First improvement of fundamental algorithm in 10 years
The max-flow problem, which is ubiquitous in network analysis, scheduling, and logistics, can now be solved more efficiently than ever.
Cars as traffic sensors
A new algorithm optimizes the dissemination of information about traffic and road conditions through networks of wirelessly connected cars.
Professor Emeritus Claude Shannon, founder of digital communications, dies at 84
Longtime MIT professor of electrical engineering pioneered information theory and helped lay the foundations for modern computing, cryptography, and artificial intelligence.