Critical thinking is touted as the educational counterpoint to AI and algorithms, but our definitions of it need an update.

During the day, our brain acquires new memories; at night, during sleep, it consolidates the important ones and eliminates ...

Quantum Hermite transform is a new quantum algorithm that could improve AI, simulations, and future quantum computing ...

This requires an algorithm: students are taught to stack one number atop another and multiply each digit of the bottom number ...

Three heads are better than one. Versions of this proverb are found worldwide and throughout history. Yet in the race to ...

Trent University has launched a new Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Science program, providing advanced training and ...

In a continued development of patent eligibility policy following Ex parte Desjardins, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ...

AI and data science are no longer specialist skills confined to computational biology departments; they are core tools of the modern life science research workflow. From machine learning (ML) models ...

This month, 30 mathematicians gathered at Harvard University to grade a consequential and difficult problem set. This wasn’t just any test; its outcome would guide a field grappling with existential ...

It's a simple word that has developed a sinister connotation: algorithm. For many of us, algorithms help determine what we watch, read and listen to — in the process, confirming our tastes and biases, ...

It’s a weird time to be studying computer science. Recent grads have a higher unemployment rate than those in just about every other major—yes, even philosophy. The internet is littered with rants ...

Shira is eager to hear from college students and their families about how you’re feeling about the job market. Drop her a line at shira.ovide@washpost.com. A lot of students took the advice to learn ...