“To me, an algorithm is any piece of automated code that accepts some number of variables and data, [then] uses those variables and data to make decisions. But that’s the boring computer science ...

Algorithms are one of the four cornerstones of Computer Science. An algorithm is a plan, a set of step-by-step instructions to solve a problem. If you can tie shoelaces, make a cup of tea ...

Steve Bellovin is professor of computer science at Columbia University ... Let's start with the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition, which defines "algorithm" as: [a] procedure for solving ...

What is your definition of computer science? CB: I have an aphorism ... I started with a known algorithm: the Viterbi algorithm. It makes it possible to correct (if there is not too much noise ...

A new "Interview on Computer Science". Serge Abiteboul and Christine ... One problem was that the Viterbi algorithm makes binary choices: the bit was either switched, or it wasn't.