Engineering is the bridge between basic sciences and practical problems.
The original scientific basis of electrical engineering can be found in the disciplines studying electrical phenomena. This gave rise to the sub-fields of telecommunications and information theory. The concepts of computation and algorithm took the center stage and gave birth to the digital computer. Around the same time, the field of psychology was also undergoing a transformation and was looking for a new paradigm to replace behaviorism. From the engineering point of view, while there has been a considerable success in solving well-defined problems, such as chess playing and theorem proving, other tasks such as vision, sensorimotor behavior, and natural language understanding have been beyond reach.