Computer science

Quantum algorithms can find their way out of mazes exponentially faster than classical ones, at the cost of forgetting the path they took. A new result suggests that the trade-off may be inevitable.

A new algorithm brings together the advantages of randomness and deterministic processes to reliably construct large prime numbers.

Mathematicians can often figure out what happens as quantities grow infinitely large. What about when they are just a little big?

A new paper finds a faster method for determining when two mathematical groups are the same.

Real data can be hard to get, so researchers are turning to synthetic data to train their artificial intelligence systems.

A novel type of neural network is helping physicists with the daunting challenge of data analysis.

One student’s desire to get out of a final exam led to the ubiquitous algorithm that shrinks data without sacrificing information.

Researchers uncover striking parallels in the ways that humans and machine learning models acquire language skills.

In steganography, an ordinary message masks the presence of a secret communication. Humans can never do it perfectly, but a new study shows it’s possible for machines.