From assessing a patient’s cancer risk to setting criminal sentences, AI and algorithms are increasingly used to make life-altering decisions in health care and law. But how can we ensure that these ...

Every January brings resolutions to learn something new. This year the list might include Spanish, guitar or data analysis. Those are fine choices, but there's an argument that learning to work ...

Algorithms are central to modern mathematics and computer science. They are explicit procedures valued for their clarity, efficiency and beauty. Beyond these fields, however, the word “algorithm” is ...