Dina Genkina

1 week ago | spectrum.ieee.org | Dina Genkina

Last week, the federal government terminated hundreds of research grants to Harvard University professors from a broad range of fields of study. This comes on the heels of a conflict between Harvard, among other universities, and the Trump administration. To re-cap: the Trump administration has accused Harvard of not doing enough to combat antisemitism on its campus, and made a series of demands to the university.

2 weeks ago | spectrum.ieee.org | Dina Genkina

A new computing paradigm—thermodynamic computing—has entered the scene. Okay, okay, maybe it’s just probabilistic computing by a new name. They both use noise (such as that caused by thermal fluctuations) instead of fighting it, to perform computations. But still, it’s a new physical approach.

2 weeks ago | evdriven.com | Dina Genkina

A new computing paradigm—thermodynamic computing—has entered the scene. Okay, okay, maybe it’s just probabilistic computing by a new name. They both use noise (such as that caused by thermal fluctuations) instead of fighting it, to perform computations. But still, it’s a new physical approach.

3 weeks ago | spectrum.ieee.org | Dina Genkina

There’s a mathematical concept called the ‘kissing number.’ Somewhat disappointingly, it’s got nothing to do with actual kissing; It enumerates how many spheres can touch (or ‘kiss’) a single sphere of equal size without crossing it. In one dimension, the kissing number is two. In two dimensions it’s 6 (think the New York Times’ spelling bee puzzle configuration).

3 weeks ago | evdriven.com | Dina Genkina

There’s a mathematical concept called the kissing number. Somewhat disappointingly, it’s got nothing to do with actual kissing. It enumerates how many spheres can touch (or “kiss”) a single sphere of equal size without crossing it. In one dimension, the kissing number is 2. In two dimensions, it’s 6 (think The New York Times’spelling bee puzzle configuration).