From greedy shortcuts to dynamic programming guarantees, algorithm design techniques are the backbone of efficient problem-solving in computer science. Understanding when and how to apply each ...

During my past three years as a computing education Ph.D. student, I taught computer science courses to 72 incarcerated ...

Before big tech engineers can improve the fairness of recommendation systems, such as social media feeds and online shopping ...

Physicists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are now testing quantum simulations of these so-called strong-field QED (SFQED) processes, recently translating several processes into the ...

A quantum computer assists an AI model with calculations that would take weeks to figure out with a normal computer.

While the billion-dollar question is about when quantum computing will become commercially viable, one of the problems being tackled at the moment is how to make the ...

On 25 March 2026, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) issued further guidance on the Patent Office’s understanding of patentable subject matter in relation to computer-implemented ...

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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.