Through the Looking Glass into Digital Space

Aslak Tveito () and Are Magnus Bruaset ()
Additional contact information
Aslak Tveito: Simula Research Laboratory
Are Magnus Bruaset: Simula Research Laboratory

Chapter 10 in Conversations About Challenges in Computing, 2013, pp 77-83 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The question of how to make computer science more of a science was a recurring theme at the Challenges in Computing symposium. Martin Shepperd addressed that question in the context of machine learning and fault detection and Paola Inverardi talked about it in the context of software architecture. While Shepperd looked at reliability from the viewpoint of the software producer, Inverardi argued that the digital world is already moving to a new paradigm where the producer no longer plays the role of a guarantor of quality. In this world, a piece of code is simply an artefact that may work in the way it is intended or not. It is incumbent on the user to determine, by experimentation and observation, how the software behaves and whether (and how much) it can be trusted.

Keywords: Computer Science; Software Engineering; Software Architecture; Software Production; Digital World (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-00209-5_10

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783319002095

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00209-5_10

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().