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This is a question that, at least to me, always seemed to generate an unexpectedly large amount of disagreement. Personally, I always saw the “science” in the name as a misnomer, and I see it as mathematics. But whenever the topic is brought up, a lot of people disagree with it.

I think it’s a field of math because, unlike in the sciences, we don’t put much emphasis on experiments in computer science. Furthermore, the birth of computer science came from the field of formal logic, which is definitely math.

At first, the topic came up at the dinner table, and our family was split 50-50. My brother and I both arguing that it was mathematics, and our parents arguing that it was science. This led me to think it was just an issue with familiarity, since my brother and I are both moderately experienced coders and both know more math than our parents. However, when the topic was brought up during a meet of my school’s math team, there was still a lot of disagreement, so I don’t think someone’s viewpoint just comes down to familiarity.

Do you think computer science is a science, or a branch of mathematics, or something else entirely?

Is there a certain kind of computer science that is high in salary and highly requested in jordan?

I did my Bachelors in Electrical Engg in 2012 and I remember that there was a huge crowd choosing CS as their top choice. Almost 10 years later, when my cousin is signing up, the story is still the same. I am trying to understand what is the reason behind this? Is it still the big packages that is causing this or is there any other driving force?

Can u guys please tell me which are the best colleges Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence branch in Bangalore

Hi, a little long audio of a complex topic haha.

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Thapar, VIT, and lots of other colleges have a CS+BS branch in collaboration with TCS and I wanted to get your guys' thoughts on it.

Lots of people say the designed syllabus looks really good, but who knows how it'll turn out when placement season comes around?

Just curious. Can a student CS student tell people that they have a good knowledge of mathematics?

I'm a college undergraduate student currently, trying to look for something interesting to pursue. I love math and I enjoyed introduction to algorithms and data structures and discrete mathematics. I also LOVE competitive programming(although I'm not good at it, I just like it), BUT, on the other hand I loathe subjects like databases, and learning about queries, or computer architecture,

This makes it extremely to understand if I even like computer science in the first place or jot I'm confused. Is it just that my likeness for math created an illusion? Or do I have some scope in computer sci? People say machine learning has math and I would enjoy it, but I'm not sure, just need some advice from the experts. Thank you..

So recently I've been reading on the Theory of Computation and Computational Learning Theory, and the books and papers are full of proofs, lemmas, theorems etc. So it got me wondering, do mathematicians consider such theories branches of pure math, applied math or disjoint from math all together?

Hey guys, I am currently in class 10 and I am planning to take admission in a coaching institute for JEE. Which optional subject according to you is better, computer or physical education? I personally am very interested in computer science/coding and want to become a software developer in the future. I see many people opt for physical education as you don't need to study much for it and you can score well by studying for 2-3 days and it gives you more time for studying for JEE. I just took a glance at the syllabus for physical education and it doesn't seem interesting or fun for me. Which did you choose, and do you regret choosing either one of these subjects? Will taking computer science hinder my preparation for JEE?

Thanks!

Edit: Thanks for the replies everyone!

It seems to me that at this time mathematicians and computer scientists are different kinds of people and different kinds of societies. Different titles, different slang, different hierarchy, different venues… This is strange because:

• Computer Science is Mathematics. There is computation, definition, theorem, proof. The method is mathematical and the outcome is mathematical. Physics has its own methods. (Experiment.) Philosophy has its own methods. (I am not sure what they are, but clearly mathematical proof is not the chief among them.) But Computer Science has exactly the same methods as Mathematics!

• Computer Science is a great success of Mathematics. A century ago, Engineering was entirely based on Physics and, consequently, on the Calculus of Infinitesimals. These days, much of Engineering is Software Engineering. And modern Software Engineering is all abstract and precise. If Mathematics needs a justification, the success of Software Engineering is the best one one can ask for. All the big names — Alan Turing, Claude Shannon, John Von Neumann, and so on — were mathematicians. But this monumental achievement is ascribed to this new area called Computer Science instead.

At the same time. Mathematics at its most fashionable seems to be essentially a never-ending study of numbers and polynomials in the setting of the Zermelo-Fränkel Set Theory. Consider the Constructive Analysis of Errett Bishop and allies. It is a wonderful idea… that was delegated to a few researchers in Computer Science. Same for the Type Theory of Martin-Löf. His lectures now live as a scan of a typewriter draft with hand-written symbols. Apparently it is not even worth type setting. And this is the cornerstone of much of the modern Computer Science!

What happened? How can this be explained?

One possible answer, of course, is that my observations are all wrong. Please help me get a better view of things if you think so!

Right now the Marines are looking to enlist me saying that they're the best branch. Honestly I wish I'd told my requiter straight up to cut the bs and be honest with me. He's constantly saying that INT would be fun and organizing classified information was "fun". Next time I see him I'm going to give him some words of my own.

I took their version of the practice asvab which is supposed to be "harder than the actual asvab, I scored a 44. I didn't study for anything and when I try and tell him I need to study more he goes "you don't want to over study". I never studied in the first place and don't even know anything about mechanics. Didn't get enlisted yet and still have yet to take the actual asvab.

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I want to specialize in Cryptography and Computer Security, I'm starting my last year of highschool and have zero knowledge about programming and computer science in general. I want to start now to have a lead when I'm going into university, problem is, I don't know where to start. Could someone guide me from the basics of it up to cryptography (or any branch of CS)?

Like in math,

-you should first learn to count,

-then to add and subtract,

-then to multiply and divide,

-then learn to use exponents,

-then learn, factorization,

-after all that you learn basic formulas,

-and finally specific formulas (for physics or chemistry).

Can anyone explain computer science in such a way? It doesn't have to be Cryptography, if anyone out there could share how they got into their branch in this way, it'd help a lot too.

Some people claim that self-studying programming may not make you an excellent software engineer because you are not exposed to enough "computer science theory."

What is this branch of "computer science theory" that a self-study need to master in order to become an excellent software engineer?

Is it just simply data structures and algorithms?

Or is there something more?

Hey all,

I’m applying to Penn as a CS major. What campus do you all recommend for my start and end? Is one recommended over another based on major?

Thanks, I have done some research already but would appreciate the insight of you all.

my_qualifications : Im a 12th passout in 2020 and took a drop to give JEE another go.

With my current score in the Jee Mains (94.9) I wont be getting Computer Science in any NIT even with my OBC eligibility and I really want to pursue Computer Science and I flat out hate Physics and Chemistry and from the little research I've done on the internet those two subjects aren't required to excel at computer science unlike other branches in Enginnering which require either one or both of them.

So my question here really is why are Physics and Chemistry even a part of this process when they aren't required in Computer Science let alone the fact that you need to be REALLY good at them to get it through JEE. Do I make any sense at all or do I come of as someone with half knowledge? I would really like to know what all of you think. Any opinion is appreciated :)

Tl:dr; Why are Physics and Chemistry required for JEE when they aren't required for excelling in Computer Science?

Edit : Im talking about Software development only :)

I hope this isn't a stupid question. It seems to be increasingly more common for children to learn computer science from a younger age in their school. I think this is incredibly awesome and honestly definitely needed considering how tech savvy our society is turning.

But, will this have a negative effect for the people who work in tech or are planning to work in tech who don't have a computer science degree?

Hey, I'm a computer scientist and my I'm developing a PKM for myself. Zettel seems like the best base to start with, but I'm having trouble finding examples of people who use it seriously for technical subjects.

If anyone's got some math/programming examples of literature notes (especially from papers) and permanotes (especially containing interlinked ideas), would you mind sharing a small subgraph?

I originally posted to: http://www.reddit.com/r/computerscience/comments/245hsa/two_questions_can_i_branch_from_computer_science/

I didn't know this subreddit existed.

I am 29, I know little to none about programming. I want to start with Python, but I am not sure which version. Also, my end goal would be to get into security. My university has 4 cyber security courses (Forensics, Networks, Information, Computers) that I can declare as an emphasis. Could the CS degree branch into a security career or is cyber security a completely different program?

Recently I heard some quote by Bob Harper describing mathematics as a branch of computer science. Could someone give a context for this quote? How would you support such argument? Do you know any kind of article that supports this claim or a similar one?

EDIT: here is a link to a twitter message reflecting this quote