Mathematics Today April 2000 57 12.IF WE START THINKING Now, MAYBE WE CAN COOK UP A GOOD NAME FOR OUR FIELD! Table I lists some highlights from the hist computing.Its atte Answer to Enigmaths 67- have expr thisa Plain to see that a theme emerges from them.Some are what one oy as Human beings will be removed from the loop 5 9 findlhave an unsetling future,a future in which longer much involved in the detals of go have a cup of coffee That's my report from 2000,down here on the exponential 5 n 1997 Nick Tr 3 ly to 6 8 d at http://w v.comlab.ox.ac.ul The Catherine Richards Prize Ninth Interational Congresson Mathematical Education ICME9 Tokyo,Makuhari,Japan 31 July-6 August 2000 ceshave organised a special travel package from the UK or the above event.This is basedon Airways and 3rd Quadrennial Congress European Mathematical Society Barcelona,10-14 July 2000 For full details and a boo f the GRAZIANO FONTA NIN.Lotus ConferenceMathematics Today April 2000 5 7 12. IF WE START THINKING NOW, MAYBE WE CAN COOK UP A GOOD NAME FOR OUR FIELD! For f 1111 details 2 Tahlc 1 lists some highlights from the history of scientific computing. Its attempt to extrnpolate to the future summarises some of the thoughts I have expressed in this essay. When I looked at this collection ofpredictions, I was startlecl to sec that a theme emerges from them. Some are what one might c;ill purely tcc11nic;il. The others, however, those m;~rkcd hv asterisks, suggest ;I trend: Htonnii hcitips cclill hc rcmorrtl from rhc loop. (*) I fincl 1 hi~\ye envisioned ;in unsettling future, a fi~tilre in which humans, though still the taskmasters of computers, ;Ire no longer ~iiuch invol\.ed in the det;lils of getting the tasks done. Fifty years from non7, it is hard to imagine that our machines will still he dim enough to hencfit much from our assist;1nce. Sketch your neecls to the m;ichinc, ;ind then - urcll, you might as we11 go have a cup of coffee. Thiit's my report from 2000, down here on the exponential. Intern -.- I The Catherine Richards Prize The Acljudic;~tc>rs recomrnen~lecl that the Catherine Richilrcls Prize for 1999 he awarded to Professor Kenncth Morgan, Dr 0r1h;iv H;lss;in, ;ind Professor Nigel Weatherill of the University of Wales Swansea for their article "Why Didn't The Si~pcrsonic Car Fly!" in the August 1999 issrle of "M;~thematics Today". :yo, MaKunarl, japan s I JUIY-b AU~US~ ZI Lotrrz Conirrrnrc.s havr organised a special travel package from the UK for thr al,ove rvrnt. This is based on travel on British Airw.iys ,incl ofic,rs a crlrrtion of acrommotlation convenient to the mr~tings. Dcymrturrs from various UK airports can be organised. Prices start from £990 and include flights, 8 nights accommodation and private airport transirrs. 1 Ouadrennial Coneress Euro~ean Mathematical Society ly 200( An inclusive package has also been organised for this meeting. Prices start from £395 and are inclusive of ilights, 5 nights accommodation and tr<insirrs. Financial Srcurity. All tour arrangrmrnts are protrcted under the Air Travel Organisers Liccnsc (ATOL 3265) and licensed by thr Civil Aviation Avthority. act GRAZI) ail: grazfilc Answer to Enigmaths 67- Plain n ~nd a hooki Tel: I 7 2 2 5 5 In 1997 Nick Tretethen moved irorn Cornrll Ilnivrrzity to Oxinrd Univera whcv hr is thc Profc,ssor oi Numrric An.ilysis. Among othvr activitirs he i known for two rclrrnt trxthooks, NUI Linc,ar Algc4,ra (SIAM 1'lCl7, with ro. D.i\,itl Rau, Ill) ant1 Spc>c-tr.il Mc.thorl1 Mntl.ih (SIAM. 20001. Krcrnt rc.sc,,irc prrhlirations and other iniormation c tountl .it litt~~:/'www.ronil~il~.o~.ar.~r ational . . 3 9 ng form fo~ 0207 962 'i 3 F- 2 3 -- P ~- - -p-ppP 5 3 1 8 72 6 8 4 7 -~ - I Congr II. Barcelc r either of 1 ,030 Fax: the ahove F 0207 334 l matica l r. ZME 9 4NO FONl 7tusgroup.t uuu tus Conferc