The Challenges of Multidisciplinary Education in Computer Science

被引:6
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作者
Roberts, Fred S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Rutgers State Univ, DIMACS Ctr, Dept Homeland Secur, Ctr Excellence CCICADA, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
multidisciplinary; biology; sustainability; security; social sciences; economics; education;
D O I
10.1007/s11390-011-1164-1
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Some of the most important problems facing the United States and China, indeed facing our entire planet, require approaches that are fundamentally multidisciplinary in nature. Many of those require skills in computer science (CS), basic understanding of another discipline, and the ability to apply the skills in one discipline to the problems of another. Modern training in computer science needs to prepare students to work in other disciplines or to work on multidisciplinary problems. What do we do to prepare them for a multidisciplinary world when there are already too many things we want to teach them about computer science? This paper describes successful examples of multidisciplinary education at the interface between CS and the biological sciences, as well as other examples involving CS and security, CS and sustainability, and CS and the social and economic sciences. It then discusses general principles for multidisciplinary education of computer scientists.
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页码:636 / 642
页数:7
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