By Rachel Winston
Knowledge of algorithms has never been more important as computer coding of likes, reputation, popularity, links, comments, and key words decides the rank order of status on a Google site. The use of algorithms is much more widespread than Google rank. Supermarket loyalty cards track purchases, share buying habits with marketers, and predict your future actions. Traffic cameras, toll road meters, and various built in car monitoring devices track, record, and interpret driving patterns, times, and locations. While many students in school continually say that they will never use math in their life, the actual need for problem solving, critical thinking, and data analysis is becoming increasingly essential.
Algorithms pervasively act and control our life. Most people are on the internet for a significant part of each week. With each click, data is collected. The marketing community relies on click-through rates, tag management, and consumer purchasing data. As a mathematician, I want to write the entire article about how algorithms are created, the generation of statistical data, and the interpretation of the results, but, since this is just a test to see if the site works, I will leave you all hanging. If you are really excited about algorithms, please watch my video on the Introduction to Algorithms here:
http://vimeo.com/104289999
Knowledge of algorithms has never been more important as computer coding of likes, reputation, popularity, links, comments, and key words decides the rank order of status on a Google site. The use of algorithms is much more widespread than Google rank. Supermarket loyalty cards track purchases, share buying habits with marketers, and predict your future actions. Traffic cameras, toll road meters, and various built in car monitoring devices track, record, and interpret driving patterns, times, and locations. While many students in school continually say that they will never use math in their life, the actual need for problem solving, critical thinking, and data analysis is becoming increasingly essential.
Algorithms pervasively act and control our life. Most people are on the internet for a significant part of each week. With each click, data is collected. The marketing community relies on click-through rates, tag management, and consumer purchasing data. As a mathematician, I want to write the entire article about how algorithms are created, the generation of statistical data, and the interpretation of the results, but, since this is just a test to see if the site works, I will leave you all hanging. If you are really excited about algorithms, please watch my video on the Introduction to Algorithms here:
http://vimeo.com/104289999