Making Web applications more efficient
A new system that automatically streamlines database access patterns can make large Web applications up to three times as fast.
Excel programming for nonprogrammers
A new system allows Excel users to create customized functions for their spreadsheets simply by offering a few examples of how data should be manipulated.
The mathematics of taste
By using ‘genetic programming’ to crossbreed algorithms, researchers help flavor companies figure out what their customers like.
Explained: The Shannon limit
A 1948 paper by Claude Shannon SM ’40, PhD ’40 created the field of information theory — and set its research agenda for the next 50 years.