Computational Quotes

What we have done is computational modeling-that is, using mathematical models coupled on the computer-to simulate the function of the brain. By observing circuits, we can see the way they behave and are controlled. - Paul Miller

We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable, maybe we shouldn't be so surprised that things are so entirely out of control. - Seth Lloyd

We can potentially get the computational power of 100 workstations on the size of a grain of sand. We'll do it in steps; I'm hopeful that we can do it in about a decade. - James Heath

Those are all computational engines that are highly distributed and therefore highly robust, ... We're seeing a very significant evolution in the way we even think about computer systems, let alone specific applications. - Vinton Cerf

This technology will remove barriers to computational science not being addressed by the incremental infrastructure projects involving data grids and network control planes. By creating better science, we will have better answers, and with better answers, policy makers will have more accurate information on which to base decisions. - Dan Stevenson

There's a lot of data out there that will tell you that the computation that's going on here isn't based on just one neuron. The computational property is actually an emergent property of hundreds of thousands of neurons cooperating to produce the amazing processing power of the brain. - Thomas DeMarse

The three-pound organ in your skull - with its pink consistency of Jell-o - is an alien kind of computational material. It is composed of miniaturized, self-configuring parts, and it vastly outstrips anything we've dreamt of building. - David Eagleman

The other issue, the more structural reason why PCs are not seeing the demand we've been used to, is that the PC is increasingly a communications device rather than a computational device. - Paul Cooper

The boards were designed using a computational process to balance shape and thickness with structural needs. Also, the boards are unique [because] no nails were used and [because they] are held in place by v-shaped grooves and rails below the surface. - John Hermanson