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World-first quantum-inspired optimizer now rides on a mobile robot

Engineers at Toshiba and MIRISE report embedding a quantum-inspired optimization system directly onto a mobile robot, ...
Ecommerce Fastlane

The Can’t Touch This Problem: How Shopify Brands Convert Buyers Who Can’t See, Feel, or Test Your Product First

The brands winning in high-consideration DTC are not outspending competitors on ads. They are out-trusting them on product pages.
northpennnow

Master Algebra Inequalities with the ScanMath Algebra Inequalities Calculator

Algebra is a core part of mathematics that develops critical thinking and problem‑solving skills. Among its many topics, inequalities stand out as both essential and challenging for students. Whether ...
IEEE

Real-Time Optimal Control via Transformer Networks and Bernstein Polynomials

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a Transformer-based framework for approximating solutions to infinite-dimensional optimization problems: calculus of variations problems and optimal control ...
The New York Times

Big Oil’s Complicated Calculus for Investing in Venezuela

The industry has long prioritized projects with quick and reliable payback. Trump is pushing for a return to risk. By Peter Coy “I’ll probably be inclined to keep Exxon out,” President Trump told ...
blockchain

NVIDIA cuOpt Solver Cracks Four Previously Unsolved Optimization Problems

NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated cuOpt engine discovers new solutions for four MIPLIB benchmark problems, outperforming CPU solvers with 22% lower objective gaps. NVIDIA's cuOpt optimization engine has found ...
IEEE

Black-Box Optimization of the Storage Location Assignment Problem in Logistics Centers Using an Annealing Algorithm

Abstract: The manufacturing industry encounters numerous optimization problems, one of which is the optimization of storage location assignment (OSLA) problem in logistics. OSLA is a combinatorial ...
Geeky Gadgets

ChatGPT 5 Pro Solves Math Problem Experts Couldn’t Crack for Decades

What if the next new mathematical discovery didn’t come from a human mind, but from an AI? Imagine a machine not just crunching numbers but proposing original solutions to problems that have baffled ...
insideHPC

IonQ and Kipu Quantum Report Protein Folding and Optimization Problem Records

KARLSRUHE, Germany and COLLEGE PARK, Md.– Kipu Quantum and IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) announced what they said is a record achievement: the successful solution of “the most complex known protein folding ...
Wired

A New Quantum Algorithm Speeds Up Solving a Huge Class of Problems

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to identifying a ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Has an Optimization Epidemic

Heidi S. Enger ’27, an Associate Editorial Editor, is a Social Studies Concentrator in Eliot House. She’s enrolled in Ec10b this semester (don’t ask). Harvard students have to stop treating life like ...