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QCon London 2026: The Hidden Power of Boring Problems

At QCon London 2026, Yinka Omole, Lead Software Engineer at Personio, presented a session exploring a recurring dilemma ...

COBOL Is the Asbestos of Programming Languages

The most widely adopted computer language in history, COBOL is now causing a host of problems. It's also dangerously ...
IEEE

Automatic programming via large language models with population self-evolution for dynamic fuzzy job shop scheduling problem

Abstract: Heuristic dispatching rules (HDRs) are widely used for solving the dynamic fuzzy job shop scheduling problem (DFJSSP). However, their performance is highly sensitive to specific scenarios ...
IEEE

Constraint Programming Based Model and Algorithm for Solving Steelmaking and Continuous Casting Scheduling Problem with Adjustable Casting Time

Abstract: The Steelmaking-Continuous Casting (SCC) scheduling problem is usually regarded as a type of hybrid flow-shop scheduling problems (HFSP) with special process constraints. To research the SCC ...
USA Today

Of course gambling is a consideration in the NBA's tanking problem

The NBA is set to return today from an all-star break that provided reporters an opportunity to hear Adam Silver's thoughts on some of the egregious tanking that took place the first half of the ...