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Computer architecture used to be and imho was properly a part of electrical engineering. “Computer science” was never really scientific. Algorithms, symbolic
by shawn-butler 4y ago
Computer architecture used to be and imho was properly a part of electrical engineering.
“Computer science” was never really scientific. Algorithms, symbolic logic, natural languages, computational complexity, finite model theory and compilers, after that it’s what, grinding gears?
Can you name one significant experimental result in computer science? Nothing comes to my mind.
- l33t233372 4y agoThe fields of human-computer interaction, and UI/UX design have experiments. Testing various compiler optimizations for practicality, etc. are also commonly done.
- PeterisP 4y agoYou list natural language, and natural language processing is a highly experimental / empirical field.
- l33t233372 4y agoI saw this paper’s abstract and was reminded of your comment: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.10559 https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.10559 > Experimentally, we comprehensively compare the behavior of ICL and explicit finetuning based on real tasks to provide empirical evidence that supports our understanding
- mxkopy 4y agoLambda calculus was an experiment, I'd say. Wolfram's rule 30 too, though granted it's not that significant. You have to do a bit of science whenever something unexpected comes around and you have to fit it into what you know.