Explainer: What is so special about TikTok's algorithm?

The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short video platform TikTok has once again come under the ...

Luhn Algorithm: Verify Credit Card Numbers & Ensure Accuracy

Discover how the Luhn Algorithm verifies credit card accuracy, supports secure transactions, and helps prevent errors in inputting Social Security numbers.

A molecular gatekeeper that controls protein synthesis

Researchers at ETH Zurich recently explained the role of a molecular complex that orchestrates the production of proteins in ...
Interesting Engineering

AlphaFold and the architecture that cracked protein structure

AlphaFold didn't accelerate biology by running faster experiments. It changed the engineering assumptions behind protein ...
IEEE

Total Least Squares Algorithm for Errors-in-Variables Systems: Iterative Algorithm or Two-Step Algorithm

Abstract: The total least squares (TLS) algorithm is a superior identification tool for low-order errors-in-variables (EIV) systems, where the estimate can be obtained by solving an eigenvector of the ...
Frontiers

Clinical decision system for renal cell carcinoma integrating interpretable machine learning algorithms

Background: Kidney cancer is a highly heterogeneous oncologic disease with historically poor prognosis. Precise assessment of the risk of distal metastasis can facilitate risk stratification and ...
Fast Company

The real AI threat is algorithms that ‘enrage to engage’

Media personalities and online influencers who sow social division for a living, blame the rise of assassination culture on Antifa and MAGA. Meanwhile, tech CEOs gin up fears of an AI apocalypse. But ...
Wired

Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.
IEEE

Variational Quantum Algorithms for Differential Equations on a Noisy Quantum Computer

Abstract: The role of differential equations (DEs) in science and engineering is of paramount importance, as they provide the mathematical framework for a multitude of natural phenomena. Since quantum ...