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Algorithms and Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2016

Kurt Mehlhorn
Kurt Mehlhorn*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany. E-mail: d1-office@mpi-inf.mpg.de
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Abstract

This article is based on the Erasmus Lecture that I delivered at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Academia Europaea in Barcelona. I will discuss my early fascination for the field, as well as algorithms, programs, laws of computation, the double role of informatics as a mathematical and engineering discipline, and my effort to teach informatics to non-majors and the general public.

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Erasmus Lecture 2014
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European Review , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2016 , pp. 4 - 16
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© Academia Europaea 2016 

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