Top news of the week: 14.07.2020.
#AI #Cybersecurity #COVID #security #DeepLearning #MachineLearning #innovation #ethics #ICML2020 #healthecosystem
Robotics
Why We Need Mass Automation to Pandemic-Proof the Supply Chain
Covid-19 has exposed massive vulnerabilities in the global supply chain. To make it more resilient to this and future pandemics, we must look to technology.
RT @RobotReportKara: June 2020 Robotics Transactions Rebound for Mobile, Medical, and Manufacturing Sectors @RoboticBusiness #robotics #manufacturing https://t.co/MgTqYtdZvN https://t.co/RvXp0eeKRH
OpenJune 2020 transactions rebound for mobile, medical, and manufacturing robotics
In June 2020, robotics investments rose after a slow spring, with funding flowing to autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, and healthcare robotics.
Research
RT @pathak2206: RL gets specific to the robot it is trained on. Can a policy be trained to control many agents?
Turns out, training (shared) policy for each motor instead of whole robot not only achieves SOTA at train but also transfers to unseen agents w/o fine-tuning!
https://t.co/UOTlrt7eeE https://t.co/ztqCbXw3Kp
OpenOne Policy to Control Them All: Shared Modular Policies for Agent-Agnostic Control.
Huang, Mordatch, Pathak. One Policy to Control Them All: Shared Modular Policies for Agent-Agnostic Control. ICML 2020.
RT @BachFrancis: Lots of videos in this month blog post, written by Lénaïc Chizat @LenaicCsl, on the implicit bias of neural networks learned with gradient descent.
https://t.co/rtUy9DobDG https://t.co/H6dpKgcY5M
OpenGradient descent for wide two-layer neural networks – II: Generalization and implicit bias
Our line of reasoning however completely falls apart without such a regularization: if the objective function depends …
Applied Use Cases
RT @WiMLworkshop: 1/7 We look forward to seeing you at #WiML2020 Un-Workshop at #ICML2020 on Monday, July 13!
The Un-Workshop schedule can be found here: https://t.co/q57hvNIThg. The Un-Workshop itself will be accessible from inside the workshop page on https://t.co/G2rEqsu1NT.
OpenProgram
Monday, July 13th, 2020 Time (GMT/UTC) Event 06:00 – 06:40 Informal Social 06:40 – 06:50 Introduction and opening …
RT @martintisne: Protecting individual data isn't enough when the harm is collective. Check out my new paper with @MarietjeSchaake https://t.co/W0zfrnqX62 huge thanks @m_c_elish @katecrawford @jonathanfox707 @GusHosein @karen_ec_levy @RaviNa1k @dgrobinson @SandraWachter5 for reviewing it https://t.co/8mrT437nKb
OpenQ&A: The Data Delusion
Protecting Individual Isn't Enough When the Harm is Collective. A Q&A with Marietje Schaake and Martin Tisne on his new paper The Data Delusion.
Ethics
Why are Artificial Intelligence systems biased?
Just recently, we learned of the first false arrest of an African American based largely on a facial-recognition system.
RT @EmilyBarwell: Public trust and regulation are crucial issues identified in the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation's in-depth analysis of #AI and #data use in the UK. Interested to read more? I am pleased to have been involved in putting toget…https://t.co/1u1AC5iOKM https://t.co/vqcuzdjSim
OpenCDEI research identifies barriers to data use and ethical artificial intelligence
The UK government advisory body set up to inform policy around data-driven technology has released its first AI Barometer, which focuses crimi...
Marketing
RT @Nanjero_: The design of machine-learning systems used to this day is based on the human brain model described by Donald Hebb in 1949 in his book "The Organization of Behavior."
https://t.co/UMChvD611c https://t.co/PMlC3WRdUj
OpenExplainer: What Is Machine Learning?
Machine learning (ML) is the study of computer systems that automatically improve with experience, a hot topic in the last few years, but a concept that's been around for decades. IBM ...
Not Just The Sprinkles On Top: Baking Ethics Into AI Design [ foundations not facade please! ] https://t.co/0XFt3flxh5
#ai #artificiaintelligence #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #ethics #aiethics #bias https://t.co/7mhkRv6AkV
OpenNot Just The Sprinkles On Top: Baking Ethics Into AI Design
Ethical AI design is possible (not to mention, necessary) for any company, and it begins from the ground up.
Healthcare
RT @innonurse: Honored to be in the top 25 of #healthtech #twitter #influencers from @Siftedeu -> https://t.co/ursi3IU34P #nurse #nursinginformatics #NursesWhoTweet cc: @nursegeeky @iris_frye @KimStevensNI @FailaPereira @DanielleCNOofCA #healthIT https://t.co/PMswtf6AjU
OpenTop 25 healthtech influencers to follow on Twitter
From digital health whizzes to femtech gurus, meet the healthtech Twitter influencers you should follow.
RT @Gil_Bashe: New blogpost: Destruction or Disruption — #COVID-19 Forces Overdue Health-Sector Change. If past history is any indicator for future performance, the #healthecosystem rarely misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity. My thoughts on why we must act. https://t.co/Q6NXMeSXBC
OpenDestruction or Disruption -- COVID-19 Forces Overdue Health-Sector Change
As the current public health crisis grinds on, it has revealed serious vulnerabilities throughout the health sector. We’re seeing inequitable access to healthcare and lopsided disease and ...
Cybersecurity
Social engineering hacks weaken cybersecurity during the pandemic | InfoWorld https://t.co/p6W4SkUOtv
OpenSocial engineering hacks weaken cybersecurity during the pandemic
Disinformation, malware, and an array of cyberattacks are rising as fast as case counts
RT @_SChmielewski: Using #AI to Bridge the #Cybersecurity Skills Gap
@Paula_Piccard @digitalcloudgal @mclynd @JolaBurnett @Julez_Norton @fogle_shane @JBarbosaPR @kashthefuturist @psb_dc @FrRonconi @Xbond49 @NevilleGaunt @Fisher85M @TriciaKicksSaaS @Kevin_Jackson @CSOonline
https://t.co/uPTdT8EKF7
OpenVirtual Security Analysts – Using AI to Bridge the Cybersecurity Skills Gap
The smart businesses, cities, and infrastructures of tomorrow will all require AI-based security analysis and response to fend off the speed and sophistication of the threats of tomorrow.