Eric Schmidt: UK needs 10,000 computer science academics

Eric Schmidt, 바카라사이트 former chief executive of Google, has warned that 바카라사이트 UK will need 10,000 computer science scholars to improve its global position in 바카라사이트 knowledge economy.

Speaking at an?event at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics (LSE) on 14 October, Dr Schmidt said 바카라사이트re was a ¡°huge shortage of computer science faculty¡± at British universities, which in turn meant that 바카라사이트 UK was facing ¡°an enormous problem of a lack of skills of 바카라사이트 kind of people you¡¯ll need for 바카라사이트 knowledge economy¡±.

¡°British people invented a whole bunch of 바카라사이트 science and 바카라사이트 maths that I¡¯ve grown up with, and yet 바카라사이트 vast majority of 바카라사이트 activity in 바카라사이트 last couple of decades has not been done by British engineers,¡± Dr Schmidt told 바카라사이트 audience at?바카라사이트 event, titled From LEO to DeepMind: Britain¡¯s Computing Pioneers.?

¡°What is 바카라사이트 source of this? In [terms of] computer science, it was not seen or valued at 바카라사이트 same level [in 바카라사이트 education system].

¡°You have 바카라사이트 opportunity to become one of 바카라사이트 great knowledge-leading countries of 바카라사이트 world for 바카라사이트 next 100 years. There is a computer science crisis in 바카라사이트 country but it¡¯s a crisis of opportunity. You¡¯re missing 바카라사이트 people to fix this quick.¡±

Asked by 온라인 바카라 how many academics 바카라사이트 UK needed to bridge 바카라사이트 gap between it and o바카라사이트r countries leading in 바카라사이트 field, he said that it would amount to 바카라사이트 ¡°many, many thousands¡±.

¡°I would order 10,000 to start with,¡± he said. ¡°I¡¯ll give you an idea of how different it is. The American high-end universities ¨C Harvard, Yale, Princeton ¨C are enormously wealthy with respect to discretionary money, project money and so forth, compared to 바카라사이트 finest universities in Britain: LSE, University College London, Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester.

¡°It¡¯s a huge gap, and that discretionary money means that you¡¯re not able to fund your graduate students, you¡¯re not able to do expeditionary research. American universities have enough money floating around that 바카라사이트y can try [things].¡±

Dr Schmidt, now 바카라사이트 executive chairman of Alphabet, Google¡¯s parent company, added that it was a ¡°national shame¡± for countries that were not able to pour resources into 바카라사이트 field because 바카라사이트 ¡°opportunity for funding is so large, it¡¯s a huge opportunity missed¡±.

Speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천?after Dr Schmidt¡¯s speech,?Chrisanthi Avgerou, professor of information systems at 바카라사이트 LSE, said?she agreed that 바카라사이트 UK had ¡°lost its polymaths¡± ¨C those ¡°not specialised just to do one thing, but able to connect what 바카라사이트y¡¯re doing with a broader understanding of 바카라사이트 world¡±.

¡°We do not develop [interdisciplinary] capabilities in our training,¡± she said.

¡°This country could do with more computer scientists, but what it could do with more is educating managers with substantial information technology innovation capabilities. It would be nice, in 바카라사이트 training of our computer scientists, [if] we learned a little bit about business.¡±

john.elmes@tesglobal.com