“The Algorithm” is impenetrable. It’s mysterious, it’s all-knowing, it’s omnipotent. Except that it’s not. An algorithm is a simple concept that, today, has many complex manifestations.

There are many common examples of algorithms, from sorting sets of numbers to finding routes through maps to displaying information on a screen. To get a feel for the concept of algorithms, ...

In fact, “15 Sorting Algorithms in 6 Minutes” — created by Timo Bingmann, a PhD student at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology — is one of the most weirdly hypnotic viewing experiences ...

“AlphaDev discovered improved sorting algorithms, including novel innovations such as the AlphaDev copy and swap moves,” Google DeepMind staff research scientist Daniel Mankowitz told VentureBeat.

The new data sorting system based on memristor technology, improved energy efficiency by more than 160 times compared to ...

The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short video platform TikTok has once again come under the spotlight after the U.S. ordered its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the app ...

Data scientists rely upon algorithms to help with classification and sorting. For instance, a large number of applications for working with people can be more successful with better clustering ...

Duration: 10h. In this module the student will learn the very basics of algorithms through three examples: insertion sort (sort an array in ascending/descending order); binary search: search whether ...