Routing scalability has always been a problem in networking research. Now, computer scientists at UC San Diego (UCSD) have developed a new algorithm to improve the routing efficiency of networks.

An analysis of ant colony behavior could yield better algorithms for network communication, say investigators. Biologists have long suspected that ants base their population-density estimates on the ...

The energy costs of IT equipment have become a major concern, leading to a variety of creative ideas about how to keep power use in check. Most of the challenge has been finding ways to make sure that ...