Distributed optimisation and algorithms form a vibrant field that addresses the challenge of coordinating multiple agents or nodes to collectively solve global optimisation problems. This domain ...

Stanford created its own software system to prioritize which health care workers get the COVID-19 vaccine, but excluded residents working directly with patients. To deal with the massive logistical ...

For better accountability, we should shift the focus from the design of these systems to their impact. Describing a decision-making system as an “algorithm” is often a way to deflect accountability ...

After reviewing initial results, we were dismayed that although vaccine coverage of communities achieved overall goals, our algorithm had not resulted in corresponding proportional vaccination of ...