George Dyson has written a fascinating but flawed history of the computer. The son of the distinguished physicist Freeman Dyson, he was born in 1953 and as a child was witness to the world of ...

There are some problems that are simply too complex for even the most powerful of today’s computers, and researchers are trying to overcome the limits of traditional computer designs to enable ...

John von Neumann (1903–1957), a Hungarian-born mathematician, cannot be described merely as a "mathematician." He was a "comprehensive scientist" who significantly influenced our society as a computer ...

ADELPHI, Md. -- The RDECOM Research Laboratory, the U.S. Army's corporate laboratory (ARL), hosted a two-day event exploring the future of computing Nov. 13-14 at the Adelphi Laboratory Center.

In his new book, Ananyo Bhattacharya writes about John von Neumann, who played an essential role in the development of quantum mechanics, computing and the atom bomb. By Jennifer Szalai When you ...