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FDS Colloquium: Tim Roughgarden (Columbia & a16z crypto)
Speaker bio: Tim Roughgarden is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University and the Founding Head of Research at a16z crypto. Prior to joining Columbia, he spent 15 years on the computer science faculty at Stanford, following a PhD at Cornell and a postdoc at UC Berkeley. His research interests include the…
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S&DS Seminar: Adam Smith (BU), “Privacy in Machine Learning and Statistical Inference”
Zoom Link: https://yale.zoom.us/j/94223816617 Meeting ID: 942 2381 6617 Abstract: The results of learning and statistical inference reveal information about the data they use. This talk discusses the possibilities and limitations of fitting machine learning and statistical models while protecting the privacy of individual records. I will begin by explaining what makes this problem difficult, using…