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Advanced Data Anonymisation Techniques: Protecting Privacy Without Sacrificing Utility
As companies collect more data, protecting individual privacy becomes even more critical. Data anonymisation changes sensitive information to shield individual identities while keeping the data useful. But basic anonymisation methods often fall short. This leaves data vulnerable to re-identification attacks. Advanced anonymisation techniques help you overcome these challenges.
Contrastive Learning in Feature Spaces: Your Practical Guide to Better Representations
Data preprocessing in machine learning handles the fundamentals: cleaning outliers, managing missing values, normalizing features. You get your dataset into pristine condition. But here's what catches many practitioners off guard: even with perfectly preprocessed data, your model might still miss important patterns. Why does this happen? The answer lies in how your model represents that data internally. Two models can receive the same clean dataset, yet one produces far better results.
Geometric Methods in Data Preprocessing: Enhancing Your Data Through Spatial Thinking
When working with complex datasets, traditional data preprocessing in machine learning methods sometimes fall short of revealing the deeper patterns hidden in your data. You might have clean, complete data with solid quality pipelines, but still struggle to extract meaningful insights that drive better model performance. This is where geometric methods come in.
Digital Twins in Healthcare: A Practical Implementation Guide
Introduction Imagine a tool that lets doctors and researchers test and plan treatments without any risk to patients. This is the idea behind digital twins (DTs) that are virtual copies of people, devices, or even entire hospital systems. The role of digital twins in the healthcare sector, especially in patient care and operational management, can be seen from the increase in revenue to $21.1 billion by 2028.
India and AI application
By Abhishek Singh & Satwik Mishra In 2023, the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) reached a zenith in its global recognition and anticipation, capturing the world’s collective imagination. This burgeoning interest will progressively transform into a deeper exploration of AI’s concrete benefits, particularly for communities traditionally overlooked in technological advancements. India, with its strategic foresight, is leading this shift towards leveraging AI for inclusive development.
Satwik Mishra writes: Cautiously on AI
The G20 Delhi Declaration stresses the importance of responsible artificial intelligence (AI) practices, including the protection of human rights, transparency, fairness, and accountability. This month, the G7 nations agreed to draft an international AI code of conduct, focusing on drawing voluntary company commitments to prevent harm. Approximately 700 policy instruments are being discussed to regulate AI.
Express View on G20 and Global South: Right place, right time
In diplomacy especially, timing matters. India’s presidency of the G20 came at a time when the world was undergoing a geo-political churn. The Russia-Ukraine war had impacted the global economy after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. The economic shock of these twin events had a deep impact on developing and under-developed countries — the war came at a time when these countries were just trying to get back on their feet with the post-pandemic economic recovery.
How can we best navigate the frontier of AI regulation?
AI regulation requires a firm hand Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto CEO, Good Tech Advisory Vice President (Content), Centre for Trustworthy Technology Crowdsource Innovation Discover How is the World Economic Forum creating guardrails for Artificial Intelligence? Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.
G20 to IMF, why global players want to replicate India's Digital Public Infrastructure
India’s expertise in using technology to boost socio-economic development is now recognized worldwide. The country has built a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) that includes a digital identification layer called Aadhar; a payments system running as a Unified Payment Interface; and, a data exchange layer in its Account Aggregator, amongst other services. These functions have been curated as foundational layers to build, iterate and innovate upon.
Crafting safe Generative AI systems
The Generative AI revolution is upon us and will potentially unleash a wave of technical and social change. Large Language Models (LLMs) alone are predicted to add $2.6 trillion-$4.4 trillion annually to the global economy. As one example of their potential impact, consider the ongoing pilot of Jugalbandi Chatbot in rural India (powered by ChatGPT).
How India can combat vaccine hesitancy
The vaccination drive in India began on January 16. As of June 7, 232 million people have been vaccinated. (Illustration: C R Sasikumar) (Written by Rajeshwari Sahay and Satwik Mishra) Biladi, a remote village in the district of Nandurbar in Maharashtra, recently found itself in national news. In this small village, with a population of a thousand, Sachin Patki, the principal of the zilla parishad primary school, has begun a crusade against the misinformation around vaccines.
Tech to the aid of justice delivery
The progressive approach of the Supreme Court, the rapid adjustment to online courts, the work being done across several spectrums by the government of India, and a fast evolving landscape in law and technology make this the most critical opportunity for transformative change in the Indian judicial ecosystem. A substantial number of cases are those that don’t require interpretation of the law by a judge, but simply adjudication on facts We have known the problem all along.
Preparing India for urban acceleration
As the economy advances towards incentivising wealth creation, environmental sustainability and technologically proficiency, urbanisation acceleration is inevitable. An amount of Rs 8,000 crore has also been set apart for incubation of eight new cities. By Himani Sachdeva & Satwik Mishra Never before in history has such a high volume of population shifted from rural to urban locales as is currently happening in India today.
How DCT can help the fertiliser sector deal with main challenges
These challenges can be substantively tackled if the design of DCT is optimal Topics Fertilizers | fertiliser companies | Cash transfer Zeba Khan & Satwik Mishra Last Updated at March 22, 2021 08:59 IST https://mybs.in/2ZcsFZg Fertiliser subsidy accounts for second highest subsidy in India at around 22% of overall subsidy burden amounting to Rs 79.5 thousand crores.
Towards decriminalising minor offences
Assurance as a part of justice for all is a critical component, and it led to an incremental addition on the foundation of the government of India’s goals in 2019. From ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas’, the government began optimising towards ‘Sabka Vishwaas’. A significant aspect of building assurance, belief and trust is by supporting and scaling entrepreneurship in India.
India needs more online dispute resolution Original
ODR can raise equity and access in the dispute resolution ecosystem in India, through low-cost resolution facilitated in a remote manner by technology The Union minister (law & justice) told the Parliament on September 22 that 62,054 cases were pending at the Supreme Court, 51,57,378 at High Courts (HC) and 3,45,71,854 at the district courts. By Desh Gaurav Sekhri & Satwik Mishra The pendency of over 40 million cases in our judicial system remains a focal point for reform and reduction.
The many bright spots on India’s innovation horizon
Recognising the potential, the government is putting in place a framework of collaboration, facilitation and regulation Innovation rearranges existing elements into permutations and combinations that benefit society. In his Brāhmaphutasiddhānta, Brahmagupta’s marvellous take on his innovation of zero was, “A debt minus zero is a debt. A fortune minus zero is a fortune. A debt subtracted from zero is a fortune. A fortune subtracted from zero is a debt.
Why nudging access to justice will make Indians trust upholding of the rule of law
John Rawls famously described justice as “the first virtue of social institutions.” Today technology-enabled interventions can play the role in advancing this virtue. Technology-led access to justice solutions are incorporating values in their products to gain the trust of litigants.
How design-thinking can help justice delivery in the Covid era
In the pandemic-induced revised reality, prioritising universal and uniform access to justice for the common man is of paramount importance. William Gibson said, “The future is already here — just not evenly distributed.” How justice is delivered and to how many, is what matters today, as traditional institutions undergo a metamorphosis of sorts.
Why governance will need design-thinking in a post-Covid world
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the criticality to adapt, innovate and ideate on the spur of the moment in response to an unprecedented crisis. Across the world, real-time exchange of ideas and out-of-the-box thinking is paying dividends in spades. In India, integrating citizens' experiences, data analytics, district-level administration and subject expertise has been the overwhelming theme in governance for the last two months.
Envisioning a new India post Covid-19
Some of the most developed nations built their welfare programmes when they were going through a crisis. After World War II, the UK, at its poorest ever in recent history, adopted the National Health Service. Sweden began its welfare programme “folkhemmet” in 1930s when it was facing acute food shortage and an unemployment rate of 25 per cent.
COVID-19 outbreak: Immediate framework needed for reaching out to distressed migrant workers
© Provided by The Financial Express Given that identification of beneficiaries under PDS is the state governmentâs prerogative, these models may be emulated across states to reach out to migrants. By Yogesh Suri & Satwik Mishra The Union Government has adapted quickly, building a new welfare module to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. A substantive relief package announced under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) was the start of this module.
COVID-19 outbreak: Immediate framework needed for reaching out to distressed migrant workers
© Provided by The Financial Express COVID-19 outbreak: Immediate framework needed for reaching out to distressed migrant workers © Provided by The Financial Express Given that identification of beneficiaries under PDS is the state government's prerogative, these models may be emulated across states to reach out to migrants. By Yogesh Suri & Satwik Mishra The Union Government has adapted quickly, building a new welfare module to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 outbreak: Immediate framework needed for reaching out to distressed migrant workers
Given that identification of beneficiaries under PDS is the state government’s prerogative, these models may be emulated across states to reach out to migrants. By Yogesh Suri & Satwik Mishra The Union Government has adapted quickly, building a new welfare module to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. A substantive relief package announced under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) was the start of this module.
Strengthening food security measures during coronavirus lockdown
The Union Government has adapted quickly building a new welfare module to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. A substantive relief package announced under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) was the start of this module. However, there are unintended consequences of the much-required lockdown, which have to be concurrently addressed. The food security challenge facing migrant workers is one such challenge.
Covid-19: Will arbitration help India navigate legal wildfire expected in energy sector?
Billions have been confined between their walls and are lost in their devices due to the COVID-19 crisis. In these unprecedented times, the irreplaceable role of electricity in modern lifestyle has been highlighted. In India, the maximum daily load of electricity was 162 GW on March 22nd. However, this load dropped by 41 GW to 121 GW by March 31 after the announcement of the much needed lockdown.
View: The most desirable development model for a country like India
BCCL India must create an aspiration and opportunity structure conducive to raising income levels. By Satwik Mishra A coherent development model for India requires a road map prioritising implementation structures. To prioritise among different possibilities, we need to have a valuation framework. Today, the measure of what is valuable is indicated by prices. However, there are other significant ways of judging value in society.
Who should drive ‘blue sky’ research?
An entrepreneur is a risk taker. A rational self-interested entity that invests where there exists a favourable cost-benefit ratio. This investment benefits society, by optimum utilisation of resources. An entrepreneur would rationally want to minimise cost of production, earn profit and create a product valued by society. However, this cycle is also an entrepreneur’s limitation when it comes to a niche sector — blue sky research and development.
The Blue Sky Enterpreneur
An entrepreneur is a risk taker. A rational self-interested entity that invests where there exists a favourable cost-benefit ratio. This investment benefits the society, by optimum utilisation of resources. Its optimum as an enterpreneur would rationally want to minimise cost of production, earn profit and create a product valued by society. However this cycle is also an enterpreneur’s limitation when it comes to a niche sector, blue sky research and development.
Towards Pax Technologica?
A decade has passed since Larry Diamond, a political scientist at Stanford University, put forward the idea of a global “democratic recession”. For a while now, experts have been warning us of various threats to democracy – economic, political and social. These might take the form of trade wars, the refugee crisis in the west and the rise of populist demagogues such as Donald Trump in the U.S. and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey.
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