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School of Compu,ng Science
Why I do CS Research�25 April 2014 �
Wim Vanderbauwhede�
I want to talk �about �
fiction�
(and CS).�
Iain Banks,�Scottish writer,�died last year.�
He created �“the Culture”.�
In the Culture, �
sentient machines �run everything, �
everyone has everything �and everything is free.�
Banks envisaged that �the society of the Culture�
came about through�
the sheer availability �of information and �computing power.�
In other words,�
in Banks’s �vision,�
CS �created�
Utopia.�
Back in the �present … �
CS luckily still has�some unsolved �
questions ...�
of some problems for �your specialism�
• In my area, e.g. exploiting parallelism and heterogeneous systems for energy-efficient computing.�• So we need new languages, compilers, architectures, etc.�
Back in the �real world … �
there are many �problems:�
• climate change�• aging population�• energy security�• the internet is broken�
• climate change�• aging population�• energy security�• the internet is broken�
I want to think of ways �of using my research �to help address some �of those problems.�
• e.g. helping weather scientists to improve prediction of severe weather events.�• or linking rainfall predictions to flooding simulations�
That way, I feel �I’m part of the�
solution. �
Thank you!�