A research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was nominated for two best-paper awards at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation this week. The annual event, ...

Researchers have developed an algorithmic planner that helps delegate tasks to humans and robots. The planner, 'Act, Delegate or Learn' (ADL), considers a list of tasks and decides how best to assign ...

In 2017, New York City passed a law to keep the city’s automated systems in check. Local Law 49, the first law of its kind in the nation, established a task force to examine the hidden algorithms ...

(TNS) — A task force convened by Pitt's Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security will examine algorithms used by Allegheny County in human service and criminal justice settings for potential bias ...

Pittsburgh’s municipalities have used public algorithmic systems to make decisions ranging from children’s safety to policing. A task force from a local cybersecurity institute wants to make sure it’s ...

Algorithms aren’t just deciding the content of social media feeds and online advertising anymore. To guard against bias creep and streamline decisions about the allocation of resources, many urban ...