Stephen Ornes

Contributing Writer

Latest Articles

The Scientist Who Developed a New Way to Understand Communication

July 5, 2022

Mark Braverman has spent his career translating thorny problems into the language of information complexity.

Will Transformers Take Over Artificial Intelligence?

March 10, 2022

A simple algorithm that revolutionizes how neural networks approach language is now taking on image classification as well. It may not stop there.

A New Theory for Systems That Defy Newton’s Third Law

November 11, 2021

In nonreciprocal systems, where Newton’s third law falls apart, “exceptional points” are helping researchers understand phase transitions and possibly other phenomena.

How Big Data Carried Graph Theory Into New Dimensions

August 19, 2021

Researchers are turning to the mathematics of higher-order interactions to better model the complex connections within their data.

Mathematicians Resurrect Hilbert’s 13th Problem

January 14, 2021

Long considered solved, David Hilbert’s question about seventh-degree polynomials is leading researchers to a new web of mathematical connections.

How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning?

August 27, 2020

AI tools are shaping next-generation theorem provers, and with them the relationship between math and machine.

How and Why Computers Roll Loaded Dice

July 8, 2020

Researchers are one step closer to injecting probability into deterministic machines.

Symbolic Mathematics Finally Yields to Neural Networks

May 20, 2020

After translating some of math’s complicated equations, researchers have created an AI system that they hope will answer even bigger questions.

Playing Hide-and-Seek, Machines Invent New Tools

November 18, 2019

After millions of games, machine learning algorithms found creative solutions and unexpected new strategies that could transfer to the real world.

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