Python egg hunt: Florida elimination program adds new reward category

The South Florida Water Management District is now rewarding hunters for removing python eggs and active nests from the ...

They Spent Years on a Math Problem. Then They Were Scooped by A.I.

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians ...
IEEE

Mathematical Programming Through the Lens of LLMs: Systematic Evidence and Empirical Gaps

Abstract: This paper investigates the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) in formulating and solving decision-making problems using mathematical programming. We first conduct a systematic ...
Quanta Magazine

What Do Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems Truly Mean?

At 25, Kurt Gödel proved there can never be a mathematical “theory of everything.” Columnist Natalie Wolchover explores the implications. In 1931, by turning logic on itself, Kurt Gödel proved a pair ...
IEEE

End-User Programming is WEIRD: How, Why and What to Do About It

Abstract: End-user programming (EUP) empowers regular computer users to build and customize software on their own, but we suspect that most developments in the field build on the preferences of WEIRD ...