As an undergraduate at the University of Chile, Bernardo Subercaseaux took a dim view of using computers to do math. It seemed antithetical to real intellectual discovery. “There’s some instinct or ...

The two-dimensional (2D) irregular packing problem is a combinatorial optimization problem with NP-complete characteristics, which is common in the production process of clothing, ships, and plate ...

Have you ever wondered about the best way to pack a finite number of identical spheres into a shape-shifting flexible container, like a convex hull? An intuitively simple problem concerning the best ...