So, an algorithm is the process a computer uses to transform input data into output data. A simple concept, and yet every piece of technology that you touch involves many algorithms.

Other algorithms: what do they do? The purpose of an algorithm is to achieve a particular computing goal. Certain companies, for example, may have a data scientist, computer scientist, business ...

A new computer algorithm developed by the University of Toronto’s Parham Aarabi can store and recall information strategically – just like our brains. The associate professor in the Edward S. Rogers ...

Earlier this year, Andrew Smith wrote about "Franken-algorithms" for The Guardian, suggesting that software in our lives had become complex and unpredictable and the consequences could be deadly.

Pedro Domingos, computer science professor at the University of Washington, offers an overview of the current state of machine learning in his just-published book, “The Master Algorithm: How the ...

But he had a unique tool – a computer algorithm designed to identify and sort tweets by characteristics such as hopelessness or loneliness to reveal a pattern only a machine could find.

We decided to put this algorithm to the test, pitting it against TIME’s photo editors. To do that, we took the 20 most liked images on TIME’s Instagram feed and had our photo editors rate each ...

Janelle Shane, a computer engineer from Lafayette, Colo., has designed an artificial intelligence that generates Halloween costume ideas — and so far, it has come up with some real doozies.