Showing posts with label algorithms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label algorithms. Show all posts
Friday, September 01, 2023

What Happens in Berkeley Stays in Berkeley

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In a few hours, I'll have my flight to Oakland and then head over to Berkeley to spend most of September in residence at the institution...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

The `PrickRank' Algorithm

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One way to gather information is to purposely write an incorrect 'factual' statement on social media. People love to correct other...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

New XKCD: "Differentiation and Integration"

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Today's XKCD , about the algorithmic difference between symbolic differentiation and integration, is superb! My favorite step of integ...
Sunday, March 18, 2018

Algorithms in the Form of IKEA Instructions

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I think my life could not possibly have been complete without seeing algorithms presented in the form of IKEA instructions . I am highly amu...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Conway's Game of Life In Real Life (on an Ocellated Lizard)

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Wow! This is amazing! Here is the blurb on the Facebook post that goes with the Physics Today article (though I added the hyperlink): Th...
Monday, August 01, 2016

Pokémon Go and the Traveling Salesperson Problem

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I should have posted this article about Pokémon Go and the Traveling Salesperson Problem a couple of weeks ago when I first saw this blurb....
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Tales from the ArXiv: ¡No Mas!

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The algorithm proposed in this paper has the acronym "NoMas". I am amused. Usually the "¡No Mas!" algorithm is what y...
Wednesday, July 02, 2014

A Spectral Navigation Algorithm

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Clearly, some users of London's transportation system are using a spectral algorithm for navigation. (Tip of the cap to Sang Hoon Lee...
Friday, January 03, 2014

"A Method Based on Total Variation for Network Modularity Optimization Using the MBO Scheme"

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One of my papers just came out in final form. Here are the details. Title: A Method Based on Total Variation for Network Modularity Opt...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Tales from the ArXiv: Baby Names and Random Walks

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Well, how about that: using things like PageRank and other random-walk algorithms to come up with baby names. It's crazy, but I kind o...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Achievement Unlocked: Break Expedia's Shortest-Path Algorithm

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No, Expedia, if I try to go between Ithaca and Newark with stops first to Philadelphia and then to Boston, it is not ok to insist that I do ...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The Impending War Against Algorithms

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Apparently, there is going to be a war against algorithms . Guess which side I'm on? :P (Actually, the article makes some important p...
Wednesday, May 04, 2011

TWSS (That's what she said.)

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Now there is a computer algorithm whose purpose is to analyze algorithmically whether '(That's what she said.)' (TWSS) would be ...
Sunday, September 12, 2010

LOLCAT Method

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That's right. There is apparently a LOLCAT method , which is a particular implementation of the Gillespie Algorithm. That is just wro...
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Thursday, June 03, 2010

Can one patent a community detection method?

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One can patent a community detection method ? What? Will somebody please explain this to me? Update : The patent apparently belongs to ...