On New Year's Eve, a small company in Canada was among the first to raise the alarm about an infectious disease outbreak. Its computer algorithm calculated where the virus might spread next. The ...

A rare 175 year-old book containing the world's first computer algorithm by Ada Lovelace – mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron – has been sold at auction in England for £95,000 (US$125,000).

Since the very first days of computer science — a field known for its methodical approach to problem-solving — randomness has played an important role. The first program to run on the world’s first ...

In the 1840s, Ada Lovelace wrote the world’s first machine algorithm for an early computer that existed only on paper.

The first computer algorithm capable of identifying which tumor cells are driving aggressive cancer growth has been developed by Cancer Research UK-funded scientists from UCL and The Francis Crick ...

New computer algorithm supercharges climate models and could lead to better predictions of future climate change Date: May 1, 2024 Source: University of Oxford Summary: A study describes a new ...

A computer algorithm, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), and neuroscientists working together have been able to identify what people are remembering by measuring blood flow levels ...

Peter Shor published one of the earliest algorithms for quantum computers in 1994. Running Shor's algorithm on a hypothetical quantum computer, one could rapidly factor enormous numbers—a seemingly ...

Chinese researchers have reportedly claimed to have successfully breached the encryption algorithms used in banking and crypto using a quantum computer. Shanghai University researchers led by Wang ...

The bookshelf problem (which computer scientists call the “list labeling” problem) is one of the most basic topics in the field of data structures. “It’s the kind of problem you’d teach to freshman or ...

AI and Algorithms: People Come First This coming together of algorithms and AI, coupled with automation, is a vital part of fields like analytics, security, and HR.