Quotes about Computer science

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer. Votes: 7

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. Votes: 5

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age. Votes: 5

Software Engineering is that part of Computer Science which is too difficult for the Computer Scientist. Votes: 5

When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night. Votes: 5

Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing to a building as being maintenance. Votes: 5

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur. Votes: 5

We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than working through a formal computer science curriculum. Votes: 5

I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science. Votes: 5

Even when I was studying mathematics, physics, and computer science, it always seemed that the problem of consciousness was about the most interesting problem out there for science to come to grips with. Votes: 5

The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and I fished out listings of their operating systems. Votes: 5

I think the combination of graduate education in a field like Computer Science and the opportunity to apply this in a work environment like Microsoft is what drove me. The impact these opportunities create can lead to work that has broad, worldwide impact. Votes: 4

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. Votes: 3

Theoretical Computer Science is just as useless as everything we mathematicians do. Votes: 3

All problems in Computer Science can be solved by another level of indirection. Votes: 3

To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer. Votes: 3

The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim. Votes: 3

Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. Votes: 3

The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it. Votes: 3

There's a good part of Computer Science that's like magic. Unfortunately there's a bad part of Computer Science that's like religion. Votes: 3

Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter. Votes: 3

I moved to MIT from Stanford in 1984 to teach, and became the founding director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab. Votes: 3

Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter. Votes: 3

Computer Science is a science of abstraction -creating the right model for a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve it. Votes: 3

Only in high school when I began programming computers, did I become interested in tech and start-ups, which led me to attend Stanford and major in Computer Science. Votes: 3

We're losing track of the vastness of the potential for computer science. We really have to revive the beautiful intellectual joy of it, as opposed to the business potential. Votes: 3

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science. Votes: 3

There's an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone. Votes: 3

I majored in Computer Science at U.C. Berkeley and worked as a software developer for a couple of years. Then I taught high school computer science for over a decade and a half in Oakland, California. Votes: 3

It is hardly surprising that children should enthusiastically start their education at an early age with the Absolute Knowledge of computer science; while they are unable to read, for reading demands making judgments at every line. Conversation is almost dead, and soon so too will be those who knew how to speak. Votes: 3

Computer science only indicates the retrospective omnipotence of our technologies. In other words, an infinite capacity to process data (but only data -- i.e. the already given) and in no sense a new vision. With that science, we are entering an era of exhaustivity, which is also an era of exhaustion. Votes: 3

The burgeoning field of computer science has shifted our view of the physical world from that of a collection of interacting material particles to one of a seething network of information. In this way of looking at nature, the laws of physics are a form of software, or algorithm, while the material world-the hardware-plays the role of a gigantic computer. Votes: 3

It should be mandatory that you understand computer science. Votes: 2

I shopped at J. Crew in high school, I studied computer science. I was a nerd-nerd, now I'm a music-nerd. Votes: 2

I never took a computer science course in college, because then it was a thing you just learned on your own. Votes: 2

! want to leverage the creativity of researchers across mathematics, statistics, data mining, computer science, biology, medicine, and the public at large. Votes: 2

My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups - development, testing, marketing, user education. Votes: 2

Providing better computer science education in public schools to kids, and encouraging girls to participate, is the only way to rewrite stereotypes about tech and really break open the old-boys' club. Votes: 2

People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on eachother, like a wall of mini stones. Votes: 2

I've always felt that the human-centered approach to computer science leads to more interesting, more exotic, more wild, and more heroic adventures than the machine-supremacy approach, where information is the highest goal. Votes: 2

The rise of Google, the rise of Facebook, the rise of Apple, I think are proof that there is a place for computer science as something that solves problems that people face every day. Votes: 2

Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, that's where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, it's easier to combine career and family. Votes: 2

We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream. Votes: 2

Learn computer science. It's extraordinarily helpful. I like recommending learning economics as well so they think in terms of business, they have rational frameworks for looking at the world, but yeah, computer science is an amazing way to get into, even if you want to be CEO, having a tech background is helpful. Votes: 2

I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did. Votes: 2

Part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians, poets, and artists, and zoologists, and historians. They also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world. But if it hadn't been computer science, these people would have been doing amazing things in other fields. Votes: 2

I always knew I wanted to be a technologist, so I went to Duke and got a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. Really, I thought my goal in life was to be an inventor, a problem solver, so I thought I needed a Ph.D. to be good at inventions, but it turns out that you don't. Votes: 2

I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did. So after that, I switched to Communications. Votes: 2

One of the problems we've had is that the ICT curriculum in the past has been written for a subject that is changing all the time. I think that what we should have is computer science in the future - and how it fits in to the curriculum is something we need to be talking to scientists, to experts in coding and to young people about. Votes: 2

I'm basically a computer science nerd. Votes: 0

In computer science, we stand on each other's feet. Votes: 0

Trees sprout up just about everywhere in computer science... Votes: 0

Computer science is the operating system for all innovation. Votes: 0

Science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing. Votes: 0

Computer science really involves the same mindset, particularly artificial intelligence. Votes: 0

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes Votes: 0

Computer science departments have always considered 'user interface' research to be sissy work. Votes: 0

The first law of computer science: Every problem is solved by yet another indirection. Votes: 0

Most papers in computer science describe how their author learned what someone else already knew. Votes: 0

Computer science has as much to do with computers as astronomy has to do with telescopes. Votes: 0

Computer science is one of the worst things that ever happened to either computers or to science. Votes: 0

When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students. Votes: 0

There are three great themes in science in the twentieth century : the atom, the computer, and the gene. Votes: 0

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do. Votes: 0

The radical Left loves attacking people as anti-science when anyone dares question their computer models on global warming. Votes: 0

Until Systers came into existence, the notion of a global community of women in computer science did not exist. Votes: 0

I don't see why religion and science can't cooperate. What's wrong with using a computer to count our blessings? Votes: 0

Until Systers came into existence, the notion of a global 'community of women in computer science' did not exist. Votes: 0

Coding is today's language of creativity. All our children deserve a chance to become creators instead consumers of computer science. Votes: 0

I have yet to see a career that is similar in benefit as computer science for doing the advanced exercises. Votes: 0

As you study computer science you develop this wonderful mental acumen, particularly with relational databases, systems analysis, and artificial intelligence. Votes: 0

Both women and computer science are the losers when a geeky stereotype serves as an unnecessary gatekeeper to the profession. Votes: 0

As you study computer science you develop this wonderful mental acumen, particularly with relational databases, systems analysis, and artificial intelligence. Votes: 0

I was an undergrad math major and a grad student in computer science. I'm hugely introverted, not atypical of math majors. Votes: 0

I went to a school that's predominantly computer science and engineering. So, there's a real shortage of hot girls, let's say. Votes: 0

I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college. Votes: 0

I am a professor at the computer science department, but I don't know how to use a computer, not even for Email. Votes: 0

The main motivations were to try to leverage Google's expertise with large computer systems and to try to give something back to science Votes: 0

Computer science is to biology what calculus is to physics. It's the natural mathematical technique that best maps the character of the subject. Votes: 0

There is no significant man-made Global Warming underway and the science on which the computer projections of weather chaos are based is badly flawed. Votes: 0

I fear - as far as I can tell - that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training. Votes: 0

I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras. Votes: 0

Computer science doesn't know how to build complex systems that work reliably. This has been a well-understood problem since the very beginning of programmable computers. Votes: 0

For those who wish to stay and work in computer science or technology, fields badly in need of their services, let's roll out the welcome mat. Votes: 0

Computer science needs to be part of the core curriculum - like algebra, biology, physics, or chemistry. We need all schools to teach it, not just 10%. Votes: 0

My brother is an electrical engineer and went to computer science grad school at Stanford, and he'd tell me stories about the happy hours he'd organize. Votes: 0

This is a global fight to get the right people in the right place and we're talking about people with PhDs in engineering, computer science, mathematics. Votes: 0

But biology and computer science - life and computation - are related. I am confident that at their interface great discoveries await those who seek them. Votes: 0

I recommend computer science to people who practice meditation. The mental structures that are used in computer science are very similar exercises done in Buddhist monasteries. Votes: 0

When you apply computer science and machine learning to areas that haven't had any innovation in 50 years, you can make rapid advances that seem really incredible. Votes: 0

Computer science is fascinating. As you study computer science, you will find that you develop your mind. It is literally like doing Buddhist exercises all day long. Votes: 0

I can't be as confident about computer science as I can about biology. Biology easily has 500 years of exciting problems to work on. It's at that level. Votes: 0

If you seek to develop the mind fully, for the enlightenment process, you will benefit if your career is related to computer science, law, medicine, or the arts. Votes: 0

I considered law and math. My Dad was a lawyer. I think though I would have ended up in physics if I didn't end up in computer science. Votes: 0

Science is supposedly the method by which we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. In computer science, we all are standing on each others' feet. Votes: 0

There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program. Votes: 0

I combine magic and science to create illusions. I work with new media and interactive technologies, things like artificial intelligence or computer vision, and integrate them in my magic. Votes: 0

My hope is that in the future, women stop referring to themselves as 'the only woman' in their physics lab or 'only one of two' in their computer science jobs. Votes: 0

I remember that mathematicians were telling me in the 1960s that they would recognize computer science as a mature discipline when it had 1,000 deep algorithms. I think we've probably reached 500. Votes: 0

I recommend, for many people, the study of computer science. Our natural resource in America is the mind. The mindset in computer science is very similar to the mindset in Zen. Votes: 0

I try to learn certain areas of computer science exhaustively; then I try to digest that knowledge into a form that is accessible to people who don't have time for such study. Votes: 0

When I was 19 years old, I wrote my first book. I took a computer science class, and the book was garbage. I thought I could write a better one, so I did. Votes: 0

Too few people in computer science are aware of some of the informational challenges in biology and their implications for the world. We can store an incredible amount of data very cheaply. Votes: 0

Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs. Votes: 0

Computer science is the most misunderstood field there is. You are being paid to solve puzzles. For a person who has practiced meditation in past lives, that is the way your mind works. Votes: 0

In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science. Votes: 0

The training one receives when one becomes a technician, like a data scientist - we get trained in mathematics or computer science or statistics - is entirely separated from a discussion of ethics. Votes: 0

Starting early and getting girls on computers, tinkering and playing with technology, games and new tools, is extremely important for bridging the gender divide that exists now in computer science and in technology. Votes: 0

Computer science … jobs should be way more interesting than even going to Wall Street or being a lawyer--or, I can argue, than anything but perhaps biology, and there it's just a tie. Votes: 0

For years, computer scientists were treating operating systems design as sort of an open-reserch issue, when the field's direction had been decided by commercial operations. Computer science has become completely cut off from reality. Votes: 0

My undergraduate work was in computer science and economics. It just happened to be at that time when 34 percent of computer-science majors were women.We didn't realize it was at the peak at the time. Votes: 0