Mackenzie and the science journalist Kathrine Aspaas, the reader gets views on recent achievements and future challenges. ​  

Editors and Affiliations

  • Simula Research Laboratory, Fornebu, Norway

    Are Magnus Bruaset, Aslak Tveito

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