A standard digital camera used in a car for stuff like emergency braking has a perceptual latency of a hair above 20 milliseconds. That’s just the time needed for a camera to transform the photons ...
In the fall of 2014, Andrew Wilson took a front-row seat in Ken Ono’s number-theory class at Emory University, in Atlanta. Wilson was not only double-majoring in applied math and physics; he was also ...
EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue ...
Learning linear equations or the functions of cells, especially if it doesn’t come easily, requires a generous dose of motivation. But this intangible quality can be difficult to cultivate. There are ...
While studying salmon populations and designing amusement parks, these students are breaking barriers to advanced math that ...
“Mathematics is the art of reducing any problem to linear algebra.” This is a quote often attributed to William Stein, a former mathematics professor at the University of Washington, now the lead ...
After faculty protests and a debate over racial equity, the state’s public universities reconsider whether high school students can skip a foundational course. By Amy Harmon Since 2020, California has ...
Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis they collected on student stress levels. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The ...
OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...