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Events for September
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CAIS Seminar: Dr. Michael Best (Georgia Institute of Technology) - Ethics, Peace and Development: AI and Social Media Research Within the United Nations
Wed, Sep 05, 2018 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
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Speaker: Dr. Michael Best, Georgia Institute of Technology
Talk Title: Ethics, Peace and Development: AI and Social Media Research Within the United Nations
Series: USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS) Seminar Series
Abstract: AI is an increasingly prominent issue across the UN system, particularly driven by the personal interests of Secretary General António Guterres. We will present results emanating from a new framework for ethical AI which we developed to help UN stakeholders along with ministers and regulators from member states think about relevant policy action. Also, we will overview a system developed to aggregate and analyze communications from a variety of online platforms (SMS, Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, and others). This system has been used to support real-time understanding and response during national elections across Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.
This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium
Biography: Michael L. Best is associate professor with the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he studies the role of computers and communication technologies in social, economic, and political development. He was founding director of the United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society in Macau, SAR China. He holds a Ph.D. from MIT and has served as director of Media Lab Asia in India and head of the eDevelopment group at the MIT Media Lab.
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 301
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Computer Science Department
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CAIS Seminar: Bryan Wilder (USC) - Algorithmic Social Intervention
Wed, Sep 12, 2018 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
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Speaker: Bryan Wilder, USC
Talk Title: Algorithmic Social Interventions
Series: USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS) Seminar Series
Abstract: Social and behavioral interventions are a critical tool for governments and communities to tackle deep-rooted societal challenges such as homelessness, disease, and poverty. However, real-world interventions are almost always plagued by limited resources and limited data, which creates a computational challenge: how can we use algorithmic techniques to enhance the targeting and delivery of social and behavioral interventions? This talk focuses on problems in combinatorial optimization and machine learning which underlie this question. I will discuss robust optimization, information gathering, and decision-driven learning as tools for decision making under uncertainty, as well as applications of these ideas in public health settings such as HIV prevention among homeless youth.
This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium
Biography: Bryan Wilder is a PhD student in computer science at the University of Southern California, where he is advised by Milind Tambe. His research focuses on combinatorial optimization and machine learning, driven by applications to social issues such as public health. He is supported by a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and his work has been recognized with best paper and best student paper nominations at AAMAS.
Host: Milind Tambe
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 301
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Computer Science Department
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CS Tech Talk: Lyft Tech Talk - Core and AV
Thu, Sep 13, 2018 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
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Speaker: Brandon Huang, Lyft
Talk Title: Lyft Tech Talk - Core and AV
Series: Computer Science Colloquium
Abstract: Come learn more about our Lyft Core and Level 5 self-driving teams!
Swag will be provided!
For the tech talk, we will have Brandon Huang (Core Software Engineer on our Driver Engagement team), Lucy Hoag (AV Technical Program Manager), and Jack Huang (AV Software Engineer on our Perception team). They are also all USC alum!
This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium.
Host: Computer Science Department
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Computer Science Department
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CAIS Seminar: Dr. Turgay Ayer (Georgia Tech) - An Analytics Approach to Prioritizing Access to Hepatitis C Treatment in U.S. Prisons
Wed, Sep 19, 2018 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
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Speaker: Dr. Turgay Ayer, Georgia Institute of Technology
Talk Title: An Analytics Approach to Prioritizing Access to Hepatitis C Treatment in U.S. Prisons
Series: USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS) Seminar Series
Abstract: HCV prevalence in prison systems is ten times higher than the general population, and hence prison systems offer a unique opportunity to control the HCV epidemic. New HCV treatment drugs are very effective, but providing treatment to all inmates is prohibitively expensive, which precludes universal HCV treatment in prison systems. As such, current practice recommends prioritizing treatment based on clinical and incarceration-related factors, including disease staging, remaining sentence length, and injection drug use (IDU) status. However, there is controversy about how these factors should be incorporated because of the complicated tradeoffs. In this study, we propose an analytics approach to support hepatitis C treatment prioritization decisions in U.S. prisons.
This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium
Biography: Turgay Ayer is the George Family Foundation Early Career professor and an associate professor at Industrial and Systems Engineering, and is the research director for healthcare analytics and business intelligence in the Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems at Georgia Tech. In addition, Dr. Ayer holds a courtesy appointment at Emory Medical School.
His research focuses on healthcare analytics, with applications in predictive and prescriptive health, health policy analysis, and medical decision making. His research papers have been published in top tier management, engineering and medical journals, and covered by popular media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, US News, and NPR.
Dr. Ayer has received over $2 million grant funding and several awards for his work, including an NSF CAREER Award (2015), Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) Lee Lusted Award (2009), first place in the MSOM Best Practice-Based Research Competition (2017), and a finalist in the 2017 INFORMS Franz Edelman Competition (2017).
Dr. Ayer serves as associate editor for Operations Research, and is a past president of the INFORMS Health Application Society. He received a B.S. in industrial engineering from Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Host: Milind Tambe
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 301
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Computer Science Department
