At the heart of every leading computer science department is a key ambition: to produce research that shapes the future long after its debut. This year, the University of Chicago’s Department of Computer Science celebrates an extraordinary distinction: five of its faculty members have received Test of Time Awards from major conferences, each...

Have you ever seen a strangely specific ad follow you around the internet and wondered why? You dive into your account settings, looking for a way to control what data is being used, only to find a confusing maze of menus, vague descriptions, and options that don’t seem to do what you want....

The original version of this story was published in Physics Magazine We are currently in a fascinating era of quantum computing in which near-term experiments may be able to achieve “quantum advantage” and outperform classical computers at certain tasks. While a conclusive demonstration of quantum advantage will be a watershed moment in the...