Three Directions in Design: Gerald Jay Sussman

Gerald Jay Sussman, Professor, MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and CSAIL, and author of the book Software Design for Flexibility, on strategies for building systems that can be adapted for new situations with only minor programming modifications.
Jackson’s talk was part of the session on "Three Directions in Design” for the Expanding Horizons in Computing series. Organized by MIT faculty, the series of bootcamps, workshops, short talks, panels, and roundtable discussions delved into exciting areas of computing and AI, with topics ranging from security, intelligence, and deep learning to design, sustainability, and policy.
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