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Re:How long will there be computer science departments? by stakka on Thursday September 20, 2012 @01:46PM (#4549712)
I think you have to look 'up' the stream. Physics has given statistics some of the biggest ideas in the recent past. I think biology is relatively mathless unless it's *omics crap, and then again you have non-statisticians contributing to stats. Also plenty of CS stuff for stats.
Re:How long will there be computer science departments? by jamessb on Thursday September 20, 2012 @06:18PM (#4551050)
There are definitely other mathy areas: crystallography, biophysics, computational neuroscience, theoretical ecology, and applications of simulation methods like CFD and FEA to physiology, . . .

But yes, most biological research doesn't require much mathematics.

Re:How long will there be computer science departments? by bromang on Friday September 21, 2012 @05:51AM (#4553056)
can you give some examples of statistical advances from physics?