steve@hubcap.clemson.edu ("Steve" Stevenson) (10/01/90)
Clemson is developing a Computational Sciences program. This program has courses which are interdisciplinary in nature. While the engineering/ scientific content and the mathematical/numerical content are reasonably easy to deal with, the computer science content is not. Computer science, in this context, means software, languages, etc and not hardware. I am trying to survey attitudes of scientific programmers, whether in industry or in academia, on prevailing attitudes relative to how well computer science helps---or hinders---the development of scientific and engineering codes. These may relate to such things as langauges, software development methods/tools, algorithms etc. Please send any comments by e-mail. Flames welcome if they are clean :-) and even better if they're funny. I would also be interested in horrid examples and war stories. steve -- =============================================================================== Steve (really "D. E.") Stevenson steve@hubcap.clemson.edu Department of Computer Science, (803)656-5880.mabell Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906
ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax) (10/02/90)
It seems to me there was a good reason that the _original_ article was crossposted to the above groups, as well as sci.chem. It's evident that the current discussion is irrelevant to sci.chem (note the conspicuous absence of that group from the Newsgroups: line). I do not speak for any other newsgroup of those listed above, but please don't cross- post this over here, unless it's back on a chemistry-related theme. Pretty please? d -- "...some people actually give Jerry Lewis medals for the kind of movies he makes. If that's true, anything can be true." -- Mark E. Rogers Duke McMullan n5gax nss13429r phon505-255-4642 ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu
steve@hubcap.clemson.edu ("Steve" Stevenson) (10/03/90)
ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax) writes: > ... but please don't cross->post this over here, unless it's back on a > chemistry-related theme. I did not post it lightly. And it is very much a chemistry related problem. The goal of computational science is to do science with the computer. In my experience, chemists are big users of this concept [Years in industry tell me this] The question is what should we make available to the scientists and engineers who write programs. Or maybe you're still using a slide rule. steve -- =============================================================================== Steve (really "D. E.") Stevenson steve@hubcap.clemson.edu Department of Computer Science, (803)656-5880.mabell Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906