Computer science: the emergence of a discipline

  • Authors:
  • John E. Hopcroft

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept. of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1987

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Abstract

The continued rapid development of computer science will require an expansion of the science base and an influx of talented new researchers. Computers have already altered the way we think and live; now they will begin to elevate our knowledge of the world.