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Maths for computing
I saw on ICL curriculum for CS that there is lots of modules related to maths topic such as statistics, Matrices, Lambda calculus and so on. Are these really useful in the next years or future career or are they rather added for scientiic/curricular reason?
Understanding them makes you a much better programmer.
Statistics -- used in data analysis, measuring performance, that kind of thing.
Matrices -- fundamental for computer graphics. Also for science.
Lambda calculus -- erm... I can't think of something to say "this is for X" for this, it's very abstract. But, more generally, logic is important for critical systems (e.g. proving that autopilot won't fail -- safety critical, or proving that washing machine processor is correct -- business critical), and for artificial intelligence (representing/manipulating/calculating knowledge, behaviour etc).
And btw, a future career outside academia could still involve maths, science or engineering in some way ;-).
Statistics -- used in data analysis, measuring performance, that kind of thing.
Matrices -- fundamental for computer graphics. Also for science.
Lambda calculus -- erm... I can't think of something to say "this is for X" for this, it's very abstract. But, more generally, logic is important for critical systems (e.g. proving that autopilot won't fail -- safety critical, or proving that washing machine processor is correct -- business critical), and for artificial intelligence (representing/manipulating/calculating knowledge, behaviour etc).
And btw, a future career outside academia could still involve maths, science or engineering in some way ;-).
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London
There's a full list of lecture courses here: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/computing/teaching/undergraduate/computing/lectures
There's mathematical ways to optimise some kinds of calculations, and there's some finance-related courses (which I didn't take). There's probably more, I don't have time to look in detail right now.
There's mathematical ways to optimise some kinds of calculations, and there's some finance-related courses (which I didn't take). There's probably more, I don't have time to look in detail right now.
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