Philip Ball listens in on an album of evolved music composed by the Darwinian computer program Iamus. If a computer can produce an artwork that moves us, does it take artificial intelligence beyond an ...

New research from the University of Waterloo is making inroads on one of the biggest problems in theoretical computer science ...

From powering search engines to securing data and optimizing networks, algorithms underpin nearly every aspect of modern technology. Understanding how efficiently they can solve problems — and where ...

The accuracy and robustness of computational models is only one side of the equation. The field of algorithmic fairness and accountability investigates the decision-making capabilities of data-driven ...

Computational thinking is increasingly recognised as a fundamental approach to problem solving that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. It involves organising complex challenges into ...