Probability and Statistics Group research at the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Crystals are known far and wide for their beauty and elegance. But even though they may appear perfect on the outside, their ...

The Langlands programme has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up ...

Gaining a better understanding of how romantic relationships develop over time is key to helping couples maintain a ...

The researchers found that people often summarize entire episodes of a story into single sentences, leading to the conclusion that narratives are stored in memory as tree structures. In this model, ...

Researchers are using machine learning, symbolic regression, and high-performance computing to explore and classify string ...

Twenty years ago, something happened when Pablo Peña sat in Prof. Gary Becker’s doctoral-level course at the University of ...

In rigorous tests, Centaur consistently outperformed traditional cognitive models, including Prospect Theory and ...

Although the tube theory is successful in describing entangled polymers qualitatively, a more quantitative description requires precise and consistent definitions of its parameters. Here we ...

Ultimately, the big takeaway for ML researchers is that before proclaiming an AI milestone—or obituary—make sure the test itself isn’t flawed ...

Examples of an SMCR Model. The SMCR model represents the process and phenomenon of communication. The acronym stands for source, message, channel and receiver, and this theory lays out the ...

A long-elusive “theory of everything,” also known as a unified field theory, may finally be within reach as Finnish researchers at Aalto University unveil a new quantum theory of gravity that is ...