Pattern matching is one of the core algorithms in computer science that stand to benefit from quantum computers 1,2. Pattern matching algorithms are used ubiquitously used in image processing 3,4, the ...

The common-core math standards require that students learn the standard algorithm for multi-digit adding and subtracting—you know, the process in which you line the numbers up vertically to add or ...

With a series of new challenges arising, hard optimization problems are more likely encountered in various applications. It is very difficult to obtain favorable outcomes by using the existing methods ...

An algorithm in C for calculating linear acceleration necessary to run a step motor smoothly that requires only addition and subtraction. This code accompanies the article “Linear motor control ...

For better accountability, we should shift the focus from the design of these systems to their impact. Describing a decision-making system as an “algorithm” is often a way to deflect accountability ...

A team of computer scientists has come up with a dramatically faster algorithm for one of the oldest problems in computer science: maximum flow. The problem asks how much material can flow through a ...

Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalized its agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S. investors. TikTok announced on Jan. 22, 2026, that it has formed TikTok ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.