The artist in the computer scientist: more humanity to our research

  • Authors:
  • Daniel Cukier;Joseph W. Yoder

  • Affiliations:
  • IME-USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil;The Refactory, Inc., Urbana, IL, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 10th SIGPLAN symposium on New ideas, new paradigms, and reflections on programming and software
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Art and Science are usually seen as quite distinct tasks and not supportive of each other or similar at all. Isn't art all about creativity and abstract beauty, while computer sci-ence is about logic, truths and problem solving? Can these two practices really be related in any way? Our primary objective is to show the benefits of arts to software development. First we reflect on the concept of how Art and Science are similar. Then we report our thoughts about the relation of different types of art to Computer Science such as theater, music, painting, and poetry.