View on Coursera Course Description. This course continues our data structures and algorithms specialization by focussing on the use of linear and integer programming formulations for solving ...

This course covers basic algorithm design techniques such as divide and conquer, dynamic programming, and greedy algorithms. It concludes with a brief introduction to intractability (NP ...

Algorithms don’t always involve complicated feats of programming; at heart, they are sequences of steps to move toward a goal—and they are so fundamental that we can easily forget what our ...

In May 2018, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio trumpeted the city’s first algorithm watchdog group, assembling a panel of experts to examine how computer programs are used in municipal decision ...

A change to Facebook’s recommendation system likely accounted for a disproportionate boost in visibility and engagement to conservative political groups on the social media platform starting in ...

Student problem-solvers from 20 universities will have five hours to design algorithms and program them to work at a computer science contest at RIT. RIT is hosting the Northeast North American ...

In brief: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers proposed a bill last week aimed at curtailing personalization algorithms. If passed, it would let users choose whether or not to allow an online ...