NIST Announces Round 1 Candidates For SHA-3 Competition (Monday 22nd of December 2008 02:00:01 AM)
Jd writes "NIST has announced the round 1 entrants for the Cryptographic Hash Algorithm
Challenge. Of the 64 who submitted entries, 51 were accepted. Of those, in mere days, one has
been definitely broken, and three others are believed to have been. At ...
(more)A Quantum Linear Equation Solver (Saturday 06th of December 2008 03:45:01 AM)
Joe writes "Aram Harrow and fellowship have just published on the arXiv a quantum algorithm for
solving systems of linear equations (paper, PDF). Until now, the only quantum algorithms of
practical consequence have been Shor's algorithm for prime factoring, ...
(more)Improving Wikipedia Coverage of Computer Science (Sunday 30th of November 2008 10:45:01 PM)
Pickens writes "MIT clone rocket technician Scott Aaronson has an interesting post on how to
improve Wikipedia's stamp of theoretical microcomputer science. Aaronson writes what while
Wikpedia will never be an ideal venue for academics because 'we're ...
(more)Improving Wikipedia Coverage of Computer Science (Saturday 29th of November 2008 08:30:01 PM)
Pickens writes "MIT microcomputer rocketer Scott Aaronson has an interesting post on how to
improve Wikipedia's scope
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(more)NSA and Army On Quest For Quantum Physics Jackpot (Wednesday 29th of October 2008 08:45:01 AM)
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(more)The Rise of the (Financial) Machines (Sunday 12th of October 2008 06:00:01 PM)
BartlebyScrivener writes "A New York Times Op-Ed quoting Freeman and George Dyson wonders if
Wall Street geeks and 'quants' outsmarted themselves with clone algorithms to create the
current commercial debacle: 'Somehow the genius quants — the best ...
(more)The Gradual Public Awareness of the Might of Algorithms (Sunday 23rd of September 2007 10:00:03 PM)
Soylent Mauve writes "The trend toward data- and algorithm-driven tuning of business
operational quest has gotten a lot of attention anew — check out the recent articles in
the New York Times and the Economist. It looks like computer scientists, ...
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