Bakhtawar Iftikhar
Research Assistant
Bakhtawar Iftikhar
Professional Experience
Bakhtawar Iftikhar is a Research Assistant at the Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS), Islamabad. She completed her undergraduate degree in International Relations from the National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad, Pakistan. Her research interests include Data Politics, Emerging Technologies and Human Security.
Publications
Washington’s ‘De-risking’ Strategy amid the Semiconductor Race
Semiconductors or microchips are a critical technology for the United States (US) as well as the entire world because they power nearly everything – be it cars, smartphones, MRI scanners, airliners, industrial robots, data centres, autonomous vehicles, Artificial Intelligence or advanced weapon systems.
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Inside the Shadows of AI & Need for Transparency
In Artificial Intelligence, the inability to fully comprehend the inner workings of a Deep Neural Network (DNN) or deep learning systems is called the ‘Black Box Problem.’ Being impenetrable and opaque, the AI Black Box does not explain how exactly artificial neurons transmit signals to transform
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Hybrid (Human-AI) Intelligence in Healthcare Delivery
At the end of the Nineteenth Century, Europe was spellbound by the intelligence of a German stallion who could ‘solve math problems, tell time, identify days on a calendar, differentiate musical tones and spell out words and sentences.
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Surveillance and National Interests: Privacy for Me, but Not for Thee!
All is fair in love and war, and apparently also ‘national’ interests. The term ‘national interest’ has conveniently been used and abused in the name of
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Indianisation of Jammu & Kashmir: Development or Dispossession?
Under normal circumstances, compasses point towards a fixed point geographically situated on the globe called ‘True North’. However, if another
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Digital Drugs for Kids
‘Digital drug’ is an apt moniker for products or services designed to keep one online, hooked by heaps of content, barely lifting a thumb as auto-play saves the trouble
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