Mei GuaninCivic Analytics 2018Signal 5: What is That “Black Box” Algorithm ThinkingExpanding on Signal 4 regarding risk assessment tools — what are ways we can understand and audit “black box” algorithms? This is…Nov 13, 2018Nov 13, 2018
Mei GuaninCivic Analytics 2018Signal 4 : Humans need implicit bias training and so do machines.Scientific American(SA) describes “implicit bias” as “tendency for stereotype-confirming thoughts to pass spontaneously through our minds”…Oct 20, 2018Oct 20, 2018
Mei GuaninCivic Analytics 2018Signal # 3: Can we entrust the future of our democracy to blockchain enabled mobile voting?The last US Presidential elections surfaced the vulnerabilities of our voting system as one of the pillars of our democracy. Given current…Sep 28, 2018Sep 28, 2018
Mei GuaninCivic Analytics 2018Signal 2: To Combat Air Pollution…Let’s Build These 100m-High Pollution-Absorbing TowersIn New Delhi, toxic smog continues to harm the respiratory and cardiovascular systems and cause disruptions like car pileups, and flight…Sep 24, 2018Sep 24, 2018
Mei GuaninCivic Analytics 2018Signal 1: Can you swipe right on a teacher?Teaching is a large profession in the US — the National Center for Educational Statistics projected 3.6mln full-time equivalent teachers in…Sep 11, 2018Sep 11, 2018