Speaker: Jessie Finocchiaro (Harvard postdoc)
Talk Title: Loss function design for improved decision-making
Time & Location: 12/1, Friday, 1:30 - 2:30pm, SEC 1.413.
Abstract: Algorithmic predictions are pervasive in our society, and these predictions are used to make decisions in settings ranging from banking to public health. This talk examines the relationship between the structure of downstream decision tasks and the design of algorithms: in particular, on the design of loss functions in...
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