Data-Driven Urban Tech: How Machine Learning and Optimization Addresses Today’s Urban Challenges

Data Science Distinguished Lecture Series Co-sponsored with the IS Colloquium Series Toward Robust Data Visualization for Inference Wednesday, May 10, 2023 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. ET Gates 114 (and Zoom) Jessica Hullman Ginni Rometty Associate Professor of Computer Science Northwestern University Abstract: Research and development in computer science and…Continue Reading Jessica Hullman
Center for Data Science for Enterprise & Society Data Science Distinguished Lecture Series Co-sponsored with Cornell’s Center for Social Sciences and the Bowers College of Computing and Information Science. April 26, 2023 EVENT POSTPONED to Fall ’23 CCSS Annual Lecture Fei-Fei Li, Stanford University What we see and what we value: AI with a…Continue Reading Fei-Fei Li
Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society Data Science Distinguished Lecture Series Defining, Measuring, and Reducing Algorithmic Amplification Co-Sponsored with the AI Seminar and IS Colloquium Friday, March 10, 2023 Kristian Lum Associate Research Professor University of Chicago Data Science Institute 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. ET in Gates 122 Zoom: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/97242972042?pwd=Rm9haFFWeElsSWwraDBKMThLTVA4Zz09 Passcode: 498836 …Continue Reading Kristian Lum
Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society Data Science Distinguished Lecture Series Nonlinear Optimization in the Presence of Noise This talk is co-sponsored with the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering Speaker: Jorge Nocedal Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Time/Location: 4:15 p.m. , Rhodes Hall, Room 253 Reception 3:45 p.m., Rhodes 258 Zoom:…Continue Reading Jorge Nocedal
Information Provision in Markets This talk is co-sponsored with Computer Science, Information Science, ORIE, and the Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society Speaker: Nicole Immorlica Date: October 24, 2022 Time/Location: 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. , 114 Gates Hall (reception at 3:15 in 122 Gates Hall) Zoom: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/98870122673?pwd=MjE1b0xzOFQxOHlDb0doUEhiWFd3Zz09 Passcode: 004115 Abstract: Tech-mediated markets give…Continue Reading Nicole Immorlica
Policy Gradient Descent for Control: Global Optimality and Convex Parameterization Speaker: Maryam Fazel This talk is co-sponsored with the Center for Applied Mathematics (CAM) Date: Friday, May 6, 3:45 p.m. Where: 253 Rhodes Hall Watch the video of the talk Abstract: Policy Optimization methods enjoy wide practical use in reinforcement learning (RL) for applications ranging…Continue Reading Maryam Fazel
School Choice in Chile This talk is co-sponsored with the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) Speaker: José Correa Date: Monday,April 25th Talk: 10 – 11 a.m., Rhodes 253 (reception before at 9:30 in Rhodes 258) Watch the video of the talk Abstract: Centralized school admission mechanisms are an attractive way of improving…Continue Reading José Correa