Confronting the myth of rapid obsolescence in computing research

Authors:
Dag I. K. Sjøberg
Affiliations:
University of Oslo, Norway
Venue:
Communications of the ACM
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Computing research ages more slowly than research in other scientific disciplines, supporting the call for parity in funding.