# A Singularity Event for Scientific Computing

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**Created:** [March 12, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-singularity-event-for-scientific-computing/77800 "2022-03-12T16:47:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-singularity-event-for-scientific-computing/77800/1 "2022-03-12T16:47:31Z")

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On scientific computing going ‘stale’ and needing a singularity event. Julia is what can inject new life here…  
Could we invite John Etgen to JuliaCon?

> **[Looking For A Singularity Event For Scientific Computing - The Next Platform](https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/03/11/looking-for-a-singularity-event-for-scientific-computing/)**
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> There are people who build big machines and then there are people who create the algorithms, libraries, and applications that harness them. At oil giant BP, for many years it was Keith Gray who created its monstrous machines, but it was John Etgen...

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**Author:** ![carstenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/carstenbauer/32/4981_2.png) [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-singularity-event-for-scientific-computing/77800/2 "2022-03-13T08:04:42Z")

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I share some of the general sentiment (I really do and would guess many Julia users do) but he goes too far with the AI comparison IMO. In some sense AI is just a much easier problem to begin with. In other areas it’s just much harder to find and define good levels of abstraction. Of course, we should still try.

As for inviting him to JuliaCon, we already have selected some keynote speakers. So would have to wait for next year.

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**Author:** ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-singularity-event-for-scientific-computing/77800/3 "2022-03-13T10:22:10Z")

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Thankyou for the reply @carstenbauer Maybe next year then!  
Sorry that my enthusiasm got the better of me.

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**Author:** ![carstenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/carstenbauer/32/4981_2.png) [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-singularity-event-for-scientific-computing/77800/4 "2022-03-13T14:43:20Z")

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No need to be sorry. 🙂