Comments on: What is Computing? The centrality of systemics http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/01/13/what-is-computing-the-centrality-of-systemics/ just starting ... Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:59:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Alan’s blog » reading: Computing is a Natural Science http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/01/13/what-is-computing-the-centrality-of-systemics/#comment-21882 Alan’s blog » reading: Computing is a Natural Science Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:22:52 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/01/13/what-is-computing-the-centrality-of-systemics/#comment-21882 [...] through a community discussion process.  I mentioned these before when blogging about “what is computing? The article lists the top level categories and gives examples of how each of these can be found in [...] [...] through a community discussion process.  I mentioned these before when blogging about “what is computing? The article lists the top level categories and gives examples of how each of these can be found in [...]

]]> By: Alistair Edwards http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/01/13/what-is-computing-the-centrality-of-systemics/#comment-7076 Alistair Edwards Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:47:59 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/01/13/what-is-computing-the-centrality-of-systemics/#comment-7076 I agree with so much of this. Here at York, students on our 'flagship' MEng programme MUST do a double option on Real-Time Systems in their third year, but can only take HCI as an option. How many real-time systems are there in the world and how many systems are there that have an interface to a person? At the same time, a former member of the HCI Group here used to ask the same question of most HCI PhD students: 'Where is the Computer Science in your work'. I used to worry about that, until I realized that if it is HCI, then it IS computer science. I agree with so much of this. Here at York, students on our ‘flagship’ MEng programme MUST do a double option on Real-Time Systems in their third year, but can only take HCI as an option. How many real-time systems are there in the world and how many systems are there that have an interface to a person?

At the same time, a former member of the HCI Group here used to ask the same question of most HCI PhD students: ‘Where is the Computer Science in your work’. I used to worry about that, until I realized that if it is HCI, then it IS computer science.

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