[AI Seminar] Online AI Seminar on Nov 17 (Zoom) -- Hany Farid -- The Accuracy, Fairness, and Limits of Predicting Recidivism -- AI seminar is sponsored by Fortive

[Aayush Bansal]

Reminder...this is tomorrow at noon.

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 4:54 PM Aayush Bansal <aayushb at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Hany Farid (Berkeley) will be giving an online seminar on "The Accuracy,
> Fairness, and Limits of Predicting Recidivism" from 12:00 noon - 01:00 PM
> ET on Nov 17.
>
> *Zoom Link*:
> https://cmu.zoom.us/j/97150006469?pwd=TjVsTXpQTXgrWWVza1pFUmYreXVxdz09
>
> CMU AI Seminar is sponsored by Fortive.
>
> Following are the details of the talk:
>
> *Title: *The Accuracy, Fairness, and Limits of Predicting Recidivism
>
> *Abstract: *Predictive algorithms are commonly used in the criminal
> justice system. These predictions are used in pretrial, parole, and
> sentencing decisions. Proponents of these systems argue that big data and
> advanced machine learning make these predictions more accurate and less
> biased than humans. Opponents, however, argue that predictive algorithms
> may lead to further bias in the criminal justice system. I will discuss an
> in-depth analysis of one widely used commercial predictive algorithm to
> determine its appropriateness for use in our courts.
>
>
> *Bio:* Hany Farid is a Professor at the University of California,
> Berkeley with a joint appointment in Electrical Engineering & Computer
> Sciences and the School of Information. His research focuses on digital
> forensics, image analysis, and human perception. He received his
> undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from the
> University of Rochester in 1989, his M.S. in Computer Science from SUNY
> Albany, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of
> Pennsylvania in 1997. Following a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in
> Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, he joined the faculty at Dartmouth
> College in 1999 where he remained until 2019. He is the recipient of an
> Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and is a
> Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
>
> To learn more about the seminar series, please visit the website:
> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aiseminar/
>
>
> --
> Aayush Bansal
> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aayushb/
>
>
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