1. A method implemented by a node for implementing computational transformations conveyed in a content centric networking (CCN) request by a computation engine, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a CCN request containing a unique resource identifier (URI) and a computation field; decoding the computation field to determine a computation pipeline; retrieving a first content object identified by the URI; executing the computation pipeline with the first content object as input; and encoding a result of the computation pipeline as a second content object.