Category: AI + Society

I have been wanting to write this article ever since I had a conversation with my friend about the gender inequality that exists in tech. She is a CS grad and I am an ECE grad, both with a master’s degree and we were talking about how insecure we feel about our mathematical and coding…

Claude Shanon, in Information theory, asserts that as the level of information increases the uncertainty related to that event decreases. Going by the dictum, in a highly uncertain event like COVID-19, there is a lot of information to be gained. Countries like South Korea and Taiwan were severely affected by MERS and SARS in the…

Duke University Library is a treasure where I have discovered thought-provoking, mood-lifting, and spiritually enriching books. Last summer, I came across a book in the aisles of the library — CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD What caught my eye was the phrase on the cover,…