About the Artist: Natalie Robertson

About the Cover Artist

Stephen’s work deals with the impact of human activity upon landscape and habitat, referencing diverse and sometimes obscure subject matter touching on industrial and scientific histories. It can take a number of forms, from drawing and painting through to handmade books and installation. He is currently acting as associate artist to ROBUST a research project investigating the cleaning of conta...

Natalie Allen

The Artist of Computer

A short account of the contributions of Donald E. Knuth to the eld of computer science is given, with emphasis on his classical text The Art of Computer Programming. Also discussed are his development of the T E X typesetting system, the LR parser and attribute grammar.

The happy artist ?

The artistic labor market is marked by several adversities, such as low wages, above-average unemployment, and constrained underemployment. Nevertheless, it attracts many young people. The number of students exceeds the available jobs by far. A potential explanation for this puzzle is that artistic work might result in exceptionally high job satisfaction, a conjecture that has been mentioned at...

Statement of Research Interests Natalie

My primary interests and dissertation research lie in the area of many-core chip multiprocessors; however, broadly speaking, I am interested in computer architecture research. Multi-core chips present exciting opportunities and challenges across a broad spectrum of research areas including embedded systems, computer-aided design, electronic design automation, programming languages, operating sy...