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What Is Theoretical Computer Science? – Communications of the ACM

https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/what-is-theoretical-computer-science

“I consider myself a computer science (CS) theoretician, but Wikipedia describes me as a “mathematician and computer scientist.”a So, what am I? To answer that question, we must consider theoretical computer science (TCS), which Wikipedia defines as “a subfield of computer science and mathematics...” (from the page’s text)

In short: Explore the debate over what theoretical computer science (TCS) truly is, as a 2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient challenges its narrow U.S. definition and... (AI summary)

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