A displaced West Texan, Rachel Wilkerson researches causation in probabilistic graphical models at the University of Warwick.
Counterfactuals and Taming of the Shrew
Our algorithms, like art, inherit the bias of their creators. Counterfactuals offer a route to self-awareness for both scientists and artists.
The last time I gave any thought to the Taming of the Shrew was probably when I was home sick from school with tonsillitis, watching Elizabeth Taylor chuck strategically-aimed apples at Richard Burton’s head. Growing up, my baseline for a good movie included gems like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, so it’s safe to say […]
Dear Data: the Surprising Artistry of Personal Data
Dear Data is a year-long, analog data drawing project by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec, two award-winning information designers living on different sides of the Atlantic. By collecting their personal data and sending it to each other as of postcards, they became friends.
Turn the clock back a few decades and read Rocket Girls to appreciate the women who were pioneers in every sense of the word—from the moon launch to our own work culture.
The Scientific Method at the Metroplex
In a genre that tends to glorify science, progress, and interplanetary exploration compounded with a culture that values rugged individualism, The Martian refreshingly reinforces fundamental impulse towards compassion.
What is it to be a stranger?
Hungary recently found its cacophonous answers to those questions on public display.
Finding grace in the liminal spaces…
“We can be knowledgeable with other man’s knowledge, but we can’t be wise with other man’s wisdom.” ~ Montaigne
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