Conversations About Challenges in Computing

This book shows how mathematical models can aid understanding of complicated physical processes; how communication networks can be designed to meet challenging user needs and how modern engineering principles can lead to better, more robust software systems.

This text sheds light on how mathematical models and computing can help understanding and prediction of complicated physical processes; how communication networks should be designed and implemented to meet the increasingly challenging requirements from users; and how modern engineering principles can lead to better and more robust software systems.

Through interviews with 12 internationally recognized researchers within these fields, conducted by the well-known science writer Dana Mackenzie and the science journalist Kathrine Aspaas, the reader gets views on recent achievements and future challenges.

A collection of informal interviews with leading researchers in communication systems, computational sciences, and software engineering Gives the state of the art plus outlooks to the future Interviews conducted by well-known science writer Dana Mackenzie and science journalist Kathrine Aspaas?

Inhalt
Part I: Communications Systems: 1 The Nature of the Beast: An interview with Olav Lysne.- 2 Igniting the New Internet: An interview with Keith Marzullo.- 3 The Internet of Things: An interview with Heinrich Stüttgen.- Part II: Computational Science: 4 The Mathematics of the Mind: An interview with Hans Petter Langtangen.- 5 Solving Puzzle Earth by Adaptive Mesh Refinement: An interview with Carsten Burstedde.- 6 Computational Inverse Problems Can Drive a Big Data Revolution: An interview with Omar Ghattas.- 7 Towards the 'Google Heart': An interview with Natalia Trayanova.- 8 As Simple as Possible, but Not Simpler: An interview with Alfio Quarteroni.- Part III: Software Engineering.- 9 A Caring Critic: An interview with Magne Jørgensen.- 10 Through the Looking Glass into Digital Space: An interview with Paola Inverardi.- 11 Harmonizing the Babel of Voices: An interview with Martin Shepperd.- 12 Mediating between Man and Machine: An interview with Bashar Nuseibeh.