algorithm
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The ultimate goal is a compiler that takes code written for conventional computers and automatically transforms it into an efficient quantum algorithm.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
"That creates regions of overlap, and that overlap has enough information to use an algorithm to iteratively reconstruct three-dimensional information about the object and the electron wave function."
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
“So how does the system know who’s who? And when it flags someone — is it a human decision or just an algorithm flipping a switch?”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
That included $8 million to NEC for a facial-recognition algorithm that identifies passengers boarding planes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
He only had the resources to retest 120 classrooms, however, so he asked the creators of the cheating algorithm to help choose which classrooms to test.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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