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2024 Biggest Breakthroughs in Computer Science

The year’s biggest computer science stories included a new understanding of large language models, and a breakthrough in being able to compute complex quantum systems.


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This Computer Scientist’s Streaming Algorithms Shrink Big Data

December 7, 2020

Jelani Nelson explains how his streaming algorithms answer questions about big data without having to remember everything they’ve seen.

Inside Dynamical Systems and the Mathematics of Change

November 17, 2020

Bryna Kra explains how to describe complex systems in symbols.

The Extraordinary Math Hidden in Everyday Life

October 26, 2020

L. Mahadevan describes how he approaches science and where he finds his ideas.

The Bold Quest to Launch the Internet in Space

October 21, 2020

Vinton Cerf discusses the challenges of creating an interplanetary internet.

Physicist Jeff Gore’s Statistical Approach to Ecology

October 13, 2020

Physicist Jeff Gore of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discusses the puzzle of high diversity in ecosystems, and how his background in physics has influenced his experimental approach to studying ecology.

Urban Traffic and Complex Systems — Carlos Gershenson

September 28, 2020

Carlos Gershenson explains how principles of adaptation and self-organization can help transportation systems beat traffic jams and other urban mobility problems.

Emily Riehl Is Rewriting Higher Category Theory

September 2, 2020

By turning higher category theory on itself, Riehl hopes to make the powerful perspective more accessible to other mathematicians.

Emily Riehl: Mathematician, Musician, Educator

September 2, 2020

Riehl talks about how higher category theory is like the viola, why she’s drawn to expository writing, and the responsibility mathematicians have to address social justice issues.