New method separates brain signals to show how complex actions are organized

A new Northwestern Medicine study has introduced a novel machine learning method for analyzing how the brain organizes ...
Scientific American

Mathematicians still don’t know the fastest way to multiply numbers

This requires an algorithm: students are taught to stack one number atop another and multiply each digit of the bottom number ...
Mashable

Amazon used AI to promote diversity. Too bad it’s plagued with gender bias.

AI may have sexist tendencies. But, sorry, the problem is still us humans. Amazon recently scrapped an employee recruiting algorithm plagued with problems, according to a report from Reuters.
The Conversation

Girls and boys solve math problems differently – with similar short‑term results but different long‑term outcomes

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...
Sky

How Sky News investigated X's algorithm for political bias

A Sky News investigation sought to track the balance of political conversation on X, and assess whether the social media platform's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content to users in the ...
BMJ

Performance of the QRISK cardiovascular risk prediction algorithm in an independent UK sample of patients from general practice: a validation study

Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative, Bristol Primary Care Trust, Bristol, UK Professor J Hippisley-Cox, Division of Primary Care, 13th Floor, Tower Building, University Park, Nottingham NG2 7RD, ...
IEEE

Coordinate Descent Detection Algorithms Using Adaptive Moment Estimation for MDL-Impaired Mode Division Multiplexing Systems

Abstract: The performance of mode division multiplexing (MDM) systems is limited by mode-dependent loss (MDL), which seriously deteriorates the unitarity of the transmission matrix, making the ...
Ars Technica

Here’s the paper no one read before declaring the demise of modern cryptography

There’s little doubt that some of the most important pillars of modern cryptography will tumble spectacularly once quantum computing, now in its infancy, matures sufficiently. Some experts say that ...
JD Supra

The FTC and State Case Against Amazon Highlights Risks and Impacts from Using Pricing Algorithms

Both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division have focused their sights on big technology companies. Understanding the precedents set by these suits is ...
Frontiers

A deep learning-based cascade algorithm for pancreatic tumor segmentation

Pancreatic tumors are small in size, diverse in shape, and have low contrast and high texture similarity with surrounding tissue. As a result, the segmentation model is easily confused by complex and ...
IEEE

A Time-Driven Dynamic Weapon Target Assignment Method

Abstract: The traditional dynamic weapon target assignment model is a combination of multiple static weapon target assignment stages. The assignment of the next stage is carried out after the result ...