Intelligent Computing: The Latest Advances, Challenges, and Future

TLDR

Computing drives civilization, and the rise of intelligent computing—integrating perception, cognition, autonomy, and human–computer fusion—has expanded the field beyond data processing into diverse paradigms, prompting rapid advances and future innovations. The authors aim to provide the first comprehensive survey of intelligent computing, covering its theoretical foundations, technology integration, key applications, challenges, and future directions. They conduct a systematic literature review of intelligent computing, synthesizing theory, technology fusion, applications, challenges, and future perspectives. The survey offers a timely, comprehensive reference that delivers valuable insights for researchers and practitioners in intelligent computing.

Abstract

Computing is a critical driving force in the development of human civilization. In recent years, we have witnessed the emergence of intelligent computing, a new computing paradigm that is reshaping traditional computing and promoting digital revolution in the era of big data, artificial intelligence, and internet of things with new computing theories, architectures, methods, systems, and applications. Intelligent computing has greatly broadened the scope of computing, extending it from traditional computing on data to increasingly diverse computing paradigms such as perceptual intelligence, cognitive intelligence, autonomous intelligence, and human–computer fusion intelligence. Intelligence and computing have undergone paths of different evolution and development for a long time but have become increasingly intertwined in recent years: Intelligent computing is not only intelligence oriented but also intelligence driven. Such cross-fertilization has prompted the emergence and rapid advancement of intelligent computing. Intelligent computing is still in its infancy, and an abundance of innovations in the theories, systems, and applications of intelligent computing is expected to occur soon. We present the first comprehensive survey of literature on intelligent computing, covering its theory fundamentals, the technological fusion of intelligence and computing, important applications, challenges, and future perspectives. We believe that this survey is highly timely and will provide a comprehensive reference and cast valuable insights into intelligent computing for academic and industrial researchers and practitioners.