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UNM researchers use new machine learning method to detect self-harm history hidden in veterans’ medical records

A new study led by researchers at The University of New Mexico School of Medicine analyzed electronic health records for more than 1.3 million patients served by the Veterans Health Administration ...
Wired

Sloppy Use of Machine Learning Is Causing a ‘Reproducibility Crisis’ in Science

History shows civil wars to be among the messiest, most horrifying of human affairs. So Princeton professor Arvind Narayanan and his PhD student Sayash Kapoor got suspicious last year when they ...
Nature

A comparison of machine learning algorithms and traditional regression-based statistical modeling for predicting hypertension incidence in a Canadian population

Risk prediction models are frequently used to identify individuals at risk of developing hypertension. This study evaluates different machine learning algorithms and compares their predictive ...
Quanta Magazine

What Is Machine Learning?

Machine learning is a subfield of artificial intelligence, which explores how to computationally simulate (or surpass) humanlike intelligence. While some AI techniques (such as expert systems) use ...