Algorithms

The prolific researcher found deep connections between randomness and computation and spent a career influencing cryptographers, complexity researchers and more.

Researchers have shown that a problem relating to the energy of a quantum system is easy for quantum computers but hard for classical ones.

By eliminating a hidden inefficiency, computer scientists have come up with a new way to multiply large matrices that’s faster than ever.

Seventy years after the invention of a data structure called a hash table, theoreticians have found the most efficient possible configuration for it.

Two mathematicians have shown that origami can, in principle, be used to perform any possible computation.

Integer linear programming can help find the answer to a variety of real-world problems. Now researchers have found a much faster way to do it.

Artificial intelligence learned how to generate text and art better than ever before, while computer scientists developed algorithms that solved long-standing problems.

Two researchers have improved a well-known technique for lattice basis reduction, opening up new avenues for practical experiments in cryptography and mathematics.

Researchers prove that navigating certain systems of vectors is among the most complex computational problems.