Last summer, three researchers took a small step toward answering one of the most important questions in theoretical computer science. To paraphrase Avi Wigderson of the Institute for Advanced Study, ...

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HEIDELBERG, Germany—Every September, a critical mass of the world’s most decorated computer scientists and mathematicians gathers in the warm microclimate here. They discuss the states of their fields ...

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Purdue information security doctoral candidate Fabrizio Cicala is researching how to prevent malware in smartphones and Bluetooth and Internet of Things devices, studying at the nation’s first ...

Outgoing Northwestern Computer Science PhD students Chenkai Weng and Peng Kang and postdoctoral fellows Hedyeh Beyhaghi, Angelos Chatzimparmpas, Eric Evert, Yiding Feng, Suprovat Ghoshal, Saurabh ...