computer science transforming scientific research - Andrew Herbert

 Andrew Herbert is Managing Director of Microsoft Research, Cambridge

I would summarise the underlying theme of his presentation as the application of thinking, methodologies, and tools from the realm of computer science to other scientific fields.

Here are some fairly raw notes on his presentation:

The sciences are all increasingly relying on computer science to reduce the time to insight.

Computational science - simulation, data mining, pattern recognition and many other techniques.

How will we produce researchers who have the the right balance of scientific background and computer skills.

"Computer science ideas are creating new ways of doing traditional science"

networks are also being used to create virtual scientific organisations

if science is ongoing on the network, why do we need conferences and printed journals -
 a revolutionary challenge to scientific publication

sensor networks enable real-world data to be used in simulations

using computers to automate scientific workflow... could we even automate some auspects of
generating scientific results

Where Is This Taking Us?

* ability to model drugs on personal gene machine [i.e. individual, unique people]
* monitor changes in personal gene machine

... personalised healthcare, customised for your body and genome

* sustainable bio-energy

Other Areas Being Explored from a CS perspective