Tag: Action

Backpropagation ??? Chain Rule and PyTorch in Action

The modern businesses rely more and more on the advances in the innovative fields like Artificial Intelligence to deliver the best product and services to its customers. Many of production AI systems is based on various Neural Networks trained often using a tremendous amount of data. For development...

A Framework for Collective Business Action Toward Racial Equity

Providing a way for business leaders to build anti-racist companies and a more equitable economy was the key goal at the inception of the first Racial Equity Impact Improvement Program led by B Lab U.S. & Canada. The program, launched in April 2023, included leaders from 12 Certified B Corporati...

Unraveling the Threads of Unconscious Bias: A Call for Awareness and Action

Unconscious bias, often referred to as implicit bias, represents the hidden and automatic attitudes or stereotypes that influence our understanding, actions, and decisions without our conscious awareness. Despite our best intentions, these biases can permeate various aspects of our lives, shaping ou...

Math models of collective action explain why Ukraine is still fighting and why Iran might be headed for a revolution

Pivoting to the Iranian protests, we are seeing similar collective action, this time by protestors over the abuses of the Iranian theocracy. Starting with the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman arrested by morality police in Tehran, the protests have swelled into an indictment of the governme...

Title: The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling: What Lies Ahead?

In the absence of affirmative action, socioeconomic factors may gain increased importance in admissions and hiring processes. Institutions may look to consider applicants' backgrounds, economic circumstances, and access to resources when making decisions. This shift could open new avenues for in...

Affirmative Action in Georgia: A Brief Look

In a recent groundbreaking ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a decision that marked the end of race-conscious admission programs at colleges and universities across the nation. The court’s six-justice conservative supermajority invalidated admissions procedures at both Harvard and the U...

Affirmative Action in Higher Education: Should it be Allowed as a Practice?

I took the time to read the Supreme Court ruling that discontinues affirmative action programs in our top universities in the United States. Instead of reading news articles, please at least read the summary of the decision here, it’s only 8 pages or so and starts right at the beginning. ...

Without Affirmative Action, Other Things Have to Come and Go As Well

In the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, one topic has recently taken center stage: affirmative action. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to end affirmative action in college admissions (together with the striking down of Biden’s student loan forgiveness ...