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Events for June 30, 2022
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NL Seminar-Anti Queer Bias in Large Language Models
Thu, Jun 30, 2022 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Katy Felkner, USC/ISI
Talk Title: Anti-Queer Bias in Large Language Models
Series: NL Seminar
Abstract: REMINDER:
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In-person attendance will be permitted for USC ISI faculty, staff, students only. Open to the public virtually via the zoom registration link and online.
Happy Pride. To close out Pride Month at ISI, this talk will discuss fairness and bias in LLMs as it relates to the LGBTQ community. We will explore current methods for detecting and mitigating bias in LLMs, as well as the lack of current research focusing specifically on homophobic and transphobic biases. The talk will present recent exploratory work on whether and to what extent biases against queer and trans people are encoded in large language models LLMs such as BERT. It will discuss a new method for reducing these biases in downstream tasks: fine-tuning the models on data written by and or about queer people. It will also discuss a new benchmark dataset, WinoQueer, modeled after other bias detection benchmarks but addressing homophobic and transphobic biases. This work was accepted to the Queer in AI workshop at NAACL 2022.
Biography: Katy Felkner is a rising 3rd year PhD student at USC Information Sciences Institute. Her primary research focus is extremely low-resource machine translation. She is also interest in fairness and bias in large language models. Prior to USC, she received dual bachelors degrees in Computer Science and Letters general humanities from the University of Oklahoma. Her research is supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Katy is passionate about making computer science more welcoming for women and queer students.
Host: Jon May and Thamme Gowda
More Info: https://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/96713436677Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - Virtual
WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/96713436677
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Pete Zamar
Event Link: https://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
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PhD Thesis Proposal - Jacqueline [Lina] Brixey
Thu, Jun 30, 2022 @ 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University Calendar
PhD Candidate: Jacqueline [Lina] Brixey
Title: Code-switching dialogue systems for language documentation and conversational fluency
Committee: David Traum, Maja Mataric, Khalil Iskarous (USC Linguistics),Kallirroi Georgila, and Jon May
Date: June 30th
Time: 4pm - 5:30 pm
Zoom: https://usc.zoom.us/j/93068920916
Abstract:
Bilingual dialogue systems, or systems that can speak two or more languages within a single conversation, are important systems to consider and implement because many people in the world are bilingual. Code-switching, or switching languages either within a single utterance or between utterances, is a common behavior of bilinguals. Programs that could understand and respond to a user in several languages would allow more users to benefit and interact with dialogue systems comfortably. Current state of the art includes dialogue systems that can speak multiple languages, such as Amazon Alexa that can respond to queries in English or Spanish, among other languages. However, few systems have been developed to process multiple languages being present within a single utterance or to initiate code-switching. I hypothesize that code-switching in dialogue systems can lead to a better user experience and more productive interactions than monolingual systems. I will explore this hypothesis in two applications.The first is a system named DAPEL that records endangered languages through dialogue. The second is a system, named Masheli, designed for language learners to practice conversational fluency. Both applications will focus on Choctaw-English bilingualism; Choctaw is a low-resource and endangered American indigenous language.
WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/93068920916
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
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[Virtual] First-Year Admission Information SessionThu, Jun 30, 2022 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Our virtual information session is a live presentation from a USC Viterbi admission counselor designed for high school students and their family members to learn more about the USC Viterbi undergraduate experience. Our session will cover an overview of our undergraduate engineering programs, the application process, and more on student life. Guests will be able to ask questions and engage in further discussion toward the end of the session.
Register Here!
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
