The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to identifying a ...

Algorithms solve problems. But which algorithm is best suited to which problem? During his doctoral research, Diederick Vermetten developed methods to ...

Google DeepMind’s AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 are milestones for AI reasoning. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox ...

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

New research from the University of Waterloo is making inroads on one of the biggest problems in theoretical computer science ...

As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, it’s becoming increasingly clear that AI isn’t just a futuristic concept—it’s already helping to solve everyday problems more efficiently and accurately ...

What if the famous P vs NP problem isn’t just about algorithms but about the observers trying to solve them? Research ...

It would take normal computer 10,000 years to solve the same problem. Google announced Wednesday it designed a machine that would take only 200 seconds to solve a problem that the world's fastest ...