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How can we unravel the complex history of networks?

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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 www.learnpython.org ).

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Can AI Solve Science?

Stephen Wolfram

But what I want to do here is to discuss what amount to deeper questions about AI in science. Three centuries ago science was transformed by the idea of representing the world using mathematics. A lot of science—and technology—has been constructed specifically around computationally reducible phenomena.

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Creating software that works for everyone

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Smart parking app software architecture and key software structures. However, if you are interested in a career in software engineering, it would be useful to study mathematics, computer studies/ICT and physics at school. At university, I planned to major in chemistry or progress to medical school. © IEEE 2021. © IEEE 2021.

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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

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. It explains that III has four divisions: Mathematical and Programming Services, Behavioral Science, Operations, and “New York”.