A new "Interview on Computer Science". Serge Abiteboul and Christine ... One problem was that the Viterbi algorithm makes binary choices: the bit was either switched, or it wasn't.

Ultimately, the new approach works because of how it encodes information. Classical computers use bits, which can take one of ...

Will algorithms designed for interconnected computers hold up if some of the machines are not here on Earth but flying about ...

according to a report in this week’s edition of the journal Science. Computer algorithms are used to make decisions in a range of settings, from courtrooms to schools to online shopping sites.

“Randomness is basically a way to ensure that something is true about the optimal solution without knowing the optimal solution,” said Aaron Bernstein, one of the authors of the new algorithm.

This algorithm computes the maximum traffic flow with minimum transport costs for any type of network. It thus solves a key question in theoretical computer science. The superfast algorithm also ...

I was halfway through a master’s in Computer Science when my vision changed ... being alive is also a series of decisions, could an algorithm successfully optimize my life, too?

Algorithms are one of the four cornerstones of Computer Science. An algorithm is a plan, a set of step-by-step instructions to solve a problem. If you can tie shoelaces, make a cup of tea ...

We all live with computers…but getting the most out of them… getting them to do what you need…can be kind of difficult. But if you can understand how they process things, a computer can be ...