You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and ...

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A practice known as predictive policing is an example of an algorithm with racist implications, O’Neil said. The algorithms involved in predictive policing look at locations of arrests, series of ...

Why math is better than code Using Euclid's algorithm as an example, Dr. Lamport walked the audience through how an algorithm can be expressed precisely yet simply with mathematics. Described by ...

Classic math conundrum solved: Superb algorithm for finding the shortest route Date: March 12, 2021 Source: University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science Summary: One of the most classic ...

AI to the rescue Although reinforcement learning is powerful, it offers no guarantees when an algorithm confronts a new environment. For example, an autonomous aerial vehicle (drone) trained to ...

Jen studied mathematics and economics at Virginia’s Bridgewater College, and for most of the 15 years she has been working as a statistician. She was a data analyst for Volvo.