A Black Computing Pioneer Takes His Place in Technology History at MIT
A brief history of a 1950s photo featuring Joseph Thompson, one of the original operators of MIT’s groundbreaking Whirlwind computer. The caption on a black-and-white…
Computer Science
MIT’s New Neural Network: “Liquid” Machine-Learning System Adapts to Changing Conditions
The new type of neural network could aid decision making in autonomous driving and medical diagnosis. MIT researchers have developed a type of neural network…
Quantum Computer Breakthrough: New Blueprint for Better, Faster Qubits
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have put forward a detailed plan of how faster and better defined quantum bits — qubits — can…
New MIT Social Intelligence Algorithm Helps Build Machines That Better Understand Human Goals
A new algorithm capable of inferring goals and plans could help machines better adapt to the imperfect nature of human planning. In a classic experiment…
How Quantum Computers Could Usher In a Golden Age of Computing Power
Explained: Quantum engineering Quantum computers could usher in a golden age of computing power, solving problems intractable on today’s machines. Since the 1940s, classical computers…
Simulating Evolution to Understand a Hidden Genetic Switch
Some organisms evolve an internal switch that can remain hidden for generations until stress flicks it on. Computer simulations of cells evolving over tens of…
Important Milestone in the Creation of a Quantum Computer That Uses Transistors As Qubits
One of the obstacles for progress in the quest for a working quantum computer has been that the working devices that go into a quantum…
Graduate Student’s BADASS Code Has Astronomical Benefits
An astro-statistics course University of California, Riverside, graduate student Remington O. Sexton took three years ago taught him techniques that led him to develop free,…
U.S. Army Research Leads to More Effective Training Model for Robots
Multi-domain operations, the Army’s future operating concept, requires autonomous agents with learning components to operate alongside the warfighter. New Army research reduces the unpredictability of…
Optimized Quantum Algorithms: Breakthrough Toward Quantum Advantage
Optimized quantum algorithms present solution to Fermi-Hubbard model on near-term hardware. Researchers from the University of Bristol and quantum start-up, Phasecraft, have advanced quantum computing…
Tiny Quantum Computer Solves Real Logistics Optimization Problem
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now shown that they can solve a small part of a real logistics problem with their small,…
Major Computing Breakthrough: Copenhagen Researchers Can Now Achieve “Quantum Advantage”
University of Copenhagen researchers have advanced their quantum technology to such a degree that classical computing technology can no longer keep up. They have developed…
“Electronic Amoeba” Analog Computer Finds Swift Solution to the Traveling Salesman Problem
Researchers at Hokkaido University and Amoeba Energy in Japan have, inspired by the efficient foraging behavior of a single-celled amoeba, developed an analog computer for…
Reading Computer Code Is Not the Same As Reading Language to the Brain
Neuroscientists find that interpreting code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers. In some ways, learning to program a computer is similar to…
Christmas Cookie Conundrum: The Ever-Elusive Riddle Even Math Experts Have Given Up on Solving
At some point in life, most people have stood over a rolled-out slab of cookie dough and pondered just how to best cut out cookies…
Split Wave: Researchers Develop Component for Neuromorphic Computer
Neural networks are some of the most important tools in artificial intelligence (AI): they mimic the operation of the human brain and can reliably recognize…
MIT’s New Center to Advance Predictive Simulation Research Will Focus on Exascale Simulation of Materials in Hypersonic Flow Environments
Center to advance predictive simulation research established at MIT Schwarzman College of Computing MIT is among nine universities selected as part of a program sponsored…
Tracking COVID-19 Trends in Hard-Hit States Using Computational Models
Currently, there are over 10 million confirmed cases and more than 240,000 casualties attributed to COVID-19 in the U.S. LSU researchers have applied computational models…
