scientists need to own their computational processes. This means literacy in statistics, linear algebra, algorithms,... But also in ’software carpentry’ skills: version control, software design, testing, documentation, ... NOT yet another department on campus (ask Dave Culler)...
Departmental boundaries: interdisciplinary work is a great buzzword, not such a great career path. Computational heritage is built on code, not on citations of prior literature. Continuous evolution vs publication milestones Authorship in collaborative works vs the first-author paper. Scholarship and intellectual effort embedded in the code.