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Conversations About Challenges in Computing

  • 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. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
  2. Communications Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Nature of the Beast

      • Aslak Tveito, Are Magnus Bruaset
      Pages 3-11
    3. Igniting the New Internet

      • Aslak Tveito, Are Magnus Bruaset
      Pages 13-20
    4. The Internet of Things

      • Aslak Tveito, Are Magnus Bruaset
      Pages 21-26
  3. Computational Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
    2. The Mathematics of the Mind

      • Aslak Tveito, Are Magnus Bruaset
      Pages 29-35
    3. Solving Puzzle Earth by Adaptive Mesh Refinement

      • Aslak Tveito, Are Magnus Bruaset
      Pages 37-42
    4. Computational Inverse Problems Can Drive a Big Data Revolution

      • Aslak Tveito, Are Magnus Bruaset
      Pages 43-50
    5. Towards the ‘Google Heart’

      • Aslak Tveito, Are Magnus Bruaset
      Pages 51-57
    6. As Simple as Possible, but Not Simpler

      • Aslak Tveito, Are Magnus Bruaset
      Pages 59-65
  4. Software Engineering

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
    2. A Caring Critic

      • Aslak Tveito, Are Magnus Bruaset
      Pages 69-76
    3. Through the Looking Glass into Digital Space

      • Aslak Tveito, Are Magnus Bruaset
      Pages 77-83
    4. Harmonizing the Babel of Voices

      • Aslak Tveito, Are Magnus Bruaset
      Pages 85-91
    5. Mediating between Man and Machine

      • Aslak Tveito, Are Magnus Bruaset
      Pages 93-100
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 101-101

About this book

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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Softcover Book USD 29.99
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