Weekly Algorithms and Theory seminars will be held on Mondays from 1:30-2:30pm. The seminar is held simultaneously in person and over Zoom. Talks are not recorded unless requested by the speaker.

A new paper in AI & Society argues that algorithmic systems manufacture our preference for the very curation that degrades ...

In 2019, Google claimed it was the first to demonstrate a quantum computer performing a calculation beyond the abilities of today's most powerful supercomputers. But most of the time, creating a ...

Graphs are everywhere. In discrete mathematics, they are structures that show the connections between points, much like a public transportation network. Mathematicians have long sought to develop ...

A new theoretical framework separates computational speed from statistical generalization in quantum machine learning, showing that faster quantum algorithms alone do not guarantee better learning ...

Many mathematical puzzles in everyday life, like estimating travel time or making a budget, are straightforward. The building blocks that we learn as children — addition, subtraction, multiplication, ...

Back in the hazy olden days of the pre-2000s, navigating between two locations generally required someone to whip out a paper map and painstakingly figure out the most optimal route between those ...

After looking at some advanced math concerning infinity, you can start to appreciate that algorithms, or programs, have a lot to do with math. The fact that the number of programs is smaller than the ...