Awarded the 3rd Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies, scientist Donald E. Knuth reflects in this interview on his pivotal contribution to computer science and the development of algorithm analysis. Knuth explains how his monumental work, *The Art of Computer Programming*, has provided a rigorous framework for understanding the efficiency, elegance, and structure of modern algorithms. He also emphasizes the importance of combining mathematical creativity, formal precision, and literary style in programming, as well as his vision for the future of software and research in theoretical computer science. His insights offer a profound look into the thinking of one of the founders of the discipline.
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Information and Communication Technologies category goes in this third edition to U.S. mathematician
Awarded the 3rd Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies, scientist Donald E. Knuth reflects in this interview on his pivotal contribution to computer science and the development of algorithm analysis. Knuth explains how his monumental work, *The Art of Computer Programming*, has provided a rigorous framework for understanding the efficiency, elegance, and structure of modern algorithms. He also emphasizes the importance of combining mathematical creativity, formal precision, and literary style in programming, as well as his vision for the future of software and research in theoretical computer science. His insights offer a profound look into the thinking of one of the founders of the discipline.
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Information and Communication Technologies category goes in this third edition to U.S. mathematician Donald E. Knuth, for making computing a science by introducing formal mathematical techniques for the rigorous analysis of algorithms.
00:00 Introductionzbr>00:46 When you started in this field, computers were still in their infancy, and now they’re everywhere. How do you feel about that?
01:45 Could you have predicted the ubiquity of computers today?
02:10 Tell us about your book.
02:43 Why has it taken so long?
03:20 When will volume 4 be released?
03:57 Are there things, instructions, that will never be translated into a program?
04:40 How do you see the future of computers?
