From hiteshar at andrew.cmu.edu Wed Apr 3 15:24:33 2019 From: hiteshar at andrew.cmu.edu (Hitesh Arora) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 15:24:33 -0400 Subject: AI for Real world problems - Interesting Twitter Thread Message-ID: Hi everyone, I came across an interesting twitter thread where people/institutions from the across the globe working on "AI for Social Good/Real world problems" have shared about their work, which aligns with our lab's major research direction. Hence, thought of sharing: https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/1109381653493936129 Thanks and regards, Hitesh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ngisolfi at andrew.cmu.edu Fri Apr 5 10:12:14 2019 From: ngisolfi at andrew.cmu.edu (Nicholas Gisolfi) Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 10:12:14 -0400 Subject: [Lunch] Today @12:15-1:30PM in NSH 3001 Message-ID: Hi Everyone, Lab lunch will be in NSH 3001 from 12:15-1:30pm today. 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From: Artur Dubrawski Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 6:31 PM To: users at autonlab.org Cc: Ramayya Krishnan ; Roni Rosenfeld ; Tom Mitchell Subject: Maria wins NAACL paper award Dear Autonians, I am very pleased to share the news about Maria's recent work "What?s in a Name? Reducing Bias in Bios Without Access to Protected Attributes" winning the Best Thematic Paper designation at NAACL 2019. Congrats Maria! Artur -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bapoczos at cs.cmu.edu Wed Apr 10 22:30:13 2019 From: bapoczos at cs.cmu.edu (Barnabas Poczos) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:30:13 -0400 Subject: Maria wins NAACL paper award In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is wonderful news! Congratulations Maria! Best, Barnabas ====================== Barnabas Poczos, PhD Associate Professor Co-Director of PhD Program Machine Learning Department Carnegie Mellon University On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 6:31 PM Artur Dubrawski wrote: > > Dear Autonians, > > I am very pleased to share the news about Maria's recent work "What?s in a Name? Reducing Bias in Bios Without Access to Protected Attributes" winning the Best Thematic Paper designation > at NAACL 2019. > > Congrats Maria! > Artur > From awd at cs.cmu.edu Tue Apr 16 14:06:13 2019 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:06:13 -0400 Subject: Fwd: New Resource: eMarketer In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Perhaps this could be useful in some of our projects. Artur ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Sarah Young Date: Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 12:00 PM Subject: New Resource: eMarketer To: heinz-faculty at lists.andrew.cmu.edu , Heinz-phd at lists.andrew.cmu.edu , heinz-adjunctfaculty at lists.andrew.cmu.edu < heinz-adjunctfaculty at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> Hi everyone, We now have ongoing access to eMarketer , a web-based platform that provides data, statistics and analysis for consumer and market research in the world of digital media. It focuses on understanding how consumers spend their time and money online and how marketers can best communicate with the via digital channels. This is useful for understanding the growth and impact of the Internet, and for keeping up to date with new trends, such as social networking and mobile marketing. Industries covered include financial services, healthcare, media and entertainment, retail, telecom and more. Access eMarketer at this link: https://search.library.cmu.edu/link/https://search.library.cmu.edu/link/https://totalaccess.emarketer.com/Extranet.aspx?carnegiemellonuniversity Thanks to all of you who provided feedback during the trial. Best, Sarah _______________________________________________ *Sarah Young* Librarian, Liaison to Heinz College, Social & Decision Sciences, Information Systems, Institute for Politics & Strategy and Statistics & Data Science Carnegie Mellon University Libraries sarahy at andrew.cmu.edu 412.268.7384 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From awd at cs.cmu.edu Wed Apr 17 05:08:44 2019 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 05:08:44 -0400 Subject: Announcement: Faculty Research Seminar in HBH 1002, Monday, April 22nd at noon In-Reply-To: References: <70af8663331543caa96099d16fb736bd@andrew.cmu.edu> Message-ID: Indeed Karen! Jenna is a co-founder of what we often call "Ina's Workshop" on ML applications in Healthcare at NeurIPS, a hugely successful annual event at which some of us have presented (for the former Autonian Ina Fiterau who came up with the idea for the workshop). Cheers Artur On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 11:05 PM Lujie Chen wrote: > This talk could be interesting to many of us. > > Thanks, > Karen > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 3:45 PM Steven Paschke > wrote: > >> Dear seminar attendees: >> >> >> >> >> >> Please join us in Hamburg Hall, *Room 1002,* on *Monday, April 22nd 2019*, >> at *noon ? 1:20 PM*. * Jenna Wiens,* Assistant Professor of Computer >> Science and Engineering (CSE) in the College of Engineering at the >> University of Michigan*, *will present at the Faculty Research Seminar. >> If you interested to meet with her, please sign up for a meeting on the Social >> Sciences Seminar Tracker >> >> >> Title: ?*White Coat, Black Box: Augmenting Clinical Care with AI in the >> Era of Deep Learning*? >> >> >> >> Abstract: Though the potential impact of machine learning in healthcare >> warrants genuine enthusiasm, the increasing computerization of the field is >> still often seen as a negative rather than a positive. The limited adoption >> of machine learning in healthcare to date points to the fact that there >> remain important challenges. In this talk, I will highlight two key >> challenges related to applying machine learning in healthcare: i) >> interpretability and ii) small sample size. First, machine learning has >> often been criticized for producing ?black boxes.? In this talk, I will >> argue that interpretability is neither necessary nor sufficient, >> demonstrating that even interpretable models can lack common sense. To >> address this issue, we propose a novel regularization method that enables >> the incorporation of domain knowledge during model training, leading to >> increased robustness. Second, machine learning techniques benefit from >> large amounts of data. However, oftentimes in healthcare we find ourselves >> in data poor settings (i.e., small sample sizes). I will show how domain >> knowledge can help guide architecture choices and efficiently make use of >> available data. In summary, there?s a critical need for machine learning in >> healthcare; however, the safe and meaningful adoption of these techniques >> requires close collaboration in interdisciplinary teams. >> >> >> >> Bio: Jenna Wiens is a Morris Wellman Assistant Professor of Computer >> Science and Engineering (CSE) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. >> Her primary research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning, >> data mining, and healthcare. Dr. Wiens received her PhD from MIT in 2014, >> was named Forbes 30 under 30 in Science and Healthcare in 2015, received an >> NSF CAREER Award in 2016, and was recently named to the MIT Tech Review's >> list of Innovators Under 35. >> >> >> >> *Lunch will be served.* >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Steven Paschke >> >> Faculty Assistant >> >> Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy >> >> Carnegie Mellon University >> >> 2107 Hamburg Hall >> >> 5000 Forbes Avenue >> >> Pittsburgh, PA 15213 >> >> 412.268.1185 >> >> >> > > > -- > > ================== > > Karen (Lujie) Chen > Ph.D. Candidate in Information Systems, Heinz College > PIER Fellow (Program of Interdisciplinary Educational Research) > Member of Auton Lab, Robotics Institute > Newell-Simon Hall 3124 > Carnegie Mellon University > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From predragp at andrew.cmu.edu Mon Apr 29 15:37:09 2019 From: predragp at andrew.cmu.edu (Predrag Punosevac) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:37:09 -0400 Subject: Athena is down Message-ID: Dear Autonians, Athena and possibly few other computing nodes lov1,lov4, lov5 was down or rebooted. My best guess without looking at the log files is that machines run out of electricity. I will check this shortly. I apologize for any inconvenience. Predrag