for those that can't make that zoom time, Day 2 of Cris's SFI Ulam Lecture might cover similar ground
https://youtu.be/Sg2jtEY6qms On Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 10:19 AM Angel Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought you two might be interested in Cris Moore’s CS colloquium this > Wed. > > Tom: we may be going back to live FRIAM at St John’s this week. I’m > waiting for Stephen to verify. > > Ed > __________ > > Ed Angel > > Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS > Lab) > Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico > > 1017 Sierra Pinon > Santa Fe, NM 87501 > 505-984-0136 (home) [email protected] > 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Jared Saia <[email protected]> > *Subject: **[Colloquia] Cris Moore's colloquium talk this Wednesday* > *Date: *April 9, 2022 at 9:54:50 AM MDT > *To: *[email protected], csgrad <[email protected]>, CS Faculty mail > list <[email protected]>, [email protected], Cristopher Moore < > [email protected]> > *Reply-To: *[email protected] > > *Date:* Wednesday, April 13th at 2pm Mountain Time > > *Speaker*: Cris Moore > > *Talk Title*: Fairness and accuracy (and transparency and…) in algorithms > for criminal justice and housing > > *Location*: https://unm.zoom.us/j/96675948342 > > passcode is: 130697 > > *Abstract* > The study of algorithmic bias has become a burgeoning subfield of AI, > machine learning, and theoretical computer science. Many people are now > working to design algorithms that guarantee various kinds of statistical > fairness. I want to take a 90-degree turn from this, and share some > experiences of working on algorithms “on the ground,” including a study of > a pretrial risk assessment algorithm in Bernalillo County where Albuquerque > is located. By collaborating with legal scholars, court administrators, > housing lawyers, and others, I’ve learned how they think about fairness in > decision making: they are concerned not just with statistics, but with > procedural issues—who has the burden of proof, and how data and algorithms > can be explained, audited, and contested. I’ll also share some thoughts on > what I think our responsibilities are as computer scientists to engage with > these domains more deeply. > > *Bio* > Cristopher Moore received his B.A. in Physics, Mathematics, and Integrated > Science from Northwestern University, and his Ph.D. in Physics from > Cornell. From 2000 to 2012 he was a professor at the University of New > Mexico, with joint appointments in Computer Science and Physics. Since > 2012, Moore has been a resident professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He has > also held visiting positions at the Niels Bohr Institute, École Normale > Superieure, École Polytechnique, Université Paris 7, Northeastern > University, the University of Michigan, and Microsoft Research. He is an > elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Mathematical > Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. With > Stephan Mertens, he is the author of The Nature of Computation from Oxford > University Press. > _______________________________________________ > Colloquia mailing list > [email protected] > https://snape.cs.unm.edu/listinfo/colloquia > > >
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