A Conversation with Christos Papadimitriou

Christos Papadimitriou is this year's recipient of the Katayanagi Prize for Research Excellence. In this exclusive interview, Dr. Dobb's and Christos discuss subjects ranging from the economics of the programming market to the "computer scientist as popular novelist."

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I like his way of looking at Web and Internet as the mysterious objects of computer science, as the way we look at the Universe in Physics,  the Markets in Economics, the Brain in Neuroscience, and the cell in Biology.

Also strongly agree with his words on the programmers.

"I think the future belongs to programmers who are well-rounded people who have diverse interests, who are flexible, who understand deeply other fields and are ready to transform them. "