notoriously Philip Wadler says that computer science has two problems: computer and science.
It's not about computers and "You don't put science on your name if you're a real science"
He prefers the name informatics.
It's not about computers and "You don't put science on your name if you're a real science"
He prefers the name informatics.
Having flashbacks to when a close friend was getting an MS in Political Science, and spent the first semester in a class devoted to whether or not political science is a science.
I've yet to find a classification I really like but this is an interesting take. I still tend to like CIS (Computing and Information Sciences). The problem with CS is it focuses on computation and puts state as second class. The problem with IS is it focuses on state and puts computing as second class. To me, both are equally important.
I have studied informatics, but don't call myself an informatic, because I am not doing any research.
I call myself a programmer, because I am not doing engineering either.
"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." - Edsger W. Dijkstra [0], [1].