After bindi backlash, Lenskart's 2025 Pongal ad goes viral

After the recent backlash over its grooming policy, the eyewear retailer's Pongal ad from 2025 went viral on social media. What we know so far ...
The New York Times

I’ve Covered Women in the Workplace for 15 Years. Something Alarming Is Happening.

Ms. Lipman is the author of “That’s What She Said: What Men and Women Need to Know About Working Together” and other books. “Believe women” was the defining message of the #MeToo movement. Today, ...
IEEE

Minimum Cost Encoding for Coded Distributed Computing Systems

Abstract: In large-scale distributed matrix-vector multiplications, e.g., for generative AI, straggling nodes can slow down or even jeopardize the whole operation. Coded distributed computing (CDC) ...
IEEE

Erasure Code Enhanced UAV Swarm Mission Planning for Critical Data Collection

Abstract: We consider a critical data collection mission undertaken by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm in a complex environment where each UAV is subject to the risk of being randomly damaged.