Chemical synthesis is still performed today much like bespoke craftsmanship where each target molecule demands specialized equipment, ad hoc protocols, and labor ...

This image comes from Tim Urban at WaitButWhy, whose 2015 article on artificial intelligence profoundly influenced me and many others. Leopold Aschenbrenner’s “Situational Awareness” manifesto made ...

String diagrams are ubiquitous in applied category theory. They originate as a graphical notation for representing terms in monoidal categories and since their origins, they have been used not just as ...

Ethereum is still working on a complementary plan for parallel EVM, but Bitcoin can be soon expecting its own parallel VM layer 2. Let’s firstly understand why Ethereum cannot achieve parallel EVM. To ...

Computing pioneer Niklaus Wirth died on January 1, 2024, just 45 days short of his 90th birthday. Wirth was born in Switzerland in 1934. He received his B.S. from ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of ...

Theoretical computer scientist Manuel Blum has guided generations of graduate students into fruitful careers in the field. Every academic field has its superstars. But a rare few achieve superstardom ...

Artificial intelligence has made tremendous advances since its inception about seventy years ago. Self-driving cars, programs beating experts at complex games, and smart robots capable of assisting ...

Sheri Markose received a PhD in Economics from the LSE in 1987. She joined the department in September 1986 after a position as research fellow (1982-1986) at the London Business School Centre For ...