Shapescience

Samsung’s Israeli R&D Center recently interviewed me to discuss my role as manager of the Algorithms Infrastructures team. ...

Furniture designers can be very creative when it comes to table legs. But for their tops there often isn’t anything beyond circles, rectangles or ellipsis… So I made my custom super-ellipsis table! ...

Changing the status quo and adopting new technologies is never easy. Whether we are talking about a new database, library or even way of approaching your problems, you should know what your are in for. ...

Algorithm engineering is hard to scale. While the core of most algorithms can often be described in a dozen lines of pseudo-code, real projects need to worry about many painful issues. ...

Maps are among the most used apps on our phones. We always need to go somewhere! ...

Finding one’s way in a graph is the first topic I came across when learning how to program. The answer looked simple: use Djikstra’s beautiful algorithm – but there is more to it. ...

All computer scientists should know how to find their way. But not all researchers name this task the same. Pathfinding is a good example of a problem that takes many different shapes depending on why answers the question. ...

Data science is one of the most ill-defined fields in tech. This article may inspire you for your next interview, as a recruiter or as a candidate! ...

How did we manage to transmit ever more digital signals with fiber optics? How do we shape light? ...

A friend wanted my opinion on optimization with genetic algorithms. I advised him to take a step back. Why am I so boring? ...