From the physical world to the virtual world, algorithms are seemingly everywhere. David J. Malan, Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, has been challenged to explain the science of ...

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the ...

When an outbreak of an infectious disease begins to spread, policymakers face an unenviable challenge. They must decide when to intervene and how forcefully, knowing that their choices carry both ...

Are the algorithms, of which I am sure there are many versions, something that people in the know could game? For example, if they see X Y and Z happening, they know some sort of action is soon to ...

SEO is about the long game. Find out how to stop your stakeholders from losing their nerve when an algorithm update hits.

Can an algorithm outperform the average angel investor? And if it can, does that also mean it will make less biased investments? Researchers put these questions to the test: They built an investing ...

An innovative algorithm called Spectral Expansion Tree Search helps autonomous robotic systems make optimal choices on the move. In 2018, Google DeepMind's AlphaZero program taught itself the games of ...

The Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology divisions at MUSC have joined forces to create and test an algorithm for treating children with sickle cell disease who present to ...

A new charging algorithm could help double the life of lithium-ion batteries. Despite being one of the best options we have right now, lithium-ion batteries are not without their limits. In fact, many ...