Distinguished Lecture: Fast and Simple Sorting Using Partial Information
Abstract: We consider the problem of sorting a set of items having an unknown total order by doing binary comparisons of the items, given the…
Abstract: We consider the problem of sorting a set of items having an unknown total order by doing binary comparisons of the items, given the…
Abstract: In the United States, racial capitalism has facilitated the organized abandonment of minoritized communities through the removal of resources, the expansion of carceral and…
Abstract: AI has revolutionized the way we interact online. Despite this, it hasn't quite made the leap when it comes to tasks like cooking dinner…
Abstract: The emergence of powerful, ever more universal models such as ChatGPT, and stable Diffusion, made generative modeling (GM) undoubtedly a focal point for modern…
Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have soared in popularity in recent years, thanks to their ability to generate well-formed natural language answers for a myriad…
Abstract: Epigenetic aging clocks play a pivotal role in estimating an individual's biological age through the examination of DNA methylation patterns at numerous CpG (Cytosine-phosphate-Guanine)…
Abstract: Balancing performance and safety are crucial to deploying autonomous vehicles in multi-agent environments. In particular, autonomous racing is a domain that penalizes safe but…
Abstract: Massive scale has been a recent winning recipe in natural language processing and AI, with extreme-scale language models like GPT-4 receiving most attention. This…
Abstract: Understanding causal relationships is one of the most important goals of modern science. So far, the causal inference literature has focused almost exclusively on…
Abstract: When robots are to be deployed over long time scales, optimality should take a backseat to “survivability”, i.e., it is more important that the…
Abstract: This keynote serves as a call for awareness to understand and normalize the exceptional digital and STEAM literacy practices within Black families and youth.…
Abstract: Recent advances in computing and measurement technologies have led to an explosion in the amount of data with network structures in a variety of…