A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the ...

Computer scientists have written a network flow algorithm that computes almost as fast as is mathematically possible. This algorithm computes the maximum traffic flow with minimum transport costs for ...

The simulation of strongly interacting many-body systems is a key objective of quantum physics research, as it can help to ...

Networks are systems comprised of two or more connected devices, biological organisms or other components, which typically ...

Children naturally discover computer sorting algorithms through play, without any instruction, study finds surprisingly.

Researchers at FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing have developed an encryption algorithm to defend videos from attackers with access to the world's most powerful computers. The encryption ...

Circle detection algorithms form a fundamental pillar in computer vision, enabling the identification of circular features across a wide range of applications from automated industrial inspection to ...

In life, we sometimes have to make decisions without all the information we want; that’s true in computer science, too. This is the realm of online algorithms — which, despite their name, don’t ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...