Computational Thinking

"Computational thinking is the new literacy of the 21st Century. By enhancing and reinforcing intellectual skills, the educational benefits gained from taking NUI Maynooth's BSc in Computational Thinking will transfer to any domain and to any profession." Jeannette Wing, President's Professor and Head of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

The impact of computers on intellectual life goes beyond email, web surfing and word processing. Computational ideas are beginning to influence research thinking in many branches of both the sciences and the humanities. For instance, researchers are using computational metaphors for enriching theories as diverse as genomics and the mind-body problem. Computing can also enable us to ask questions that could not previously have been contemplated, due to the large amount of data-processing that any investigation would require, for instance the search for the Higgs Boson.

"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution."
Bertrand Russell - Born Wales, 1872