John Allred The Mathematician Who Will Make You Fall in Love With Numbers WIRED - Kevin Hartnett The ancient Greeks argued that the best life was filled with beauty, truth, justice, play, and love. The mathematician Francis Su knows just where to …
John AllredAlgorithms Briefcam's algorithms can spot murderers and monitor bees Wired UK - Gian Volpicelli Briefcam has helped police find mass murderer Anders Breivik, spot the Boston marathon bombers and make sense of the Brussels attacks. How? By …
John Allred Q&A: Cathy O’Neil, author of ‘Weapons of Math Destruction,’ on the dark side of big data verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Christine ZhangCathy O’Neil calls herself a data skeptic. A former hedge fund analyst with a PhD in mathematics from Harvard University, the Occupy Wall Street activist left finance after witnessing the damage wrought...
John Allred Telegraph logo The Telegraph - By Henry BodkinSecond World War cipher technology is being built into tiny processors to develop the next generation of ultra-secure bank cards. The concept behind the design of Nazi military coding machines such as...
John AllredPhotons Canadians solve key puzzle for future of encryption verified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Ivan SemeniukBy his own admission, Christopher Pugh is not one for thrill rides. Even a regular commercial flight can make him a bit queasy. But on a moonlit night last September, Mr. Pugh found himself strapped into...