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The key to changing the collective imagination is education. For example, the timetable in the first year of an ICT degree is filled with courses in maths, physics, programming languages and other technical subjects. There are no courses that focus on what makes ICT a science. To remedy this problem, we are working with the new Dean of the faculty and the other professors to prepare a special module that addresses this issue. Most universities worldwide are thinking along the same lines at the moment. Feedback by word of mouth will of course help some years from now in changing more widely the popular perception of computer engineering. Yet it might also be a good idea for experts to set up this kind of course for secondary school students. We could easily imagine the same sort of content for young people of 15 years of age.
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