New technologies are never introduced into a vacuum. They emerge into a social, economic, and political setting and influence it in their turn. Katherine Chandler, a professor in the culture and politics program at Georgetown University, is researching drones in Africa as …Continue reading
How AlphaZero has rewritten the rules of game play on its own
David Silver invented something that might be more inventive than he is. Silver was the lead researcher on AlphaGo, a computer program that learned to play Go—a famously tricky game that exploits human intuition rather than clear rules of play—by studying games …Continue reading
How can technology help plan cities better?
MIT Technology Review sat down with three urban policy and planning experts to discuss issues in sustainable development in Pakistani cities. Mapping the fast evolving frontiers You have critiqued the methodology employed in the last census to categorize space as urban and …Continue reading
Q&A: Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
Ali Tauqeer Sheikh is the Chief Executive Officer of the Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) Pakistan, an organization engaged in research and policy advocacy on sustainable development. Sheikh has previously served as an advisor to the Asian Development Bank, European Commission, …Continue reading
Bill Gates explains why we should all be optimists
Look at how long people are living, the reduction of under-five mortality, the reduction in how poorly women are treated. Globally, inequity is down: poorer countries are getting richer faster than the richer countries are getting richer. The bulk of humanity lives …Continue reading
Q&A: Rabeel Warraich
Rabeel Warraich is the founder of Sarmayacar, a multi-million dollar seed fund syndicate dedicated to Pakistani startups. He is currently the interim chief executive officer of Patari and has previously worked in investment banking and private equity with organizations including Morgan Stanley …Continue reading
SynBio takes centerstage
Dr Faisal Khan is the founding director of the Institute of Integrative Biosciences at CECOS University, Peshawar. He completed his doctoral studies on the intersection of Cell Biology and Systems Biology at the University of Oxford, where he was a member of …Continue reading
Of unexplored avenues: Microbiology and Pakistan
Dr Shahida Hasnain is the founder and chairperson of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Punjab (PU) in Lahore. In 2017, she was awarded the Carlos J. Finlay Prize by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural …Continue reading
Popularizing Science: One Mela at a Time
Dr Sabieh Anwar is an experimental physicist with a tenure-track teaching position at Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS). He divides his time between teaching undergraduate courses and researching at his laboratory on the interaction between laser light and the spin of …Continue reading
Mian Mohammad Mansha
He is a prominent Pakistani businessman and the chairman of Nishat Group. Mansha has a diverse portfolio; his businesses range from textile, banking, insurance, cement, power, hospitality and real estate to dairy, retail commerce and aviation. He also heads Muslim Commercial Bank …Continue reading