“Imagine a computation that produces a new bit of information in every step, based on the bits that it has computed so far. Over t steps of time, it may generate up to t new bits of information in ...

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 ...

In today's world, algorithms are everywhere—curating our Spotify playlists, suggesting YouTube videos, and even helping us make financial decisions. But despite their prevalence and power, many of us ...

Adding a dash of encryption to key algorithms used in artificial intelligence models could – surprisingly – make them more efficient, thanks to a trick of mathematics. Cryptography normally involves ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...