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How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron?

By Allison Whitten
September 2, 2021
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Computational neuroscientists taught an artificial neural network to imitate a biological neuron. The result offers a new way to think about the complexity of single brain cells.

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The Computer Scientist Training AI to Think With Analogies

By John Pavlus
July 14, 2021
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Melanie Mitchell has worked on digital minds for decades. She says they’ll never truly be like ours until they can make analogies.

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Latest Neural Nets Solve World’s Hardest Equations Faster Than Ever Before

By Anil Ananthaswamy
April 19, 2021
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Two new approaches allow deep neural networks to solve entire families of partial differential equations, making it easier to model complicated systems and to do so orders of magnitude faster.

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A Computer Scientist Who Tackles Inequality Through Algorithms

By Rachel Crowell
April 1, 2021
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Rediet Abebe uses the tools of theoretical computer science to understand pressing social problems — and try to fix them.

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Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains Learn

By Anil Ananthaswamy
February 18, 2021
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The learning algorithm that enables the runaway success of deep neural networks doesn’t work in biological brains, but researchers are finding alternatives that could.

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Deep Neural Networks Help to Explain Living Brains

By Anil Ananthaswamy
October 28, 2020
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Deep neural networks, often criticized as “black boxes,” are helping neuroscientists understand the organization of living brains.

Computer scientist and complexity researcher Carlos Gershenson of the National Autonomous University of Mexico stands by a busy urban roadway.
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Complexity Scientist Beats Traffic Jams Through Adaptation

By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
September 28, 2020
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To tame urban traffic, the computer scientist Carlos Gershenson finds that letting transportation systems adapt and self-organize often works better than trying to predict and control them.

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At the Math Olympiad, Computers Prepare to Go for the Gold

By Kevin Hartnett
September 21, 2020
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Computer scientists are trying to build an AI system that can win a gold medal at the world’s premier math competition.

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How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning?

By Stephen Ornes
August 27, 2020
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AI tools are shaping next-generation theorem provers, and with them the relationship between math and machine.


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