People have performed many mathematical proofs to show that a quantum computer will vastly outperform traditional computers on a number of algorithms. But the quantum ...

As data science continues to evolve, the k-means clustering algorithm remains a valuable tool to uncover insights and patterns within complex datasets. Understanding the elbow method and the ...

Joy Buolamwini is a computer scientist with a PhD in philosophy from MIT's Media Lab. She uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence. She founded the ...

The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal. Computer scientists often ...

Formulate sequential decision-making problems as deterministic decision processes, Markov chains, and finite Markov decision processes. Explain and apply core reinforcement learning concepts, ...

A tiny fruit fly may seem like an unlikely teacher for artificial intelligence. But scientists have borrowed ideas from its remarkably efficient brain to create a new computer algorithm that can ...

The theoretical side of the field doesn’t require computing machines. But many questions would never have been posed without ...

Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They determine what you see on social media and when browsing online, help form people’s belief systems, and impact the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.