Even though our teenage children may not show it the proper appreciation (yet), math is often referred to as the “universal language.” And it is, even in EDA. Whenever I’m asked what the heck I do in ...

In a world full of automated design tools, do we need to worry about the mathematical details in our models? As engineers, the notion of "doing the math" often conjures anxious memories of pulling ...

Mathematics has always been one of the most challenging subjects for students of all ages. From simple arithmetic to complex ...

You might think that your mouse pointer, and the rest of your computer’s user interface for that matter, was designed with a bucket load of human intuition and large dollop of design savvy. You’d be ...

While working on a second college degree in the 1980s, Don Bristow came across a book called “The Fractal Geometry of Nature.” The book’s purpose was to show that fractals — geometric shapes with ...

Should high-schoolers study calculus? Not necessarily, according to James Markarian, chief technology officer of SnapLogic. He began thinking about the topic when his 14-year-old daughter was doing ...