一句话：提出“指数胜任力”概念，并描述一门培养计算机科学与软件工程本科生应对指数现象能力的课程。
论文针对疫情等指数级现象对思维与行为方式提出的新要求，提出“指数胜任力”（exponential competence）这一涵盖认知与社会技能的概念。作者认为，计算机科学与软件工程本科生未来职业发展很可能需要处理指数现象，因此该能力对他们尤为重要。为培养这一能力，论文描述了一门面向计算机科学与软件工程学生的课程，课程设计强调指数胜任力。论文以概念提出、课程描述和论证为主，摘要未报告量化评估或实证结果。
We live in exceptional times in which the entire world is witnessing the exponential spread of a pandemic, which requires to adopt new habits of mind and behaviors. In this paper, I introduce the term exponential competence, which encompasses these cognitive and social skills, and describe a course for computer science and software engineering students in which emphasis is placed on exponential competence. I argue that exponential competence is especially important for computer science and software engineering students, since many of them will, most likely, be required to deal with exponential phenomena in their future professional development.