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We made our own version of the Codebreaker sign-cracking algorithm — and talked to pitchers about how to thwart it.
An algorithm used to inform healthcare decisions for millions of people shows significant racial bias in its predictions of the health risks of black patients.
In the closely watched case, which is seen as setting a precedent in Europe about government use of predictive algorithms, the court said that the welfare program lacked privacy safeguards and ...
Over two years, a machine-learning program warned thousands of health care providers about patients at high risk of sepsis, allowing them to begin treatments nearly two hours sooner ...
June 3, 2019 Algorithm that Tailors Digital Meditation Program Improves Attention and Memory By Laura Kurtzman Scientists at UC San Francisco have developed a personalized digital meditation training ...
Can a computer program save more children from abuse and neglect? The hope is that an algorithm can help predict that a child is in a dangerous situation.
Using a remotely-delivered, algorithm-driven program for disease management, patients experienced significant improvement in cholesterol and blood pressure levels, according to late-breaking ...
The basic algorithm used to make a matching between applicants and programs is fairly straightforward. An applicant — Alice — starts by applying to her first-choice program.
Want to enter the tech-savvy world of algorithmic trading? Here are some tips for picking the right algorithmic trading software.
U of Texas at Austin has stopped using a machine-learning system to evaluate applicants for its Ph.D. in computer science. Critics say the system exacerbates existing inequality in the field.