Three new biometric algorithms have been evaluated by NIST for its Proprietary Fingerprint Template initiative, PFT III, in July.

Spain has become reliant on an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim may be abused again and what protection to provide — sometimes leading to fatal consequences.

How to ID an algorithm So is Stanford’s “algorithm” an algorithm? That depends how you define the term. While there’s no universally accepted definition, a common one comes from a 1971 ...

Named after its creator, John Nagle, this algorithm plays a part in the efficient operation of your router’s TCP/IP traffic. That being so, savvy gamers have added it to a list of things to ...

The Internet recently fell in love with picture-parsing websites that guess your age, and whether someone is your twin. Now it offers another spin on novelty image recognition: an algorithm that ...