Jeannette M. Wing, the NSF’s director of computer and information science and engineering, is a pioneer in a new discipline called “computational thinking,” a term she coined. Computational thinking applies the problem-solving methods of computer science to other disciplines. She’s also an authority on “formal methods,” mathematically-based techniques for specifying and verifying the correctness of computer hardware and software.
Jeannette M. Wing on the Hot Seat
February 23, 2009