Turing Award winner Tony Hoare, computing pioneer who invented Quicksort, dies at the age of 92

An obituary of Tony Hoare, a pioneer and one of the greatest programmers in the early history of computing.
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Quicksort inventor Tony Hoare reaches the base case at 92

Classicist, philosopher, wit, and one of the greatest British computer scientists of all time Obit Professor Charles Anthony Richard Hoare has died at the age of 92. Known to many computer science ...
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Quantum computers still struggle with chemistry’s hardest molecular calculations

One of the biggest promises of quantum computing is the ability to simulate molecules ...
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IBM proposes unified architecture for hybrid quantum-classical computing

The new architecture shows how quantum processors could work alongside classical HPC, creating hybrid environments to tackle ...

Scientists Harness 19th-Century Optics To Advance Quantum Encryption

A new quantum communication method uses the temporal Talbot effect to simplify high-dimensional quantum key distribution.
Tech Xplore

New deep learning framework solves the cold-start problem

Recommender systems suggest potentially relevant content by evaluating user preferences and are essential in reducing ...
The New York Times

Hard Fork

“When there is an attack that kills civilians or doesn’t hit its intended target, people are going to be asking, Oh, was that a human who made that mistake or was that an A.I. system?” By Kevin ...