Finding the true potential of algorithms
Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - 09:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Each semester, Associate Professor Virginia Vassilevska Williams tries to impart one fundamental lesson to her computer-science undergraduates: Math is the foundation of everything. Often, students come into Williams’ class, 6.006 (Introduction to Algorithms), wanting to dive into advanced programming that power the latest, greatest computing techniques. Her lessons instead focus on how algorithms are designed … Continue reading Finding the true potential of algorithms