Computer science

Locally correctable codes need barely any information to fix errors, but they’re extremely long. Now we know that the simplest versions can’t get any shorter.

Throughout her 60-year career, Lenore Blum has developed new perspectives on logic and computation while championing women in mathematics and computer science. Now consciousness is on her mind.

Artificial intelligence learned how to generate text and art better than ever before, while computer scientists developed algorithms that solved long-standing problems.

Two researchers have improved a well-known technique for lattice basis reduction, opening up new avenues for practical experiments in cryptography and mathematics.

Researchers prove that navigating certain systems of vectors is among the most complex computational problems.

Three computer scientists have disproved a long-standing conjecture about a fundamental problem involving imperfect information.

By bringing together disparate approaches, machines can reach a new level of creative problem-solving.

Three researchers have found a long-sought way to pull information from large databases secretly, moving us closer to fully private internet searches.

Alexei Efros has spent his career learning how machines see differently from humans. Now he’s helping to bridge the gap.