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NEWS ABOUT: algorithms

algorithms stories: 7 news summaries
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

 Her Math Puts 
 BCS Formula 
 to Shame 

22-year-old's algorithm is 70% accurate; college football's best hits just 56.6%

Sep 26, 09 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ranking system that determines who plays for college football’s national championship is derided nearly universally, not to mention annually, and though this year’s first set of Bowl Championship Series standings don’t come out until Oct. 18, the detractors might have a new champion: a 22-year-old undergrad... More »

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Bowl Championship Series • algorithms • college football • Maggie Wigness • Pacific University

 Algorithm Can 'Fill in the 
 Blanks' of Ancient Texts 

Algorithm could also be basis of search engine for old docs

Sep 2, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new computer algorithm could soon take some of the guesswork out of deciphering ancient texts, Reuters reports. The program, developed in Israel and currently used with ancient Hebrew, works with digital copies of unreadable texts and uses pattern recognition to “fill in the blanks,” says one of... More »

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technology • computer programming • academia • search engine • algorithms • pattern recognition • Hebrew • ancient writings • documents • ancient texts

(Newser) - Traders using high-speed computers are making billions of dollars and leaving the rest of the stock market in the dust, the New York Times reports. "High-frequency" traders, who use algorithms to make millions of trades in microseconds, have helped big banks and hedge funds bounce back quickly, but critics... More »

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stock market • Wall Street • New York Stock Exchange • Goldman Sachs • trading • algorithms • high-frequency trading

(Newser) - Google is dealing with the departures of several prized employees the way it deals with nearly everything: with an algorithm. The search giant has a mathematical formula it says will identify which employees are at risk of jumping ship, the Wall Street Journal reports. The formula has already spotted... More »

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Google • algorithms • employees

If You Can't Control Your Emotions, Your Computer Will

Software can analyze the feelings in words

May 9, 09 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - All you naughty Newser commenters, take note: Software developers are readying an algorithm to glean the human emotions in text and possibly censor inappropriate online discussions, New Scientist reports. So far, the biggest users of such pricey “sentiment analysis” tools are companies looking to gauge consumer reaction to brand-name... More »

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software • emotion • algorithms • computers

UCLA Bags $100K Prize With Record-Breaking Prime Number

Winning discovery is
13 million digits long

Sep 27, 08 7:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A team of UCLA mathematicians has won one of  the math world's most coveted prizes, the Los Angeles Times reports. Their discovery of a 13-million-digit prime number—only the 46th such number ever found—scores them a $100,000 reward from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The organization is also offering... More »

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UCLA • Electronic Frontier Foundation • algorithms • mathematicians

Online Dating Sites Seek Love's Secret Algorithm

Peer review of jealously guarded formulas proves impossible

Jan 29, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Online matchmakers eHarmony and Match.com have staked millions on the idea that they, not you, can best find your perfect match, thanks to their secret algorithms. So do they work? Lots of academics want to know, the New York Times reports, but while the companies yearn for scientific,... More »

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marriage • romance • online dating • eHarmony • Chemistry.com • Match.com • matchmaking • peer reviews • algorithms

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