If this kind of writing can be done by a machine that doesn’t have a single thought in its head, what does that tell us about what we’ve been asking of students.

What that involves is basically not trying to write algorithms in a programming language: If you really want to do things right, you need to write your algorithm in the terms of mathematics. “The ...

A few years ago I used an algorithm to help me write a science fiction story. Adam Hammond, an English professor, and Julian Brooke, a computer scientist, had created a program called SciFiQ, and ...

In addition to writing Java books for Apress, Jeff has written numerous articles on Java and other technologies for JavaWorld, InformIT, Java.net, and SitePoint.

The code-writing algorithm doesn’t work simply, but here’s how to think of it in simple terms. A math problem has inputs and outputs—or the numbers you have and the number you need to calculate.

In this online engineering specialization, you will learn the major functions that must be performed by a battery management system, how lithium-ion battery cells work, how to model their behaviors ...