Current (HOTTEST) Topics in COMPUTER SCIENCE
Current (HOTTEST) Topics in COMPUTER SCIENCESoftware Defined
NetworkSoftware Defined Data CenterCloudSoftware as a serviceMobile
ComputingBring Your Own DeviceIntenet of ThingsIPv6Big DataIT
managementTech topics IT for Company/BusinessData Mining : quickly
finding relatively simple patterns in massive amounts of loosely
structured data, evaluating and labeling data, etcMachine Learning
: (building mathematical models that represent structure and
statistical trends in data, with good predictive propertiesHardware
Architecture : to process more data than is possible
today.Abundant-data applications, algorithms, and
architecturesfiguring out how to formalize human capabilities,
which currently appear beyond the reach of computers and robotsmake
computers and robots more efficient at it. Ex : Self-driving cars
and swarms of search-and-rescue robotsArtificial intelligence and
roboticssystems biology (modeling interactions of multiple systems
in a living organism, including immune systems and cancer
development), computational biophysics (modeling and understanding
mechanical, electrical, and molecular-level interactions inside an
organism), computational neurobiology (understanding how organisms
process incoming information and react to it, control their bodies,
store information, and think). DNA analysis and genetics have also
become computer-based in the last 20 years. Biomedical engineering
: microprocessor-based systems can monitor vital signs, and even
administer life-saving medications without waiting for a doctor.
Bio-informatics and other uses of CS in biology, biomedical
engineering, and medicineCheat-proof automated support for exams
and testing, essay grading, generation of multiple-choice
questions. Support for learning specific skills, such as
programming (immediate feedback on simple mistakes and suggestions
on how to fix them, peer grading, style analysis).Computer-assisted
educationCollecting and storing massive collections of data and
making them easily available (indexing, search), helping computers
understand (structure in) human-generated documents and artifacts
of all kinds (speech, video, text, motion, biometrics) and helping
people search for the information they need when they need it.
Databases, data centers, information retrieval, and
natural-language processing: new models of computation (such as
optical and quantum computing) Best uses for three-dimensional
integrated circuits and a variety of new memory chips. Modeling and
using new types of electronic switches (memristors, devices using
carbon nano-tubes, etc), quantum communicationcryptographyEmerging
technologies for computing hardware, communication, and sensing:
human-computer interface design focused techniques that allow
computers to understand people (detect emotions, intent, level of
skill), design of human-facing software (social networks) hardware
(talking smart-phones and self-driving cars).Human-computer
interaction high-performance hardware for data centers, mobile
networking, support for more efficient multicast, multimedia,
high-level user-facing services (social networks),networking
services for developing countries (without permanent high-bandwidth
connections), Outer-space communication networks. Network
securityLarge-scale networkinggraphics, audio (speech, music,
ambient sound), video analysis, compression multi-channel
communication etc. Specific questions include scene analysis
(describing whats on the picture), comprehending movement,
synthesizing realistic multimediaMultimedia automated analysis of
programs in terms of correctness and resource requirements,
comparisons between languages, software support for languages
(i.e., compilation), program optimization, support for parallel
programming, domain-specific languages, interactions between
languages, systems that assist programmers by guessing their
intent.Programming languages and environmentsnetwork-level security
(intrusion detection and defense), OS-level security (anti-virus
SW) and physical security (biometrics, tamper-proof packaging,
trusted computing on untrusted platforms), support for personal
privacy (efficient and user-friendly encryption), issues related to
electronic polls and voting. Security is also a major issue in the
use of embedded systems and the Internet of Things (IoT)Security of
computer systems and support for digital democracyfinding bugs
efficiently and diagnosing them, finding bug fixes, and confirming
the absence of bugs (Verification, proofs, and automated
debugging
