Big Data and Algorithms

Do you know how old algorithms really are? Or where they came from? What is an algorithm? Are there different types of algorithms…? Muhammad al-Khwarizimi was a 9th century Persian astronomer and mathematician. His textbook On Indian Numerals was translated into Latin four centuries later. It is considered the most important source for the Indo-Arabic numeral system and written arithmetic. His surname even sounds phonetically like an algorithm “Algorismi”. Ada Lovelace was the first person to write down an algorithm intended for a computer in 1843. She is considered to be the first female programmer.

In the latest of her Duet interviews, Dr Caldarola and IT-Expert Prof. Dr Katharina Zweig talk about algorithms and heuristics and their daily use.

Read on — https://www.duet-interviews.com/d6c