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CCMS Colloquium invites you to the Second Barbara Beechler Lecture by Professor Deanna Needell,<\/a> Professor of Mathematics, Dunn Family Endowed Chair in Data Theory
\nExecutive Director, Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE) at UCLA.<\/p>\n

Title<\/strong>: Fairness and Foundations in Machine Learning<\/p>\n

Abstract:<\/strong>\u00a0In this talk, we will address areas of recent work centered around the themes of fairness and foundations in machine learning as well as highlight the challenges in this area. We will discuss recent results involving linear algebraic tools for learning, such as methods in non-negative matrix factorization that include tailored approaches for fairness. We will showcase our approach as well as practical applications of those methods.\u00a0 Then, we will discuss new foundational results that theoretically justify phenomena like benign overfitting in neural networks.\u00a0 Throughout the talk, we will include example applications from collaborations with community partners, using machine learning to help organizations with fairness and justice goals. This talk includes work joint with Erin George, Kedar Karhadkar, Lara Kassab, and Guido Montufar.<\/p>\n

Speaker Bio<\/strong>: Deanna Needell earned her PhD from UC Davis before working as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. She is currently a full professor of mathematics at UCLA, the Dunn Family Endowed Chair in Data Theory, and the Executive Director for UCLA’s Institute for Digital Research and Education. She has earned many awards including the Alfred P. Sloan fellowship, an NSF CAREER and other awards, the IMA prize in Applied Mathematics, is a 2022 American Mathematical Society (AMS) Fellow and a 2024 Society for industrial and applied mathematics (SIAM) Fellow. She has been a research professor fellow at several top research institutes including the SLMath (formerly MSRI) and Simons Institute in Berkeley. She also serves as associate editor for several journals including Linear Algebra and its Applications and the SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, as well as on the organizing committee for SIAM sessions and the Association for Women in Mathematics.<\/p>\n

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