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- Algorithms and computers won’t stop terrorism http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11431757/Algorithms-and-computers-wont-stop-terrorism.html 15 comments
- An algorithm that reduces energy usage in computer servers https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/algorithm-to-reduce-energy-usage-in-computer-servers/article35209990.ece 3 comments technology
- What type of mathematics for computer programming should I start with? (Algorithms & Distributed Computing) https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/mjc7as/what_type_of_mathematics_for_computer_programming/ 3 comments learnprogramming
- Death is too unpredictable to plan end of life spending cuts: A study from MIT looking at 6 million Medicare medical records used machine learning to train a computer algorithm to predict deaths. They found that less than 5% of spending is used for individuals with predicted mortality above 50% http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2018/06/28/end-of-life-medicare-spending-mit 6 comments science
- Algorithms on quantum computers may help AI think faster https://phys.org/news/2018-02-quantum-algorithm-ai-faster.html 5 comments artificial
- AI and quantum algorithms together can compute a better world https://venturebeat.com/2017/10/23/ai-and-quantum-algorithms-together-can-compute-a-better-world/ 4 comments technology
- Theory of Computation, Design & Analysis of Algorithms https://www.reddit.com/r/compsci/comments/4mglbn/theory_of_computation_design_analysis_of/ 5 comments compsci
- [META] 83% of Computer Scientists say that P≠NP. Snoo, get out of here with your edgy, contrarian opinions about algorithmic complexity theory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_versus_NP_problem#cite_note-poll2-7 15 comments compsci
- Algorithms developed by Google designed to encode thoughts, could lead to computers with ‘common sense’ within a decade, says leading AI scientist http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/21/google-a-step-closer-to-developing-machines-with-human-like-intelligence 29 comments technology
- Simon's algorithm run on quantum computer for the first time—faster than on standard computer http://phys.org/news/2014-11-simon-algorithm-quantum-timefaster-standard.html#ajtabs 75 comments science
- Does pathfinding only refer to computers, or can other things do pathfinding? Can the way in which lightning finds the ground be considered a pathfinding algorithm? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning#Lightning_flashes_and_strikes 12 comments compsci
- Training a computer algorithm to map the Englishes of the world http://www.gameswithwords.org/whichenglish/ 10 comments linguistics
- New Top Secret documents reveal NSA plans to infect “millions” of computers with malware "implants" -- by replacing human oversight with algorithms! https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/03/12/nsa-plans-infect-millions-computers-malware/?ref=twtr2 25 comments worldnews
- Computer scientists used Google's Page-Rank algorithm to determine the most significant people of all time http://bigthink.com/think-tank/can-wikipedia-tell-us-the-most-significant-person-in-history 3 comments history
- From the IEEE Computer Society Journal: The Top 10 Algorithms from the 20th century http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/cs/2000/01/c1022.html 141 comments programming
- A computer scientist ELI5's algorithms and problem solving http://www.centerforinquiry.net/oncampus/blog/entry/how_to_solve_a_problem/ 4 comments compsci
- Computer scientists at MIT have developed a mapping algorithm that creates dense, highly detailed 3-D maps of indoor and outdoor environments in real time. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/3d-mapping-in-real-time-without-the-drift-0828.html 5 comments technology
- A snap of a finger, a handful of scattered microphones and a computer algorithm are all it takes to create an accurate three-dimensional map of a room http://bigpondnews.com/articles/technology/2013/06/18/echoes_can_reveal_the_shape_of_a_room_880973.html 546 comments science
- Too Fast to Fail: Is High-Speed Trading the Next Wall Street Disaster? - Computer algorithms swap thousands of stocks each instant—& could set off a financial meltdown http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/02/high-frequency-trading-danger-risk-wall-street 73 comments politics
- A proposed solution to gerrymandering: Use a computer algorithm to establish the congressional districts. http://rangevoting.org/gerryexamples.html 433 comments politics
- Google programmers deploy machine learning algorithm on YouTube. Computer teaches itself to recognize images of cats. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/technology/in-a-big-network-of-computers-evidence-of-machine-learning.html 563 comments science
- Computer Algorithms: Shell Sort http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2012/02/27/computer-algorithms-shell-sort/ 5 comments webdev
- Was Last Week's Market Crash a Direct Attack By Financial Terrorists? -- In a market where 70 percent of all trades are executed by computer algorithms via High Frequency Trading, Goldman Sachs has the power to make the market crash or rise at will. http://www.alternet.org/economy/146793/was_last_week's_market_crash_a_direct_attack_by_financial_terrorists/ 6 comments politics
- Texas man close to exoneration after computer algorithm leads to new suspect [United States of America] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-man-close-exoneration-after-computer-algorithm-leads-new-suspect-n1124946 4 comments programming
- World speed record for polymer simulations shattered by over a hundred-fold. A unique computer algorithm was invented to capture the billions of steps needed for entangled polymers. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/uu-wsr091418.php 8 comments science
- Google enters race for nuclear fusion technology -The tech giant and a leading US fusion company develop a new computer algorithm that significantly speeds up progress towards clean, limitless energy https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/25/google-enters-race-for-nuclear-fusion-technology 7 comments technology
- Baltimore Ravens Offensive Lineman John Urschel Publishes Paper In Math Journal: "A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians" http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/balancing-act/201503/john-urschel-baltimore-ravens-nfl-football-math 27 comments science
- Argument is made for a simulated universe with supporting claims of computer error correction algorithms found in math. http://www.strangerdimensions.com/2012/02/15/are-we-living-in-the-matrix/ 9 comments philosophy
- Algorithmic Game Theory- How computer science addresses fundamental problems about auctions, networks, and human behavior. http://cacm.acm.org/browse-by-subject/artificial-intelligence/95063-algorithmic-game-theory/fulltext 3 comments compsci
- How algorithms secretly shape the way we behave. Algorithms, the key ingredients of all significant computer programs, have probably influenced your Christmas shopping and may one day determine how you vote http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/16/networker-algorithms-john-naughton 7 comments technology
- Artificial intelligence grows a nose - "22 teams of computer scientists have unveiled a set of algorithms able to predict the odor of different molecules based on their chemical structure." http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/artificial-intelligence-grows-nose 40 comments technology
- Sony develops algorithm based AI music: "Sony Computer Science Laboratory (CSL) in Paris is developing a system of algorithms which can create songs that cater to the user's taste, based on styles adapted from existing music." http://www.reuters.com/article/iduskbn12h1st 27 comments worldnews
- Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have created an algorithm that can predict how memorable or forgettable an image is almost as accurately as humans — and they plan to turn it into an app that subtly tweaks photos to make them more memorable. http://news.mit.edu/2015/csail-deep-learning-algorithm-predicts-photo-memorability-near-human-levels-1215 17 comments technology
- This computer algorithm predicts your personality based solely on Facebook "Likes". Scientists say the program may know you better than even your closest friends and family. http://www.vocativ.com/culture/science/study-facebook-knows-better-even-family-friends/ 11 comments science
- Grid Style Sheets: GSS reimagines CSS layout & replaces the browser’s layout engine with one that harnesses the Cassowary Constraint Solver — the same algorithm Apple uses to compute native layout. http://gridstylesheets.org/ 5 comments webdev
- Synaptic Transistor Learns While it Computes: Exploiting unusual properties in modern materials, the synaptic transistor could mark the beginning of a new kind of artificial intelligence: one embedded not in smart algorithms but in the very architecture of a computer http://www.itechpost.com/articles/11732/20131102/synaptic-transistor-learns-while-it-computes.htm 32 comments science
- A new algorithm developed at Stanford University could give computers the power to more reliably interpret language. Called Neural Analysis of Sentiment — or NaSent for short — the algorithm seeks to improve on current methods of written language analysis http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/10/nasent-deep-learning/ 4 comments linguistics
- Amazing and massively multi-part video archive of Donald Knuth talking about his family background, life, computer science, algorithms and much more http://www.peoplesarchive.com/browse/movies/6895/ 7 comments compsci
- Using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo optimization algorithm and a computer simulation, a physicist tries to optimize passenger boarding on airplanes http://arxiv.org/abs/0802.0733? 7 comments programming
- John Urschel, an offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens, recently co-authored a paper in the Journal of Computational Mathematics entitled "A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians" http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-20/an-nfl-offensive-lineman-just-published-an-insanely-complex-study-in-a-math-journal?hootpostid=936d72ae550cfdff57fb982224b0eac2 5 comments math