Biological Realms in Computer Science
Type
Event
Date
Oct 22, 2011 — Oct 27, 2011
Location
Hilton
Portland, Oregon
Abstract
In biology, evolution is usually seen as a tinkering process, different from
what an engineer does when he plans the development of his systems.
Recently, studies have shown that even in biology, there is a part of good
engineering. As computer scientists, we have much more difficulty to admit
that there is also a great deal of tinkering in what we do, and that our
software systems behave more and more like biological realmsevery day. This
essay relates my personal experience about this discovery.