Algorithms are everywhere!

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Misc. Links

• Top 500 Supercomputers

Algorithms from class

• First iterative algorithms
• Bubble sort
• Towers of Hanoi | Background on the Towers of Hanoi | Towers of Hanoi animation
• Maze algorithms | Large maze | Small maze
• Postfix algorithms
• Checking permutations
• Binary search tree algorithms

Other algorithm examples

• Everyday algorithms:
• Vending machine in Doane basement
• Bill changer in Doane basement
• Emergency instructions in Olin elevator
• Emergency exit locations for Olin second floor
• Fire alarm instructions
• Fire extinguisher instructions
• Storage instructions for projector in Olin 114
• Instructions for Science Workshop in Olin 114
• Computer Login instructions in Olin 114
• Kraft Mac & Cheese
• Car seat installation instructions
• Shampoo instructions
• Washing machine instructions

• Arithmetic algorithms you already know: long division, long multiplication, adding fractions

• Algorithmic Art
• Biology: gene sequencing, genetic algorithms, algorithmic life, algorithmic botany (fractals), future challenges
• Chemistry
• Classics (Euclid's algorithm, Sieve of Eratosthenes, etc.)
• Cryptography
• Culinary Arts (here's my favorite)
• Economics: Stock trading, future challenges
• Earth Sciences: weather prediction
• Games: Chess
• Graphics
• Medicine: health care algorithms (diabetes management, preterm birth prevention, psychosis management), National Resident Matching Program
• Philosophy: Can computers think?, Turing test, the simulation argument
• Political Science
• Physics: future challenges in astronomy and physics
• Psychology: machine learning, neural networks
• Sociology: modeling cultural evolution, determining social influence
• Web searching: Google's PageRank algorithm