In the next five years, we undoubtedly will collect more scientific data than we’ve collected so far in the whole of human history. Scientists won’t be able to look at every piece individually but instead will need to use computing tools to aid in the interpretation of vast amounts of information. There’s a unique role right now for computer science and the IT industry to help scientists explore their data. Soon, it will be impossible to do any kind of science without computational tools – and the more advanced and powerful, the better for the scientist and the science.