Volume 51 | Number 10 | December 2018
Designing Algorithms to Increase Fairness in Artificial Intelligence

Designing Algorithms to Increase Fairness in Artificial Intelligence

The increasing role of artificial intelligence to automate decision-making sparks concern about potential AI-based discrimination.

Rhapsodizing About Bohemian Matrices

Rhapsodizing About Bohemian Matrices

Matrices of small integers—innocuous as they may seem—can clearly provoke interesting behavior.

The Functions of Deep Learning

The Functions of Deep Learning

Gil Strang identifies continuous piecewise linear functions as powerful approximators in an effort to transform shallow learning into deep learning.

Progress by Accident: Some Reflections on My Career

Progress by Accident: Some Reflections on My Career

On the occasion of a birthday celebration, Walter Gautschi describes his interest in different research areas.

A Near-perfect Heat Exchange

A Near-perfect Heat Exchange

Nature can overcome the second law of thermodynamics and (nearly) exchange the temperatures of two substances.

Randomized Projection Methods in Linear Algebra and Data Analysis

Randomized Projection Methods in Linear Algebra and Data Analysis

Per-Gunnar Martinsson describes two randomized algorithms designed to help process large datasets in high-dimensional spaces.