Digitally Transformed World
Big data and smart systems, with privacy and security protected
Industry embraces virtual clinical trial platforms
Site-less clinical trials promise to speed up drug development — but obstacles to in-home data collection abound.
Use our personal data for the common good
Technology giants should take lessons from the Human Genome Project and be data stewards, not data owners, says Hetan Shah.
Cybersecurity needs women
Safeguarding our lives online requires skills and experiences that lie beyond masculine stereotypes of the hacker and soldier, says Winifred R. Poster.
People must retain control of autonomous vehicles
Legislation on the testing of self-driving cars does not address liability and safety concerns, warn Ashley Nunes, Bryan Reimer and Joseph F. Coughlin.
Machine learning spots treasure trove of elusive viruses
Artificial intelligence could speed up metagenomic studies that look for species unknown to science.
AI researchers embrace Bitcoin technology to share medical data
Blockchain could let people offer health records for research — without losing control over them.
Sustainable Cities, Global Health, Climate Change, Digitally Transformed World, Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Peter Newman on Sustainable Earth, Part 2
In the second part of this interview, Peter Newman the Editor-in-Chief of BMC’s new journal Sustainable Earth, discusses the three Ps of informing policy and how to involve the community in sustainability science and in the journal. Special thanks to Linda Blagg at Curtin University for the filming and recording of the interview.
Sustainable Cities, Global Health, Climate Change, Digitally Transformed World, Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Peter Newman on Sustainable Earth, Part 1
Prof. Peter Newman, the Editor-in-Chief of BMC’s new journal Sustainable Earth, talks about his motivation for sustainability and the need for a new journal in part 1 of this interview. Special thanks to Linda Blagg at Curtin University for the filming and recording of the interview.
Collaborating with machines
By using the sort of “cheap talk” that people use to strike up strategic collaboration, algorithms can learn to collaborate strategically with people.
Engineering adapts to a more connected world
Transdisciplinary systems engineering incorporates human and social sciences as well as traditional systems engineering methods to design today's complex systems.
AI for the Planet
Today's powerful digital technologies can help us keep close tabs on natural systems, Microsoft's chief environmental officer argues in a Nature commentary.