Futurum

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Software engineering, or software development, is the branch of computer science that involves designing and developing software – the instructions and programs that enable computers to function. The field of software engineering is growing rapidly as computers are becoming integrated into all aspects of our lives.

Engineering 84

Engineering Computer Computer Science Accessibility 84

Maydm

JUNE 11, 2021

As a high school student, Winnie had a passion for both math and the social sciences. Her teachers pushed her into the “easier” path of social sciences rather than encourage her interest in STEM subjects. And throughout my sort of high school experience, I’d been, you know, passionate about social sciences.

STEM 52

STEM Economics Social Sciences Innovation 52

Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 5, 2024

Traditional computational chemistry—perhaps sped up by AI—can potentially determine the rates at which different alkanes are “randomly produced” And in a quite different direction, analyzing the academic literature—say with an LLM—can potentially predict how much a certain alkane can be expected to be studied or talked about.

Science 122

Science Sciences Computer Mathematics 122

Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

In 2015 Ed told me a nice story about his time at Caltech: In 1952–53, I was a student in Linus Pauling’s class where he lectured Freshman Chemistry at Caltech. “Lick” Licklider —who persuaded Ed to join BBN to “teach them about computers”. Nowadays we’d call it the trie (or prefix tree) data structure.

Computer 68

Computer Physics Science Sciences 68