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Ambujpandey123 (talk) 03:32, 25 November 2022 (UTC)computer science is a best department to study the about ComputerReply[reply]

how its work and many function are we can do.

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 03:44, 25 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Programming should be under Applied Computer Science[edit]

Split the category of Theoretical Programming in the Theoretical Computer Science section, and Programming as a discipline in Applied Computer Science Ejenriquez (talk) 04:48, 31 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think the problem is that programming language theory has a lot of research that's basically pure math and not directly applied, though I agree that a lot of programming language research is applied. Dividing the field broadly into § Theoretical computer science and § Applied computer science is inherently challenging, but I'm not sure of a better way to organize § Fields. Thoughts? Freoh (talk) 12:33, 31 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I guess I'd prefer someone with more expertise to edit that. Ejenriquez (talk) 01:25, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Should we prioritize (move up) Applied Computer Science from Artificial Intelligence?[edit]

In the field sections, Artificial Intelligence is on 4.3, above Applied Computer Science (4.4). Should we swap their positions?

The numerical category might be just arbitrary, but I feel like Applied Computer Science should be right next to Theoretical Computer Science down, and Computer Systems could be dropped down too. So there's like a sense or prioritization.

Artificial Intelligence seems to be a more recently development in computer science, so it could be the last on the list. Ejenriquez (talk) 01:32, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done. I also moved § Artificial intelligence into § Applied computer science, because it seemed weird as the only top-level area. Freoh (talk) 01:44, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]