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UK-based Phasecraft, which develops algorithms for quantum computers, raised a $34M Series B co-led by Plural, Playground Global, and Novo Holdings (Daphné Leprince-Ringuet/Sifted)
https://sifted.eu/articles/phasecraft-quantum-algorithms-34m-series-b/

Methodological Rigour in Algorithm Application: An Illustration of Topic Modelling Algorithm
Malmi Amadoru
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00547 https://…

Methodological Rigour in Algorithm Application: An Illustration of Topic Modelling Algorithm
The rise of advanced computational algorithms has opened new avenues for computationally intensive research approaches to theory development. However, the opacity of these algorithms and lack of transparency and rigour in their application pose methodological challenges, potentially undermining trust in research. The discourse on methodological rigour in this new genre of research is still emerging. Against this backdrop, I attempt to offer guidance on methodological rigour, particularly in the…

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🥦 Algorithms for making interesting organic simulations
#simulation

Algorithms for making interesting organic simulations
Article explaining simulation algorithms that produce complex organic behaviours, starting with the classic physarum algorithm from Jeff Jones.

Kids and gun violence
The episode talked about how this mass murderer "true crime" brain-rot subculture flattens everything into just "content." They didn't talk about how algorithms play a role in this type of violence.
"The algorithm" incentivzes maximumally impactful content. When stripped of a moral framework, by capitalism and white supremacy, humans will search for a value system to inform them of what to do. A mass shooting is simply the lowest effort for the highest impact in terms of pure content generation.
This is simply the behavior incentivzed by the algorithm. The behavior incentivzed by capitalism is, of course, no less horrific but is presented as far more acceptable. It includes, of course, creating a machine that makes money off of content (without any differentiation in type) by maximizing engagement and incentivzing content generation.

Implementation of a quantum sequence alignment algorithm for quantum bioinformatics
Floyd M. Creevey, Mingrui Jing, Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22775

Implementation of a quantum sequence alignment algorithm for quantum bioinformatics
This paper presents the implementation of a quantum sequence alignment (QSA) algorithm on biological data in both simulated environments and real noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers. The approach to quantum bioinformatics adapts the original QSA algorithm proposed in 2000 to current capabilities and limitations of NISQ-era quantum computers and uses a genetic algorithm for state preparation (GASP) to create encoding circuits to load both database and target sequences into the quan…

A post from the archive 📫:
Algorithms of oppression
#musings

Introduction to the Analysis of Probabilistic Decision-Making Algorithms
Agustinus Kristiadi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21620 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21…

Introduction to the Analysis of Probabilistic Decision-Making Algorithms
Decision theories offer principled methods for making choices under various types of uncertainty. Algorithms that implement these theories have been successfully applied to a wide range of real-world problems, including materials and drug discovery. Indeed, they are desirable since they can adaptively gather information to make better decisions in the future, resulting in data-efficient workflows. In scientific discovery, where experiments are costly, these algorithms can thus significantly red…

Efficient algorithm for linear diophantine equations in two variables
Mayank Deora, Pinakpani Pal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23216 https://arxiv.org/pdf/25…

Efficient algorithm for linear diophantine equations in two variables
Solving linear diophantine equations in two variables have applications in computer science and mathematics. In this paper, we revisit an algorithm for solving linear diophantine equations in two variables, which we refer as DEA-R algorithm. The DEA-R algorithm always incurs equal or less number of recursions or recursive calls as compared to extended euclidean algorithm. With the objective of taking advantage of the less number of recursive calls , we propose an optimized version of the DEA-R …