Computational complexity and proof systems are fundamental areas in theoretical computer science that explore the limits of what can be computed and how efficiently problems can be solved. Recent ...

A solution to P vs NP could unlock countless computational problems—or keep them forever out of reach. 1. On Monday, July 19, 2021, in the middle of another strange pandemic summer, a leading computer ...

Problem-solving capabilities Genetically engineered bacteria can identify prime numbers and solve simple mathematical problems. (Courtesy: Nat Chem Biol 10.1038/s41589-024-01711-4) Cell-based ...

Researchers have used an elegant method based on statistical mechanics -- called the vertex model -- to create more efficient algorithms to solve complex problems more quickly. The research could ...

Cryptographers want to know which of five possible worlds we inhabit, which will reveal whether truly secure cryptography is even possible. Many computer scientists focus on overcoming hard ...

A May 2024 Reuters Institute and University of Oxford survey, which included more than 12,000 people from six countries, found that 21% of respondents on average have used ChatGPT professionally. This ...

What’s easy for a computer to do, and what’s almost impossible? Those questions form the core of computational complexity. We present a map of the landscape. How fundamentally difficult is a problem?

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The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) on Wednesday announced that it has awarded this year's A.M. Turing prize, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of computing, to computer scientist and ...