Many people don’t trust algorithms and machine learning because they don’t have a complete understanding of how they actually work. Let's break it down.

A cryptographic hash function is a mathematical algorithm that takes an input (or 'message') and returns a fixed-length string of characters ...

A UK controversy about school leavers’ marks shows algorithms can get things wrong. To ensure algorithms are as fair as possible, how they work and the trade-offs involved must be made clear.

Today, we're bringing you a shortened version of that conversation to discuss: How do algorithms work? What are their impacts? And how could humans be a part of changing them for the better?

Learn when and how to use different data structures and their algorithms in your own code. This is harder as a student, as the problem assignments you'll work through just won't impart this knowledge.

In this chapter we will look at choosing and optimizing cryptographic algorithms, particularly for resource-constrained systems, such as embedded systems.