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Maths in a Minute: Computational fluid dynamics
The mathematical equations governing fluid flow may have no known solutions, but maths still has the answers!
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BloodCounts!
Find out how the BloodCounts! project is using AI to make the best of the millions of full blood counts performed every year.
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Chaos, chance and money
With the credit crunch dominating the news, columnists have been wailing about "chaos in the markets", and "turbulent" share prices. But what does move the markets? Are they deterministic, or a result of chance? Colva Roney-Dougal explores the maths, from chaos to group theory.
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Differential privacy: Keeping your data safe
The age of Big Data poses a risk to our privacy as even anonymised data can sometimes be linked to individuals. Differential privacy provides a way of protecting sensitive information even when some of it is made public.
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Protecting your data in the face of AI
Artificial intelligence algorithms are often trained on people's personal data. How can we make sure that this data remains private?
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Keeping hospitals safe from infectious diseases
Infectious diseases in hospitals cost lives and money. How can we best understand them?
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Cars in the next lane really do go faster
Yes, you were right to wish you were in the other lane during this morning's commute! Nick Bostrom tells why we're usually caught in the slow lane.
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Understanding uncertainty: The maths of surprises
You meet an old friend on holiday, you find your colleague shares your birthday, you win the lottery. Exactly how rare are these rare events? David Spiegelhalter investigates in his regular column on uncertainty and risk.
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Maths in a minute: One time events
What does it mean to say there's a 30% chance of rain today?
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Revolutionising the power of blood tests using AI
The BloodCounts! project is gearing up towards one of the largest-scale applications yet of machine learning in medicine and healthcare.
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AI be the judge: Part II
We continue our exploration of the potential use of AI in sentencing.