TY - BOOK AU - Bruaset,Are Magnus AU - Tveito,Aslak ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Conversations About Challenges in Computing SN - 9783319002095 AV - QA71-90 U1 - 004 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Heidelberg PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Mathematics KW - Computer organization KW - User interfaces (Computer systems) KW - Partial differential equations KW - Computer mathematics KW - Mathematical models KW - Biomathematics KW - Computational Science and Engineering KW - Partial Differential Equations KW - Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics KW - Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics KW - Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks KW - User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction N1 - Part I: Communications Systems: 1 The Nature of the Beast: An interview with Olav Lysne -- 2 Igniting the New Internet: An interview with Keith Marzullo -- 3 The Internet of Things: An interview with Heinrich Stüttgen -- Part II: Computational Science: 4 The Mathematics of the Mind: An interview with Hans Petter Langtangen -- 5 Solving Puzzle Earth by Adaptive Mesh Refinement: An interview with Carsten Burstedde -- 6 Computational Inverse Problems Can Drive a Big Data Revolution: An interview with Omar Ghattas.- 7 Towards the ‘Google Heart’: An interview with Natalia Trayanova -- 8 As Simple as Possible, but Not Simpler: An interview with Alfio Quarteroni -- Part III: Software Engineering -- 9 A Caring Critic:  An interview with Magne Jørgensen -- 10 Through the Looking Glass into Digital Space: An interview with Paola Inverardi -- 11 Harmonizing the Babel of Voices: An interview with Martin Shepperd -- 12 Mediating between Man and Machine: An interview with Bashar Nuseibeh.   N2 - This text sheds light on how mathematical models and computing can help understanding and prediction of complicated physical processes; how communication networks should be designed and implemented to meet the increasingly challenging requirements from users; and how modern engineering principles can lead to better and more robust software systems.   Through interviews with 12 internationally recognized researchers within these fields, conducted by the well-known science writer Dana Mackenzie and the science journalist Kathrine Aspaas, the reader gets views on recent achievements and future challenges.   UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00209-5 ER -