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 ...

In algorithms, as in life, negativity can be a drag. Consider the problem of finding the shortest path between two points on a graph — a network of nodes connected by links, or edges. Often, these ...

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 ...

A tiny fruit fly may seem like an unlikely teacher for artificial intelligence. But scientists have borrowed ideas from its ...

Artificial intelligence and machine learning play an increasingly crucial role in helping companies across industries achieve their business goals. Research firm Frost & Sullivan's "Global State of AI ...

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 ...

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

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.