Stuck on a problem? Talking to a rubber duck might unlock the solution

Others have experimented with a modified rubber duck that, when the user presses a button, nods or offers brief, neutral replies to your explanations. The interactivity, the researchers argue, might ...
The University of Texas at Arlington

UTA researcher works to make coding more reliable

With a $400,000 National Science Foundation grant, Allison Sullivan, an assistant professor in The University of Texas at ...

Carnegie Mellon's CS Academy brings free coding education to students worldwide

The whiteboard in Professor Mark Stehlik’s office at Carnegie Mellon University still has the details of what turned into a ...
IEEE

A Combined Diffusion Model and Reinforcement Learning Approach for Solving the Vehicle Routing Problem With Multiple Soft Time Windows

Abstract: The Vehicle Routing Problem with Multiple Soft Time Windows (VRPMSTW) is a challenging combinatorial optimization problem where a fleet of vehicles must deliver goods to a set of customers, ...