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I'm reading up on some computer science literature right now, and the American dominance in the field is utterly complete. I don't know what's wrong with the Eu
by tormeh 11y ago
I'm reading up on some computer science literature right now, and the American dominance in the field is utterly complete. I don't know what's wrong with the European (and rest of the world's) approach, but it's surprisingly bad at CS research.
I'm guessing the underlying causes are the same.
- nbraem 11y agoI thought a lot of compiler and kernel research came from Europe?
- tormeh 11y agoI should have qualified my statements a lot more. I'm just reading up on research in deterministic multithreading, and I've only seen American universities on the papers I'm reading for a long time and I was being hyperbolic. Yes, there is lots of interesting research and development in Europe. For example, static analysis of actor systems is a mostly European thing.
- walshemj 11y agoNot to mention Colossus, Baby and the Z series from Germany
- wongarsu 11y agoAs a data point on American dominance, wikipedia lists 1090 (notable) American computer scientists. Next is Britain with just 192 listed computer scientists and then Germany with 135. Canada is the only other country to even reach a three digit number. [1] But I suspect the dominating cause for the wage difference is simply that European wages across most industries generally are just lower than American wages. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_scientists_by_nationality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_scientists_by...