Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. Computer science curriculums have long emphasized the power of data, ...

A research scientist at Lockheed, he came up with the idea for a computer system that would search scientific and technical ...

A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused with specific ...

A future where the thinking capabilities of computers approach our own is here. We are several years into the Age of Intelligent Machines. Ever more powerful machine-learning algorithms are breathing ...

Using massive amounts of data to recognize photos and speech, deep-learning computers are taking a big step towards true artificial intelligence. Google Brain's discovery that the Internet is full of ...

What if the fundamental “stuff” of the universe isn’t matter or energy, but information? That’s the idea some theorists are pursuing as they search for ever-more elegant and concise descriptions of ...