There’s a familiar look in every college lecture hall. The glazed-over stare of someone just realizing they’re twelve slides wholly behind and lost. The professor keeps talking. The notes don’t make ...

Davide Panagia (UCLA), Tarini Bedi (University of Illinois - Chicago), Adrian Mackenzie (Australian National University), Chris Salter (Zurich University of the Arts), Marc-André Cossette (Hexagram), ...

An algorithm is a list of rules to follow in order to complete a task or solve a problem. The steps in an algorithm need to be in the right order. Think about an algorithm for getting dressed in the ...

Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They determine what you see on social media and when browsing online, help form people’s belief systems, and impact the ...

Java programmers use data structures to store and organize data, and we use algorithms to manipulate the data in those structures. The more you understand about data structures and algorithms, and how ...

From greedy methods to dynamic programming, mastering algorithm design is about more than theory—it’s about crafting solutions that are efficient, scalable, and practical. Whether you’re preparing for ...

I teach in the computer science department at Vanderbilt University. In my Algorithms class this past spring, I decided to regularly expose my students to ChatGPT so they could see firsthand that it ...