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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 48 , Issue 8 (August 2005) table of contents
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COLUMN: Viewpoint table of contents

Pages: 31 - 33

Year of Publication: 2005

ISSN:0001-0782

Authors

Sanjeev Arora	Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Bernard Chazelle	Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Computer science is nothing less than a new way of thinking; explaining it to the wider world is critical to the future of the field.

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	1	Blum, L. and Frieze, C. In a more balanced computer science environment, similarity is the difference, and computer science is the winner. CRA News 17, 3 (May 2005).
	2	CNET. College freshmen less interested in tech. (Apr. 22, 2005); news.com.com/College+freshmen+less+interested+in+tech/2100-1022_3-5681438.html.
	3	Peter J. Denning, The field of programmers myth, Communications of the ACM, v.47 n.7, July 2004 [doi>10.1145/1005817.1005836]
	4	Gross, D. The Future of Physics. White paper, Jan. 2005; agenda.cern.ch/fullAgenda.php?ida=a05302#2005-01-26.
	5	David Harel, Computers Ltd.: What They Really Can't Do, Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, NY, 2000
	6	Lee, P. Shrinking Pipeline. White paper, Aug. 2004; www.wiki.cs.cmu.edu/public/pmwiki.php?pagename=Main.ShrinkingPipeline.
	7	National Science Foundation. FY 2006 Budget Request to Congress, Mathematical and Physical Sciences; www.nsf.gov/about/budget/fy2006/pdf/4-ResearchandRelatedActivities/5-MathematicalandPhysicalSciences/20-FY2006.pdf.
	8	David A. Patterson, The state of funding for new initiatives in computer science and engineering, Communications of the ACM, v.48 n.4, April 2005 [doi>10.1145/1053291.1053307]
	9	Vegso, J. Interest in CS as a major drops among incoming freshmen. Comput. Res. News 17 (May 2005).

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