A fall semester welcome to undergraduates | MIT News
Source: MIT News On Monday, MIT welcomed undergraduates back to a new fall semester with the annual President’s Welcome Convocation....
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Counting the words that count – EDJ News
Counting the words that count Text & Image Source: EDJNet – The European Data Journalism Network, distribute under CC BY...
There are more forests in barren Greece than in Hungary – EDJ News
The total forest area in the world is estimated at 3.9 billion hectares, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture...
Fewer living at risk of poverty in Europe – EDJ News
People are at risk of poverty when their income is significantly lower than that of the population as a whole....
Focus: How is the pandemic changing our daily habits? – EDJ News
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What You Should Do When Visiting Cambodia
Cambodia is a country on the rise. While it does not boast luxurious amenities or expansive infrastructure, it’s still an...
For researchers, accessing data is one thing. Assessing its quality another | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • kayser-bril@algorithmwatch.org • GPG Key Online platforms often provide data that is riddled with errors. Rather than...
GPT-3 is a lot of fun, but no game-changer | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • kayser-bril@algorithmwatch.org We usually do not write about newly-released software, especially when there is no way to...
Pre-crime at the tax office: How Poland automated the fight against VAT fraud | AlgorithmWatch
By Konrad Szczygieł This story is part of AlgorithmWatch’s upcoming report Automating Society 2020, to be published later this year....
Under the Twitter streetlight: How data scarcity distorts research | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • kayser-bril@algorithmwatch.org • GPG Key As part of our #LeftOnRead campaign, several researchers testified to the reluctance...
Algorithmic grading is not an answer to the challenges of the pandemic | AlgorithmWatch
By Graeme Tiffany Graeme Tiffany is a philosopher of education. He argues that replacing exams with algorithmic grading, as was...
Spain’s largest bus terminal deployed live face recognition four years ago, but few noticed | AlgorithmWatch
By Naiara Bellio López-Molina Madrid South Station’s face recognition system automatically matches every visitor’s face against a database of suspects,...