The information age is starting to transform fishing worldwide

One of the oldest industries, fishing, is entering the world of advanced analytics and data-driven planning. With oceans under stress and key fish stocks dwindling, can precision fishing help?

Nicholas P. Sullivan, Senior Research Fellow, Fletcher Maritime Studies Program, and Senior Fellow, Council on Emerging Market Enterprises, Tufts University • conversation
April 14, 2022 • ~10 min

How AI is shaping the cybersecurity arms race

Artificial intelligence is emerging as a key cybersecurity tool for both attackers and defenders.

Sagar Samtani, Assistant Professor of Operations and Decision Technologies, Indiana University • conversation
Feb. 23, 2022 • ~5 min

Instagram Kids: tech development must move from usability to safety

Children are at the heart of the battle between usefulness and security. Can we trust Big Tech to find solutions to making computers, and life online, safer for them?

Ana Calderon, Senior Lecutrer in Computer Science, Cardiff Metropolitan University • conversation
Oct. 7, 2021 • ~5 min

COVID-19 revealed how sick the US health care delivery system really is

With outdated delivery systems at many hospitals and clinics, mistakes can lead to costly duplication of services and poor patient outcomes. But there are ways to fix the current system.

Elizabeth A. Regan, Dept. Chair Integrated Information Technology and Professor of Health Informatics, University of South Carolina • conversation
March 2, 2021 • ~9 min

Australia, fighting Facebook, is the latest country to struggle against foreign influence on journalism

The battle between media companies and foreign governments over who controls the news dates back some 150 years, to when European and US wire services dictated the world's headlines.

Vanessa Freije, Assistant Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington • conversation
Feb. 19, 2021 • ~10 min

The lack of women in cybersecurity leaves the online world at greater risk

Women are underrepresented in technology fields, but especially so in cybersecurity. It's not just a matter of fairness. Women are better than men at key aspects of keeping the internet safe.

Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro • conversation
May 15, 2020 • ~8 min

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