Three recent crises — the 2021 winter storm in Texas, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Boeing 737 Max software failure — highlight the cost of valuing efficiency over resilience and provide lessons for bringing society into balance. Continue Reading
University professor Moshe Vardi condemns the actions taken by the U.S. government to restrict the immigration of technical workers into the country but also questions why the U.S. has become so dependent on international students as the major workforce for its science and engineering research enterprise. Continue Reading
Computer science has a lot to say about the relentless pursuit of economic efficiency. Read more to learn about its connection to the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue Reading