We are happy to announce the following keynotes presenting at the conference:
Erol Gelenbe, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Moshe Vardi (remotely), Rice University, Houston Texas
Bio: Moshe Y. Vardi is a University Professor, and the George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering at Rice University. He is the author and co-author of over 800 papers, as well as two books. He is the recipient of several scientific awards, is a fellow of several societies, and a member of several honorary academies. He holds ten honorary titles. He is a Senior Editor of Communications of the ACM, the premier publication in computing, focusing on societal impact of information technology.
Title of talk: A New Paradigm – A New Computer Science?
Abstract:
75 years after the birth of computing as a discipline with the founding of the Association for Computing Machinery, we seem to be witnessing a Kuhnian paradigm shift in computer science. The old paradigm of computer science as a science of formal models seems to be out, and a new paradigm of computer science as a data-driven discipline is in.
I argue that the paradigm-shift paradigm has been overplayed. In reality, scientific paradigms glide rather than shift. Good old formal computer science is as important as ever.
But there has been a paradigm shift in how computing research is being carried out. The center of gravity in computing research used to be in academia, where its goal was to contribute to the common good. Today this center of gravity moved to industry, where its goal is to maximize corporate profits.
Harald Martens, Norwegian University of Science and Technology