Analysis: There has been huge interest in using artificial intelligence tools for hiring decisions in organisations, but there are drawbacks In a recent Irish Times column, Pilita Clark argues that it ...

Leaving Certificate students are to be given the choice this year between predicted grades as a means of assessment of their knowledge of a subject or having that knowledge assessed in the traditional ...

The impact of computing on society is ever increasing. Web-based commerce continues to grow and artificial intelligence now pervades our lives. To make wise choices, we need to understand how ...

Algorithm-generated rotas: A good idea? Using algorithms to allocate work has benefits for both employers and employees, but this should augment not replace the human touch In the gig economy ...

In the gig economy algorithms have been used to allocate work for some time. Take Uber and Deliveroo. For workers it offers a degree of autonomy – the opportunity to turn work down, choose when to ...

The big read: Algorithms can help scientists save lives but these powerful models - and the personal data they use - can also do harm. Regina Lavelle reports on the opportunities and risks of our ...

No human, or team of humans, could possibly keep up with the avalanche of information produced by many of today’s physics and astronomy experiments. Some of them record terabytes of data every day—and ...