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Algorithms
Mobile phones, ATMs, modern cars, televisions, e-readers: none of them would work without software. The heart of software is formed by algorithms: step-by-step procedures to perform given tasks.
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AI thinks my dog is a Pig! Want to know why?••
March 10 2023, by BhartiApplications of machine learning models are everywhere, with many online platforms and major science fields using tools relying on machine learning. Take, for example, image recognition and computer vision. But did you know that the results of supposedly perfect and accurate machine learning models can be deceived by slight perturbations in the data?Read article - Article
Can algorithms learn to price collusively?••
November 25 2022, by Janusz MeylahnThis is a question I have been thinking about for the last two years. In this article, I will give a little overview of what I have discovered in that time.Read article - Article
MO-together and not alone! How networks can help fundraising in the no-profit sector•
November 11 2022, by Anna PrianteBack in 2015, I joined the Movember health movement, a movement that you probably have heard of having something related to men growing a moustache. As a woman, you might imagine, I did not join for the moustache thing, but rather for the cause behind the moustache symbol, that is, raising awareness of prostate and testicular cancer.Read article - Article
The travelling salesman problem•
September 23 2022, by Network PagesSuppose you have a delivery service. You have one truck and have to deliver a large number of parcels to different cities in the country every day. Then you run into the following problem: in which order should you visit the cities?Read article - Article
Ding-Dong! Finally, your delivery driver is at your door••
September 2 2022, by Roshan MahesWhy your packages arrive too late: the challenges (and solutions) behind last-mile delivery.Read article