Preparing for the DNA computation paradigm shift

In “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,” physicist and philosopher Thomas Kuhn introduced the concept of a paradigm shift, which he used to describe a fundamental change in the basic framework of thinking in natural sciences. Throughout history, however, such paradigm shifts have occurred not just in natural sciences but across the entire spectrum of human … Read more

Randomness in computation wins computer-science ‘Nobel’

Avi Wigderson received the Turing Award for his foundational contributions to the theory of computation.Credit: Dan Komoda A leader in the field of computational theory is the latest winner of the A. M. Turing Award, sometimes described as the ‘Nobel Prize’ of computer science. Avi Wigderson at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, … Read more