Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and senior director of programs at the National Academy of Engineering. His new book is Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World (W.W.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

At QCon London 2026, Yinka Omole, Lead Software Engineer at Personio, presented a session exploring a recurring dilemma engineers face, whether to spend time mastering the newest technologies and ...

Modeling how cars deform in a crash, how spacecraft respond to extreme environments, or how bridges resist stress could be made thousands of times faster thanks to new artificial intelligence that ...

If you’re in manufacturing, it may feel like disruption is happening faster than you can react to it. Skills shortages and supply chain issues are threatening production targets and profitability. New ...