Futurum

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Dr Min Xu, a statistician specialising in network analysis at Rutgers University, has developed a probabilistic model that can determine how a network has grown, which not only has applications in epidemiology, but is also useful in social science, genetics and counter-terrorism efforts. What is a network? “A

Mathematics 111

Mathematics Research Research Data Science 111

Futurum

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Software engineering, or software development, is the branch of computer science that involves designing and developing software – the instructions and programs that enable computers to function. The field of software engineering is growing rapidly as computers are becoming integrated into all aspects of our lives.

Engineering 84

Engineering Computer Computer Science Accessibility 84

Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 5, 2024

Traditional computational chemistry—perhaps sped up by AI—can potentially determine the rates at which different alkanes are “randomly produced” And in a quite different direction, analyzing the academic literature—say with an LLM—can potentially predict how much a certain alkane can be expected to be studied or talked about.

Science 115

Science Sciences Computer Mathematics 115

Stephen Wolfram

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

For that was a time when the concepts of computing were first being worked out—and through approaches like cybernetics and the nascent area of artificial intelligence, people started exploring the broader scientific implications of computational ideas. It’s important, by the way, to distinguish this from computer science.

Computer 55

Computer Mathematics Science Sciences 55

Futurum

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As a result, a new discipline, known as research computing, has emerged to apply computers, not just software, to research including to help scientists capture images, construct models, which are turned into simulations, and analyse results. Research computing is a sub-discipline of computer science.

Research 81

Research Research Biology Chemistry 81

Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

In 2015 Ed told me a nice story about his time at Caltech: In 1952–53, I was a student in Linus Pauling’s class where he lectured Freshman Chemistry at Caltech. “Lick” Licklider —who persuaded Ed to join BBN to “teach them about computers”. Nowadays we’d call it the trie (or prefix tree) data structure.

Computer 69

Computer Physics Science Sciences 69