computer science
noun
: a branch of science that deals with the theory of computation or the design of computers
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She has a degree in computer science.
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Strachey and Turing’s attempts at algorithmic writing were merely the earliest in twentieth-century computer science; by 1984, the Racter program would produce the first book entirely composed by an artificial intelligence, the prose-poetry hybrid The Policeman’s Beard is Half Constructed.
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Peter Stone, a professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Austin, noted that autonomous vehicles aren’t always going to be perfect.
—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
Bengio shared the Turing Award, computer science’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize, with fellow AI ‘godfathers’ Geoff Hinton and Yann LeCun in 2019.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
According to his LinkedIn profile, Ojeh earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science with an economics concentration in 2001.
—Jessica Vacco-Bolaños, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Peter Stone, a professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Austin, noted that autonomous vehicles aren’t always going to be perfect.
—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
Bengio shared the Turing Award, computer science’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize, with fellow AI ‘godfathers’ Geoff Hinton and Yann LeCun in 2019.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
According to his LinkedIn profile, Ojeh earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science with an economics concentration in 2001.
—Jessica Vacco-Bolaños, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Computer science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/computer%20science. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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