Computing Science

Getting Your Quarks in a Row

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:00:00 EST

A tidy lattice is the key to computing with quantum fields

Calculemus!

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:00:00 EST

Celebrating 25 years of celebrating computation

The Britney Spears Problem

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

Tracking who's hot and who's not presents an algorithmic challenge

How Many Ways Can You Spell V1@gra?

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Spam mutates, and the Internet community mounts an immune response

Sorting Out the Genome

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

To put your genes in order, flip them like pancakes

Computing in a Parallel Universe

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

Multicore chips could bring about the biggest change in computing since the microprocessor

Accidental Algorithms

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

A strange new family of algorithms probes the boundary between easy and hard problems

Computational Photography

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

New cameras don't just capture photons; they compute pictures

Wagering with Zeno

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

A philosopher who did everything by halves may never win, but he won't go broke

Foolproof

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

Fat Tails

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST

Sometimes the average is anything but average

Trains of Thought

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

Computing with locomotives and box cars takes a one-track mind

Up a Lazy River

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST

Meandering through a classic theory of why rivers meander

The Semicolon Wars

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EST

Every programmer knows there is one true programming language. A new one every week

Gauss's Day of Reckoning

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EST

A famous story about the boy wonder of mathematics has taken on a life of its own

Reverse Engineering

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST

backward and forward both run to need may they ,faster run to are computers If

Group Theory in the Bedroom

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EST

An insomniac's guide to the curious mathematics of mattress flipping

Life Cycles

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST

Are there periodic booms and busts in the diversity of life on Earth? Hear a tale of fossils and Fourier transforms

Rumours and Errours

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST

Failure can lead to greater self-knowledge, but usually it leads to frustration

Why W?

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

Should Lambert W be added to the canon of standard textbook functions?