Hard in theory, easy in practice: Why graph isomorphism algorithms seem to be so effective

Graphs are everywhere. In discrete mathematics, they are structures that show the connections between points, much like a ...
TechCrunch

How do you fight an algorithm you cannot see?

That question in the headline was the challenge posed by a group of open knowledge junkies in Germany who wanted to understand how a person’s Schufa was calculated. Schufa is a credit bureau that ...
Los Angeles Times

Deep dive into Meta’s algorithms shows that America’s political polarization has no easy fix

WASHINGTON — The powerful algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram to deliver content to users have increasingly been blamed for amplifying misinformation and political polarization. But a series of ...