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How Mathematical Curves Enable Advanced Communication

September 19, 2022

A simple geometric idea has been used to power advances in information theory, cryptography and even blockchain technology.

Chaos Researchers Can Now Predict Perilous Points of No Return

September 15, 2022

A custom-built machine learning algorithm can predict when a complex system is about to switch to a wildly different mode of behavior.

How Transformers Seem to Mimic Parts of the Brain

September 12, 2022

Neural networks originally designed for language processing turn out to be great models of how our brains understand places.

How Shannon Entropy Imposes Fundamental Limits on Communication

September 6, 2022

What’s a message, really? Claude Shannon recognized that the elemental ingredient is surprise.

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The AI Researcher Giving Her Field Its Bitter Medicine

August 30, 2022

Anima Anandkumar wants computer scientists to move beyond the matrix, among other challenges.

‘Post-Quantum’ Cryptography Scheme Is Cracked on a Laptop

August 24, 2022

Two researchers have broken an encryption protocol that many saw as a promising defense against the power of quantum computing.

Self-Taught AI Shows Similarities to How the Brain Works

August 11, 2022

Self-supervised learning allows a neural network to figure out for itself what matters. The process might be what makes our own brains so successful.

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The Computer Scientist Challenging AI to Learn Better

August 2, 2022

Christopher Kanan is building algorithms that can continuously learn over time — the way we do.

Computer Science Proof Unveils Unexpected Form of Entanglement

July 18, 2022

Three computer scientists have posted a proof of the NLTS conjecture, showing that systems of entangled particles can remain difficult to analyze even away from extremes.

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