New Scientist

Peter Shor’s algorithm could break the internet – but he's not worried

Few people have invented an algorithm with the potential to spark a worldwide crisis, so why is quantum computing pioneer ...
Scientific American

Mathematicians still don’t know the fastest way to multiply numbers

This requires an algorithm: students are taught to stack one number atop another and multiply each digit of the bottom number ...
Tech Xplore on MSN

New federated learning algorithm enables private, robust, and fast AI development

Three heads are better than one. Versions of this proverb are found worldwide and throughout history. Yet in the race to ...

Quantum error correction can constantly recalibrate a processor

There are some obvious big picture issues that stand between us and useful quantum computing. Issues like whether we can make ...
NextBigFuture

Improved Research and Roadmaps For Quantum to Crack Main Internet Security RSA-2048

Shor’s algorithm for factoring RSA-2048 (and related problems like elliptic-curve discrete logs) has seen dramatic reductions ...
Major League Baseball

Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm (PECOTA)

Also a "backronym" for former Major Leaguer Bill Pecota, PECOTA is Baseball Prospectus' system for projecting player performance. The acronym stands for "Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization ...