Algorithm

Latin Hypercube Sampling

What is LHS? Latin hypercube sampling aims to bring the best of both worlds: the unbiased random sampling of monte carlo simulation; and the even coverage of a grid search over the decision space.

Fork the algorithm

Watching scenes like these makes me feel like I’m already living in a dystopian future. This is amazing. The future is here. ‘Fuck the algorithm’ pic.twitter.com/k4Vny0L4tF — Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) August 17, 2020 The protests are of course in response to the UK Education Secretary Gavin Williamson’s decision to use an algorithm to determine A-level and GCSE grades for students this year.

Bias in algorithms

Last week a colleague of mine shared the news that the UK Home Office has agreed to scrap its controversial ‘visa-streaming’ immigration algorithm after a successful legal challenge. 🚨Breaking news🚨