Computer Scientists hold keys to future research in every field

Computing center connects CMU and Microsoft: "Jeannette Wing got angry with a friend recently when he advised his child to major in physics in college instead of computer science.

Physics is exciting, he suggested, while computer science is mostly 'clerical' computer programming.

Nothing could be further from the truth, said the impassioned Dr. Wing, head of Carnegie Mellon University's world-class computer science department.

The chance to correct that misimpression is one reason she is happy that Microsoft announced yesterday that it is giving Carnegie Mellon $1.5 million over the next three years to establish the Microsoft Carnegie Mellon Center for Computational Thinking."