The Connecticut Mirror

Accountability for algorithms: Moving CT’s government to transparency

In 2008, Tammy Dobbs, a woman with cerebral palsy, moved to Arkansas. She applied to the state to receive help from a caretaker, and after an assessment, Dobbs was allotted the maximum 56 hours of ...
The Connecticut Mirror

Governments — including Connecticut’s — continue using algorithms in the dark

Government agencies are increasingly relying upon computer programs known as algorithms to make life-altering decisions about their citizens, and these decisions could even become fatal. David ...
NBC Connecticut

Algorithm That Screens for Child Neglect Raises Concerns

For family law attorney Robin Frank, defending parents at one of their lowest points — when they are at risk of losing their children — has never been easy. In the past, she knew what she was up ...
Government Technology

Connecticut Committee Issues Report on Implications of Algorithms

(TNS) — The Connecticut Special Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Tuesday released a report on “The Civil Rights Implications of Algorithms,” a work that found government ...
Science Daily

Algorithm reduces use of CT scans when diagnosing children with appendicitis

Implementation of an algorithm aimed to diagnose pediatric patients with suspected appendicitis reduces the utilization of computed tomography scans, without affecting diagnostic accuracy, researchers ...
EurekAlert!

CT algorithm for clear-cell renal cell carcinoma in small solid masses

5-tiered CT scoring algorithm may represent a clinically useful tool for diagnosis of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma in small solid renal masses “A 5-tiered renal CT algorithm, including ...