Science and Computer Science N. F, STEWART Defpartement IRO, Universit& de Montr6al, Montr6al, Qu6bec ( stewart@u-o. umontreal.ca) The nature Turing of computer lecture. science was discussed by Juris Hartmanis in his 1993 Award Clearly, certain components of computer science can be viewed as subfields of mathematics or engineering. Competent work in theoretical computer science meets rigorous mathematical standards, and competent work in applied computer science is whether the remainder necessarily science sciences Computer character but Hartmanis to engage could argues become that meets rigorous of computer debate: one, given computer engineering standards. The question science is science. To ask this is not it may be that the field from is not yet the other a policy differs changes. enough by demos. I disagree. in sterile certain science to permit replacement of experimentation science has the potential to be accepted as a science similar in to the other natural sciences, although certain of its practices may states that physics and with immense differences to reconcile of the first theory with computer in scale experimental comparisons photograph science differ because the and involves no new theoresults is unclear, objects ranging that reveal. . . una delay this. Hartmanis
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