Algorithms — or, in layman’s terms, defined procedures for accomplishing a task or solving a problem — abound throughout the computing industry. These protocols have shaped the ways in which people ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about fitness, health and wearable tech Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They ...

Java programmers use data structures to store and organize data, and we use algorithms to manipulate the data in those structures. The more you understand about data structures and algorithms, and how ...

Tom Douglas receives funding from the Wellcome Trust (grant number 100705/Z/12/Z) and the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education. Our lives are increasingly affected by algorithms. People may be ...