When you swing a tennis racket or catch a set of keys, you aren’t thinking about wind resistance or gravity. Yet, to perform that motion, your brain is solving a massive physics problem in ...

A brisk theatrical thriller, “Data” perfectly captures the slick, grandiose language with which tech titans justify their ...

Computer science has long operated on a foundation of trust: researchers publish findings, peers verify them, and the field ...

Students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses.

As Valentine’s Day approaches at Stanford, some students may be gearing up for first dates — not with people they met on ...

Explore the urgent need to transform India's engineering education to meet evolving demands in the AI-driven job market.

Dijkstra is a legend in computer science and his algorithm, which he published in 1959, predates packet switching by a few ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...

Children often surprise us with their natural problem-solving skills. A new study shows that they can discover efficient algorithms on their own. Researchers Huiwen Alex Yang, Bill D. Thompson, and ...

Algorithms will not simply contribute to science; they will reorganize it. We sketch how science will look in the near future. Notably, algorithms will formalize crucial parts of science that ...

Abraham Rubio has wanted to be a software engineer since childhood. On the gaming platform Minecraft, he loved tinkering with “mods,” or alterations to video games created by fans that change elements ...