A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as ...

DALL-E / DALL-E Not to be self-pitying, but these are hard times to be a professional critic. With the advent of social media, anyone who imagines themselves a critic (which is to say, everyone) now ...

In human cells, there are about 20,000 genes on a two-meter DNA strand—finely coiled up in a nucleus about 10 micrometers in diameter. By comparison, this corresponds to a 40-kilometer thread packed ...

Quantum computers are a key emerging technology, particularly for specific kinds of problems that require enormous computing ...

When it comes to business information, chief information officers (CIOs) and chief data officers (CDOs) are tasked with bringing order to chaos. As firms gather ever more data, they face both ...

Gokhan Memik, associate chair and professor of electrical and computer engineering and professor of computer science at Northwestern Engineering, passed away. He will be remembered as a pioneering ...