Those who have an interest in the future of computers in science should take a look at the latest issue of Nature: Many articles in the issue are devoted to the intersection of Internet technology and the accelerating methods of gathering and storing huge volumes of data.
The science-fiction author Vernor Vinge discusses the ways that the Internet has enhanced human creativity. Jim Gray, of Microsoft Research, and Alexander Szalay, of the Johns Hopkins University, discuss the burgeoning amounts of data that today’s scientists can generate, and the problems in dealing with that data. Ian Foster, of the University of Chicago, writes about the synergy of science and computing. Declan Butler, a reporter for Nature, writes about tiny computers that can be used to gather data for scientists in all sorts of environments. (Nature)
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