As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...

The Bubble Sort has value as an academic exercise, but its performance is poor for large lists and arrays. Unit testing demonstrates that the sort works properly. I coded the algorithm so that it can ...

The USC Trojans are wrapping up their first season as a member of the Big Ten. They had an overall regular season record of 35-21 and 18-12 in conference play. USC finished No. 4 in the Big Ten. They ...

A general technique for sequencing unsorted records is presented. The technique is shown to be applicable for the first stage of a generalized sort program (the formation of initial strings) as well ...

It's one of the most competitive competitions in sport as hundreds of colleges look to reach the pinnacle of the sport, March Madness. The Tournament field of 68 is highly desired and while some have ...

The field of 68 for the NCAA men's basketball tournament will be announced Sunday evening, and the wait could be excruciating for the Xavier Musketeers.Xavier could have helped their case in the Big ...

A late-season slump has cast doubt on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons' chances of making the NCAA Tournament. Wake Forest has dropped three of five, with two losses coming versus sub-.500 teams.

Insertion sort is another sorting algorithm. Insertion sort tends to be faster than bubble sort or selection sort. Here’s how it works. Start by treating the first element as sorted. Take the first ...

Selection sort is designed to make the fewest swaps possible. For a vector of n elements selection sort will make n swaps. Here’s how it works: scan the unsorted portion of the vector and select the ...

The SEC has seven teams still alive for the playoff, but only four are probably going to make it in. While there may be some debate over if Texas is as good as the Longhorns' record indicates, we find ...