They'd be cracking most online-security systems, revolutionizing science and even, in effect, solving the other six of the so-called Millennium Problems, all of which were chosen in the year 2000.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to ...

Here’s how it works. In theory, quantum computers could solve problems beyond the most powerful classical computer. But such devices will need to become much larger and more reliable first.

In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, the question of how machines make decisions under uncertain ...

Stephen Cook has won the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Information and Communication Technologies category for his pioneering and influential work on computational ...

Kira Hamelink ris a doctoral student in industrial engineering. Her research interests include optimization, applied operations research, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data analytics, ...