What are the most promising areas in CS? Why?
I don’t have to discuss machine learning/data mining, since other answers have already done that. So I’ll put in my vote for security and privacy, even though I do not work in that area.
We rely on computers more than ever, and our reliance on them is only increasing. When you think about how many computers control systems on which we stake our lives, and what the consequences would be of these computers being hacked, it’s pretty scary.
So forget about the Facebook, Target, and Ashley Madison breaches. They didn’t kill people.
What if someone could take down the power grid?
What if someone could take over the control systems in your car? (It’s been done by getting in via a vulnerability in a telematics system.)
What if you had a pacemaker and someone could hack into it?
Security is a cat-and-mouse game, and it will continue to be one for as long as I can see. The bad guys find and exploit a vulnerability. The good guys patch it up. The bad guys find and exploit some other vulnerability. The good guys patch it up. And the beat goes on.
How much fun will the bad guys have when we have nanobots coursing throughout our blood vessels to keep us healthy?
I always recommend to my students that if they’re looking for an area of computer science for which there will always be a need, then look into security.
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计算机科学中最有前途的领域是什么?为什么?
我不必讨论机器学习/数据挖掘,因为其他回答已经涉及到这一点。因此,我会为安全性和隐私投上我的一票,尽管我自己并不在这个领域工作。
我们对计算机的依赖比以往任何时候都更多,而我们对它们的依赖只会增加。当你考虑到有多少计算机控制我们赖以生存的系统,以及这些计算机被黑客攻击的后果会是什么时,情况变得相当可怕。
所以,别再谈论Facebook、Target和Ashley Madison的泄漏事件了。它们没有导致人员伤亡。
如果有人能够关闭电网会怎样?
如果有人能够接管你车辆的控制系统呢?(通过利用远程信息系统中的漏洞,这已经发生过。)
如果你植入了心脏起搏器,有人能够入侵它吗?
安全性是一场猫鼠游戏,而且在我能看到的未来它将继续存在。坏人发现并利用漏洞。好人加固防线。坏人找到并利用其他漏洞。好人再次加固防线。这个节奏持续下去。
当我们体内有纳米机器人在血管中流动以保持健康时,坏人会玩得有多开心呢?
我总是建议我的学生,如果他们正在寻找一个计算机科学领域,将始终存在需求,那就深入研究安全性。
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