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The Dual Faces of Algorithmic Bias — Avoidable and Unavoidable Discrimination
By ensuring the data fed into algorithms is as diverse as possible, we can harness the potential of algorithms to reflect humanity's best qualities.
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Session Highlights Impacts of Satoyama Development Mechanism
A session of the 15th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific discussed successful projects funded by the mechanism.
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Dr. Qiusheng Wu
Dr. Qiusheng Wu works at the intersection of geospatial data science, remote sensing, and environmental modeling.
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Prof. Farshid Vahedifard
Professor Farshid Vahedifard's work has centered around studying the resilience and adaptation of critical infrastructure, including levees and dams, in the face of extreme events (e.g., droughts, floods, wildfires, and cascading hazards) in a changing climate.
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Dr. Richard Thomas
Richard Thomas is a globally recognized expert in natural resources management with broad research interests in integrated soil, water and nutrient management in crop-livestock systems in Latin America, Africa, West and Central Asia.
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Dr. Hossein Tabari
Dr. Hossein Tabari is a hydrologist with expertise in developing hybrid models to advance the understanding of regional-to-global climatic and socioeconomic drivers, space-time variability, and the impacts of extreme events under uncertainty.
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Dr. Manoochehr Shirzaei
Dr. Manoochehr Shirzaei's research is focused on space-borne synthetic aperture radar technology, groundwater resources management, green energies, and equitable adaptation to natural and anthropogenic land subsidence, sea level rise, and coastal hazards in the face of changing climate.
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Dr. Mojtaba Sadegh
Dr. Mojtaba (Moji) Sadegh's research is focused on using geospatial analysis, machine learning, statistical methods, and data unravel mechanisms that drive climate extremes and their societal impacts.
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Prof. Ousmane Seidou
Ousmane Seidou is Professor of water resources at the department of civil engineering, University of Ottawa.
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Dr. Renee Obringer
Dr. Renee Obringer’s research interests focus on understanding and evaluating the impact of climate change on urban systems, with an emphasis on water and energy.