(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Bad algorithms have been causing a lot of trouble lately. One, designed to supplant exam scores, blew the college prospects of untold numbers of students attending ...

One sector where the pandemic has accelerated the pace of digitalization is education, although as with so many others, this has not always been done as efficiently as might be hoped. Almost ...

Explainable algorithms Meanwhile, Tessa Cramwinckel was grappling with the concept of ‘explainability’ in algorithms. Her research, which is nearing completion, demonstrates that in most cases ...

There is already precedent for such concerns, dating back to some of the first use cases of enrollment algorithms in higher education, according to a recent report from the policy think tank ...

Higher education may be in crisis mode when we look at escalating price tags, declining demographics, culture wars on campus, COVID-19 protocols and a host of other issues. However, the use of ...

And in fact, some effectively are when they use the same software. These algorithms help companies achieve anti-competitive outcomes without direct input from humans.

An algorithm is a process to follow in solving a problem, often in a mathematical calculation. Most people think of algorithms (if they think of them at all) as involving complicated formulas and ...

Most people don't use the word algorithm every day. Many think it refers to lines of code or the latest Diplo beat. Yet, algorithms are ubiquitous and there is an increasing urgency of action ...

So if race is disproportionately (but not explicitly) represented in the data fed to a data-mining algorithm, the algorithm can infer race and use race indirectly to make an ultimate decision.

The respondents to this canvassing offered a variety of ideas about how individuals and the broader culture might respond to the algorithm-ization of life. They noted that those who create and evolve ...