BEGIN:VCALENDAR BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CAIS Seminar: Dr. John Prindle (USC) – Predicting Risk of Future Child Welfare Involvement DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. John Prindle, USC Talk Title: Predicting Risk of Future Child Welfare Involvement Series: USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS) Seminar Series Abstract: Child maltreatment impacts a significant number of children per year and is typically not limited to one encounter with the system. Past records provide a wealth of information which may be used to supplement current maltreatment allegations. Machine learning algorithms in the form of Random Forests were applied to these data to predict risk of future child welfare outcomes, past and present factors.\n \n This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium\n Biography: Dr. John Prindle is a research assistant professor with the Children's Data Network at USC. His current work focuses on the impact of childhood maltreatment on downstream services such as education and medical services.\n Host: Milind Tambe DTSTART:20181017T160000 LOCATION:THH 301 URL;VALUE=URI: DTEND:20181017T170000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR