Category: Data Science Newsletter

Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for September 20, 2021   Have you seen this graphic in @Abebab et al 2021!?! It provides a striking look into the values of ML/AI research. Twitter, Jonathan McKinney from September 18, 2021 Notice the red and blue text. That’s where human social / ethical concerns begin. This […]

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Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for September 19, 2021   New science and technology centers to address vexing societal problems National Science Foundation from September 09, 2021 Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced six new science and technology centers to advance ambitious, complex research in fields ranging from mechanobiology to particle physics […]

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Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for September 15, 2021   Open-source software starts with developers, but there are other important contributors, too. Who exactly? Good question The Register, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols from September 08, 2021 As a Nature article recently pointed out: “Substantial contributions, such as organising meetings, providing outreach or performing other […]

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Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for September 14, 2021   Neurograins: a wireless network ON your brain IEEE Future Directions, Robert Saracco from August 23, 2021 A team of researchers from Brown, Baylor University, University of California at San Diego and Qualcomm has been working in the past four years on a new […]

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Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for September 8, 2021   Very interesting piece in the @WSJ by @JoannaStern about the #RightToRepair movement in the context of #Electronics. https://youtube.com/watch?v=0NCjoUx-KLI Twitter, Liam Cadigan from August 31, 2021 It is a tale of two laptops, one with repair documentation and parts available, and another which does […]

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Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for September 7, 2021   Should We Regulate Direct-to-Consumer Health Apps? Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School, Sara Gerke from September 01, 2021 According to one estimate, over 318,000 health apps are available in app stores, and over 200 health apps are added each day. Of these, only […]

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Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for September 2, 2021   Judge freezes UC Berkeley’s student enrollment at 2020-21 levels. Berkeleyside, Frances Dinkelspiel from August 24, 2021 An Alameda County judge has ordered UC Berkeley to freeze its enrollment at 2020-21 levels going forward until the university redoes a supplemental environmental impact report (SEIR) […]

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Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for September 1, 2021   Open Source Is Throwing AI Policymakers For A Loop Machine learning isn’t just for big companies any more IEEE Spectrum, Ned Potter from August 25, 2021 Depending on whom you ask, artificial intelligence may someday rank with fire and the printing press as […]

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Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for August 31, 2021   Nutrition and tech experts bring carb-coding power to the masses with AI startup Nutra Ingredients, Nikki Hancocks from August 23, 2021 Pullman is one of the hardest places to win in the sport. After Smith’s success with an analytics-driven approach at Saint Mary’s, […]

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Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for August 25, 2021   How AI-powered tech landed man in jail with scant evidence Associated Press; Garance Burke, Martha Mendoza, Juliet Linderman and Michael Tarm from August 19, 2021 Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to remember their fishing trips with the grandchildren, how he used to […]

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