Demographic-inference algorithms use data on race, ethnicity, gender and names from, for example, census data, to guess the characteristics of other populations — in this case, authors of ...

What is an algorithm? Algorithms are one of the four cornerstones of Computer Science. An algorithm is a plan, a set of step-by-step instructions to solve a problem.

A teenage programmer explores the concept of writing algorithms by creating step-by-step instructions to teach her computer a dance routine. Suitable for teaching at KS3, KS4 and National 4 and 5.

A lot of Car Talk Puzzlers are classic examples of what computer scientists think about when learning to build algorithms. Above, Click and Clack (Ray and Tom Magliozzi) of Car Talk.