Early-career researchers in theoretical computer science presented novel algorithms, techniques, and data structures at the annual Junior Theorists Workshop, co-hosted by the Northwestern CS Theory ...

Accelerating transformative advances in the theoretical foundations of data science, the Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms, and Learning (IDEAL) unites a team of faculty, students, ...

Artificial intelligence has been inching toward genuine mathematical discovery for years, but a claim from OpenAI in early ...

OpenAI's newest model demonstrates growing potential for solving complex scientific challenges. OpenAI has announced that an internal version of its next generation AI model, called Astra, has solved ...

Professor Uehara from JAIST works at the intersection of theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics, and the art of solving puzzles. His research strives to understand the computational ...

OpenAI Astra (GPT-6) anticipates solving 10 major open problems in math and quantum complexity while raising significant AI ...

When the Clay Mathematics Institute put individual $1-million prize bounties on seven unsolved mathematical problems, they may have undervalued one entry—by a lot. If mathematicians were to resolve, ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories featuring master’s degree programs at the University of Chicago. Bradley Stoller knew the University of Chicago was an ideal fit to pursue a master’s ...

Computer scientists’ daydreams have revealed the power of quantum mechanics. Imagine meeting omniscient beings who claim to have the solution to a complex problem that no computer could ever solve.

On August 1, 2026, OpenAI announced that an internal version of its next-generation flagship AI model, 'Astra,' had made new progress on 10 unsolved problems spanning mathematics and theoretical ...

A paper posted online this month has settled a nearly 30-year-old conjecture about the structure of the fundamental building blocks of computer circuits. This “sensitivity” conjecture has stumped many ...