First we need a population of units. In this case these are just integer values in the range 0 to 64. That is each unit carries with it a single integer. We start off with a population of units with ...

My friend, Ed Zimmerman, wrote a terrific post for his Wall Street Journal blog, “Help Me Help You,” on soliciting him (and others like him) for investor introductions. I wanted to add to Ed’s post ...

Anand Seetharam (Probability for Data Science and Introduction to Algorithms) is a former assistant professor in computer science in the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science at ...

Algorithms now make lots of decisions, but they have their own biases, writes Wharton’s Kartik Hosanagar in his new book. When we buy something on Amazon or watch something on Netflix, we think it’s ...

This is the fifth installment of the mathematics series. In the first article, “Fermat Test — Another Principle of Primality ...

An algorithm is a procedure used for solving a problem or performing a computation. Algorithms act as an exact list of instructions that conduct specified actions step by step in either hardware- or ...

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 ...

Computers are all around us. How does this affect the world we live in? This course is a broad introduction to computing technology for humanities and social science students. Topics will be drawn ...

Genetic algorithms pop up all over computer science and applied computing. They are simple, easy to apply and easy to understand. What mystery remains is why they work at all? How can something ...