Some computers are easy to spot. Artificial, human-built computers like those found in smartphones and laptops are abstract ...

Reaction systems represent a biologically inspired computational framework that abstracts the intricate interactions of biochemical reactions via two central mechanisms: facilitation and inhibition.

The historical pursuit of creating intelligent machines has culminated in the modern era of artificial intelligence. However, the efficacy of AI applications is contingent upon a nuanced understanding ...

Henry Yuen is developing a new mathematical language to describe problems whose inputs and outputs aren’t ordinary numbers.

The prolific researcher found deep connections between randomness and computation and spent a career influencing cryptographers, complexity researchers and more. For more than 40 years, Avi Wigderson ...

Lance Fortnow on the current status and future outlook of solving the P-NP problem.

Our era is defined by a constant flow of information. Data from smartphones, wearables and environmental sensors, connected to sharing and analysis platforms, accompany us daily, creating a digital ...