Die Diskutant_innen am Podium: Carlo Ghezzi, Gerti Kappel, Hans Akkermans, Laura Kovacs, Tom Henzinger, Tanja Traxler (Moderatorin, Der Standard) (v.l.n.r.)
During a panel discussion on December 13, national and international scientists reflected the societal role of Computer Science and tried to identify how its radical formative nature can be made more visible to public. Carlo Ghezzi, Gerti Kappel, Hans Akkermans, Laura Kovacs, Tom Henzinger, Tanja Traxler (Host, Der Standard) (from left to right) Boundaries of imperfect systems - "Informatics matters because our society relies on it in every step" , said Carlo Ghezzi (Politecnico di Milano) during his opening keynote. According to the computer scientist, we live in a world where neither industries and health care systems nor transport or communication sectors are able to work without Informatics. "But the infrastructure is still fragile and open to hackers" , Ghezzi said. "There is a need for further research to make these systems less fragile." - Hans Akkermans (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) referred to a severe lack of understanding both in science and in society: "Computer Science is no longer about a computer, but about large social and technical systems that expand and change. We simply do not have a good understanding about how they work" , Akkermans said. Making Computer Science more visible - The discussion's results showed several ways of how to confront the mentioned developments: Scientists need to make the acknowledgements of Computer Science more visible in public.
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