In a study published in Frontiers in Science, scientists from Purdue University and the Georgia Institute of Technology ...

When scientists test algorithms that sort or classify data, they often turn to a trusted tool called Normalized Mutual ...

New types of sensors can generate environmental data in real time using a range of tools, including flexible, printed ICs and ...

Generations of Black families felt the consequences of these labels. Entire lineages were legally reclassified, erasing Indigenous, European, and multiracial roots. The One-Drop Rule didn’t just say ...

The Hertz Foundation is proud to recognize the 16 most recent graduates of the Hertz Fellowship in applied science, mathematics and engineering.

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensitive data. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers harness quantum mechanical effects — like ...

1 Department of Information Technology and Computer Science, School of Computing and Mathematics, The Cooperative University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya. 2 Department of Computing and Informatics, School ...

As a journalist who covers AI, I hear from countless people who seem utterly convinced that ChatGPT, Claude, or some other chatbot has achieved “sentience.” Or “consciousness.” Or—my personal favorite ...