2021 Class of CIFellows
Sara Abdali
Primary Affiliation
University of California, Riverside
Research Title
Multimodal Adversarially-Robust Misinformation Detection
Research Description
The main objective of this project is to develop multimodal adversarially-robust misinformation detection models.
Mentor
Srijan Kumar
Host Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ben Abramowitz
Primary Affiliation
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research Title
Learning Through Accountability
Research Description
Our goal is to demonstrate the effects of the distribution of power on learning in multi-agent systems and to design mechanisms that take advantage of this relationship to improve learning.
Mentor
Nicholas Mattei
Host Institution
Tulane University
Taslima Akter
Primary Affiliation
Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing
Research Title
Towards Designing the Accessible and Privacy Enhanced Remote-communication Applications
Research Description
This project aims to understand the privacy and accessibility challenges people with visual impairments face during remote learning and teleworking in ability-diverse collaboration.
Mentor
Anne Marie Piper
Host Institution
University of California Irvine
Kevin Bello
Primary Affiliation
Purdue University
Research Title
Statistical and Computational Approaches to Learning Invariant, Causal Representations for Robust Prediction
Research Description
By leveraging recent advances in machine learning and non-parametric statistics, this project aims to develop new principled methods for robust and invariant prediction, causal inference, and fair machine learning.
Mentor
Byron Aragam
Host Institution
University of Chicago
Prajakta Belsare
Primary Affiliation
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Research Title
Modeling and Predicting Health Behaviors with Pervasive Wearable Devices
Research Description
The objective of our research is to leverage wearable device data to model and predict health behaviors associated with variant outcomes in diabetes management.
Mentor
Temiloluwa Prioleau
Host Institution
Dartmouth College
Jasmine Berry
Primary Affiliation
University of Southern California
Research Title
Factor Graph Models of Theory of Mind for Machine Cognition in Collaborative Robots
Research Description
This research will advance and implement cognitive processes from Theory of Mind (ToM), based on previously developed mathematical models of probabilistic inference, into a robust computational framework for robotic decision making.
Mentor
Odest Chadwicke Jenkins
Host Institution
University of Michigan
Alexis Block
Primary Affiliation
ETH Zurich
Research Title
Mobile Social-Physical Human-Robot Interaction and Embodiment
Research Description
Through hardware and software upgrades to “Stretch,” a human-safe co-robot created by Hello Robot, we seek to create a low-cost, easily deployable, teleoperated system that allows its human operators to interact fully and feel like an equally embodied agent from anywhere in the world. Specifically, our work seeks to enable medically vulnerable populations to engage in community activities, allow remote workers to perform physical, dexterous tasks from anywhere in the world, and enable loved ones to provide affective touch to infected and medically vulnerable individuals.
Mentor
Veronica Santos
Host Institution
University of California, Los Angeles
Francisco Castro
Primary Affiliation
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Research Title
Investigating the Design of Embodied AI Ethics Education in Dance Computing Spaces
Research Description
My research focuses on the design, development, and evaluation of AI tools, technologies, and curricular resources that integrate computing and embodied practices such as dance and enable targeted discourse around the ethics of AI.
Mentor
Kayla DesPortes
Host Institution
New York University
Kiante Brantley
Primary Affiliation
University of Maryland
Research Title
Ranking Decisions Aren’t Independent: Algorithms for Learning to Rank, Sequentially
Research Description
We will study both theoretical and practical aspects of learning-to-rank recommendation system problems, proposing methodologies with theoretical guarantees and practical benefits for sequential decision-making in the recommendation system.
Mentor
Thorsten Joachims
Host Institution
Cornell University
Janelle Clark
Primary Affiliation
Rice University
Research Title
Collaborative Strategy Communication with Haptic Feedback in Human-Robot Interactions
Research Description
Increase user trust of exoskeletons for more seamless collaboration by communicating control strategy changes with wearable haptic devices.
Mentor
Holly Yanco
Host Institution
Ceara Byrne
Primary Affiliation
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Title
A Learning Framework for Implantable Electronics Capable of Long-Term, Continuous Bio-Signals Monitoring
Research Description
My research aims to contribute a learning-based framework that incorporates interstitial glucose, cardiac rhythms, and blood pressure to diagnose, intervene, and provide interpretable feedback to patients and their doctors using implantable electronics.
Mentor
Giovanni Traverso
Host Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael Craige
Primary Affiliation
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Research Title
Computation Approaches to Predict Optimal Drug Combinations in Prostate Cancer
Research Description
I will develop new computational biology algorithms to uncover the transcriptional mechanisms of resistance to anti-androgen treatment in prostate cancer – specifically castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and identifying drugs and drug combinations that inhibit these mechanisms.
Mentor
Antonina Mitrofanova
Host Institution
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sami Davies
Primary Affiliation
University of Washington
Research Title
Moving Beyond Worst-case Analysis in Scheduling
Research Description
Scheduling algorithms designed from the lens of beyond worst-case optimization have the potential for great impact, as we can consider only inputs that are more likely to occur in practice in the case of structured inputs or consider using machine learned predictions that are actually available to practitioners.
Mentor
Samir Khuller
Host Institution
Northwestern University
Matthew Drescher
Primary Affiliation
Université libre de Bruxelles
Research Title
Design and Implementation of GPU-Friendly Graph Data Structures
Research Description
We will design and implement a graph data structure on the GPU that is aware of the structural theme of the underlying graph and then integrate this work into Gunrock, a widely used graph analytics framework.
Mentor
John Owens
Host Institution
University of California, Davis
Kuan Fang
Primary Affiliation
Stanford University
Research Title
Robot Learning via Automated Creation of Tasks
Research Description
The project aims to tackle a series of interdisciplinary research on improving generalization via co-adaption of the control algorithms and robotic tasks. Built upon recent advances in active learning, curriculum learning, and procedural content generation, our approaches aim to automatically create suitable tasks in simulation and the real world to scale up deep learning for building robotic intelligence. And in turn, the semantics and difficulty of the created tasks continuously adapt in accordance with the learned model.
Mentor
Sergey Levine
Host Institution
University of California, Berkeley
Rebecca Faust
Primary Affiliation
University of Arizona
Research Title
Interactive Semantic Explanations for Deep Learning Visualizations
Research Description
This project will enable human-AI interactions to inject human expertise into deep learning systems and create explanatory visualizations of the effects of those interactions on the systems in the context of text analysis tasks.
Mentor
Chris North
Host Institution
Virginia Tech
Adriane Fernandes Minori
Primary Affiliation
University of California, San Diego
Research Title
Engineering Interactive Devices and Interfaces using Programmable Morphing Materials
Research Description
Engineering interactive devices and interfaces using programmable morphing materials towards ubiquitous and embodied computing.
Mentor
Lining Yao
Host Institution
Carnegie Mellon University
Sainyam Galhotra
Primary Affiliation
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Research Title
Designing a Privacy-aware Fair Trade Marketplace for Data
Research Description
The goal of this project is to design a fair trade marketplace as a novel data sharing paradigm that can address the unique challenges in the path of meaningful and equitable commoditization of data.
Mentor
Raul Fernandez
Host Institution
University of Chicago
Ali Ghanbari
Primary Affiliation
University of Texas, Dallas
Research Title
Decomposition of Deep Neural Networks into Modules
Research Description
This project will investigate a comprehensive approach for more modular deep learning.
Mentor
Hridesh Rajan
Host Institution
Iowa State University
Anitha Gollamudi
Primary Affiliation
Harvard University
Research Title
Gradual Verification of Applications using Trusted Execution Environments
Research Description
My research proposes to leverage the secure hardware features such as the Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) for the gradual verification of software applications using a sound and secure framework.
Mentor
Zhong Shao
Host Institution
Yale University
Leah Horgan
Primary Affiliation
University of California, Irvine
Research Title
Smart Sensing as Relational Sensing: Environmental Data Justice in Boston and Beyond
Research Description
This project reimagines existing EPA environmental air pollution screening tools and data collection practices through a relational approach that more accurately reflects differential levels of accountability with regard to often overlooked factors of environmental, economic, and historical harm in the production of polluted spaces, and points us toward desired, environmentally just futures.
Mentor
Sara Wylie
Host Institution
Northeastern University
Layne Hubbard
Primary Affiliation
University of Colorado, Boulder
Research Title
Designing Playful Child-Agent Interactions to Support Creativity, Reflection, and Resilience
Research Description
Through collaborative partnerships with early childhood media groups, we co-design inquisitive conversational agents for books, toys, and TV shows
Mentor
Mark Warschauer
Host Institution
University of California, Irvine
Andrew Hundt
Primary Affiliation
Johns Hopkins University
Research Title
Democratizing Access: Natural Cooperation between Diverse Human Populations and Learning Agents
Research Description
Our objective is to develop human and technical principles, processes, metrics, and algorithms that advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the development of computational methods for Robotics and AI.
Mentor
Matthew Gombolay
Host Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology
Umar Iqbal
Primary Affiliation
University of Iowa
Research Title
Personalized Problematic Ad Filtering
Research Description
The project aims to lay a foundation for an improved online advertising ecosystem that will benefit users, publishers, and advertisers, alike.
Mentor
Franziska Roesner
Host Institution
University of Washington
Shweta Jain
Primary Affiliation
University of California, Santa Cruz
Research Title
Parameterized and Practical Graph Algorithms
Research Description
Extending class-based graph algorithms to graphs near that class using structural rounding.
Mentor
Blair Sullivan
Host Institution
University of Utah
Gayithri Jayathirtha
Primary Affiliation
University of Pennsylvania
Research Title
Designing for Teacher Preparation at the Intersection of Social Justice and Computing
Research Description
The proposed project will involve co-designing Exploring Computer Science curricular unit with experienced computing teachers to integrate social justice issues.
Mentor
Joanna Goode
Host Institution
University of Oregon
Emmanuel Johnson
Primary Affiliation
University of Southern California
Research Title
Towards A More Diverse and Impactful Distributive Learning Classroom Experience
Research Description
This project seeks to explore how distributive classrooms can be leveraged to study collaborative problem solving and increase the representation of HBCU students in Artificial Intelligence.
Mentor
Yolanda Gil
Host Institution
University of Southern California
Anne Jonas
Primary Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley
Research Title
Exploring Networks of Care and Solidarity in the Design of Virtual Schooling
Research Description
This project will use participatory research to investigate how members of historically marginalized communities perceive virtual schooling currently and envision and implement alternative future tools that promote care and solidarity.
Mentor
Jean Hardy
Host Institution
Michigan State University
Swapna Joshi
Primary Affiliation
Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing
Research Title
Community-Oriented and Socio-culturally Sensitive – Sidewalk Autonomous Delivery Robots
Research Description
This research would examine how the introduction of Sidewalk Autonomous Delivery Robots (SADRs) re-configures or re-shapes urban public life, people’s use of public spaces, socio-cultural norms, social interactions, and emergent activities facilitated by the affordances of public spaces. It aims to incorporate perspectives and needs of the community and local stakeholders through the use of participatory approaches to design new socio-culturally sensitive interactions and uses for SADRs.
Mentor
Narges Mahyar
Host Institution
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Sushrut Karmalkar
Primary Affiliation
University of Texas, Austin
Research Title
An Algorithmic Theory of Robust Learning
Research Description
We aim to dramatically expand the current algorithmic toolkit for robust statistics to fill existing theoretical gaps as well as answer practical questions.
Mentor
Ilias Diakonikolas
Host Institution
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Saba Kawas
Primary Affiliation
University of Washington
Research Title
Leveraging Emotion Sensing Technologies to Foster Social-Emotional Wellbeing for Neurodiverse Teens
Research Description
My research aims to explore the potential of emotion-sensing technologies in promoting emotional awareness and supporting social-emotional learning skills for neurodiverse teens.
Mentor
Lana Yarosh
Host Institution
University of Minnesota
Sualeh Khurshid
Primary Affiliation
Texas A&M University
Research Title
Statistics and Dynamics of Extreme Events in Fluid Turbulence: High-performance Exact Computations and Data-driven Modeling
Research Description
Development of fundamental understanding and data-driven reduced order modeling of extreme events in fluid flows using direct numerical simulations.
Mentor
Themistoklis Sapsis
Host Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nurit Kirshenbaum
Primary Affiliation
University of Hawaii
Research Title
Physical Visualizations for Geo-Spatial Data
Research Description
The goal of this project is to explore effective data communication of geo-spatial data in tangible/digital hybrid systems that incorporate physical terrain models as an added layer of context.
Mentor
Jason Leigh
Host Institution
University of Hawaii
Adam Li
Primary Affiliation
Johns Hopkins University
Research Title
Causal Reinforcement Learning with Unknown Causal Structure: An Application to Treatment of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Patients
Research Description
The development of causal inference methods that will work to estimate the unknown causal structure leveraging experimental and observational data.
Mentor
Elias Bareinboim
Host Institution
Columbia University
Yun Li
Primary Affiliation
George Mason University
Research Title
Utilizing Deep Learning and Multi-Source Earth Observations for Air Quality Data Reconstruction and Downscaling
Research Description
This research will bring together the powerful learning capability of deep learning models and a diverse set of earth measurements, including both in-situ and satellite-based observations, to estimate air quality at a finer spatial-temporal scale.
Mentor
Liang Zhao
Host Institution
Emory University
Tianyu Liu
Primary Affiliation
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Research Title
Approximation Algorithms for Counting and Sampling Delta-Matroids and More
Research Description
We aim to develop approximate counting and sampling algorithms for delta-matroids, which are combinatorial objects that describe the instances where local search is guaranteed to find an optimal solution in polynomial time.
Mentor
Nima Anari
Host Institution
Stanford University
Zoey Liu
Primary Affiliation
University of California, Davis
Research Title
Data-driven Evaluation for Crosslinguistic Low-resource NLP
Research Description
Develop evaluation methods and language technology for low-resource settings across languages.
Mentor
Emily Prud’hommeaux
Host Institution
Boston College
Samiha Marwan
Primary Affiliation
North Carolina State University
Research Title
Teaching Students to Decompose Problems through Subgoals
Research Description
To promote students’ learning and affective outcomes in programming classrooms, we will build a tool that scaffolds students in decomposing a programming task into a set of subgoals’ labels and self-explain them, which we will then evaluate in classroom studies, across different populations.
Mentor
Briana Morrison
Host Institution
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Stephen McAleer
Primary Affiliation
University of California, Irvine
Research Title
Finding Nash Equilibria in Large Two-Player Games
Research Description
I will explore methods to compute approximate Nash equilibria in large two-player zero-sum games and will also explore using machine learning for market design.
Mentor
Tuomas Sandholm
Host Institution
Carnegie Mellon University
Mehran Mirramezani
Primary Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley
Research Title
A Learning-based Approach to the Design of Multistable Structures
Research Description
The goal of this project is to develop machine learning techniques for the rapid design of multistable structures and automate an important emerging engineering paradigm at the interface between computer science, robotics, and mechanical engineering.
Mentor
Ryan P. Adams
Host Institution
Princeton University
Kenneth Boyenah Nimley
Primary Affiliation
Drexel University
Research Title
The Future of Work: Designing socio-technical systems for acceptance and adoption
Research Description
This project aims to build a comprehensive understanding of socio-technical systems used in social work practices and examine how the introduction of AI, ML, and other automation processes is shaping the future of casework.
Mentor
Aditya Johri
Host Institution
George Mason University
Tapti Palit
Primary Affiliation
Stony Brook University, SUNY
Research Title
Towards Secure Browsers
Research Description
The CIFellowship Research Project will explore various novel static analysis approaches to facilitate efficient and fine-grained privilege-separation in web browsers and other Javascript and Web Assembly environments.
Mentor
Pedro Fonseca
Host Institution
Purdue University
Sunoo Park
Primary Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Title
Legal, Ethical, and Technical Perspectives on Privacy and Security
Research Description
Focusing on security and privacy, our project aims to address key societal challenges from development and deployment of digital technologies, through academic and policy work across computer science, law, and ethics.
Mentor
Helen Nissenbaum
Host Institution
Cornell Tech
Denis Peskov
Primary Affiliation
University of Maryland
Research Title
Applying Natural Language Processing to Understand Organizational Decision Making
Research Description
This project will use tools from natural language processing to analyze communication from a variety of organizational domains and create general tools for interdisciplinary work
Mentor
Brandon Stewart
Host Institution
Princeton University
Vincent Peta
Primary Affiliation
South Dakota State University
Research Title
Prediction of Protein Structure and Function to Identify Novel Mechanisms of Resistance to Vector-Borne Pathogens in Insects
Research Description
Determining structure-function of proteins that are active when bacterial pathogens and bed bugs interact and how infection of bed bugs may occur.
Mentor
Etienne Gnimpieba
Host Institution
University of South Dakota
Lauren Pick
Primary Affiliation
Princeton University
Research Title
Program Synthesis for Machine Learning with Small Datasets
Research Description
The goal of the proposed research is to use program synthesis to automate the generation of labeling functions, which can minimize the amount of training data required for machine learning.
Mentor
Aws Albarghouthi
Host Institution
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Raghavendra Pradyumna Pothukuchi
Primary Affiliation
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Research Title
Computing Systems for Quantum Cognition
Research Description
This work will develop the infrastructure to support the field of quantum cognition using existing quantum computers and will also propose efficient classical-quantum hybrid architectures, thus enabling the understanding of human cognition more accurately than ever before.
Mentor
Abhishek Bhattacharjee (and Jonathan Cohen)
Host Institution
Yale University
Ghulam Jilani Quadri
Primary Affiliation
University of South Florida
Research Title
Developing Perceptual Framework for Task-Optimized Visualization
Research Description
This project will construct a visualization framework that considers both human perceptions for encoding techniques and the task being performed, optimizing visualization design for better quality, maximize efficiency, and higher confidence in decision-making that gives objective guidance for designers.
Mentor
Danielle Albers Szafir
Host Institution
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Lana Ramjit
Primary Affiliation
University of California, Los Angeles
Research Title
Scaling Clinical Computer Security via Service Learning
Research Description
Using the Clinic to End Tech Abuse as a model, we aim to modularize and deploy a ‘clinical security toolkit’ that will allow organizations to launch their own clinics that provide direct technological counseling to survivors of abuse.
Mentor
Nicola Dell
Host Institution
Cornell University
Tatiana Ringenberg
Primary Affiliation
Purdue University
Research Title
Increasing Global Resilience by Empowering Individuals Online
Research Description
The aim of my project is to identify and combat cognitive biases and heuristics which make individuals vulnerable to manipulative processes online in the cyber crime and medical domains.
Mentor
Jean Camp
Host Institution
Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing
Michael Rivera
Primary Affiliation
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Title
Computationally-Supported Craft: Design Tools for Sustainable Smart Textiles Manufacturing
Research Description
In this project, we investigate integrating sustainable design practices into design tools for textile craft workers and manufacturing processes to reduce waste output from smart textiles.
Mentor
Laura Devendorf
Host Institution
University of Colorado, Boulder
Amrita Roy Chowdhury
Primary Affiliation
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Research Title
Privacy in the 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions
Research Description
The landscape of data privacy has completely changed in the 21st century ranging from collection of data with unique structural constraints to new dimensions of privacy, such as the right to delete; the goal of my project is to examine and meet the privacy needs for emerging applications.
Mentor
Kamalika Chaudhuri
Host Institution
University of California, San Diego
Gourav Saha
Primary Affiliation
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research Title
Scheduling and Learning Algorithms for Millimeter Wave Communication
Research Description
The objective of this proposal is to design scheduling and learning algorithms for millimeter-wave communication in order to address various challenges arising due to highly directional beams, susceptibility to blockage, and the highly non-stationary nature of channel states.
Mentor
Xiaojun Lin
Host Institution
Purdue University
Jean Salac
Primary Affiliation
University of Chicago
Research Title
Centering Students & Teachers in Justice-Focused CS Education
Research Description
This project explores two research questions: (1) What are middle and high school teacher and student perceptions of CS’s power and peril in their lives and society? and (2) How do different types of schools and communities influence student perceptions of and attitudes towards CS’s role in their lives and society?
Mentor
Amy J Ko
Host Institution
University of Washington
Shruti Sannon
Primary Affiliation
Cornell University
Research Title
Envisioning a More Inclusive Gig Economy for Workers with Disabilities
Research Description
This project will explore ways to support equitable outcomes and access to work for workers with disabilities in digitally-mediated labor contexts.
Mentor
Tawanna Dillahunt
Host Institution
University of Michigan
Joseph Seering
Primary Affiliation
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Title
Combating the Spread of Disinformation on Encrypted Messaging Apps
Research Description
This project tackles the challenges of handling disinformation in end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms, and will involve creating, testing, and deploying an application for Android mobile phones that privately notifies users of disinformation links they receive through the encrypted platforms such as WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.
Mentor
Michael Bernstein
Host Institution
Stanford University
Nasim Sonboli
Primary Affiliation
University of Colorado, Boulder
Research Title
Toward Creating Responsible Information Access Systems
Research Description
I will be investigating the practicality of GDPR’s data minimization principle and studying its relationship and tradeoff with fairness in information access systems.
Mentor
Bert Huang
Host Institution
Tufts University
David Tench
Primary Affiliation
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Research Title
Processing Massive Graph Streams Using Disk-Friendly Sketching
Research Description
I will design algorithms for computing properties of truly massive graph streams by developing linear-sketching-based techniques which can efficiently make use of modern fast storage, vastly increasing the scale of graph data streams that can be processed with today’s hardware.
Mentor
Martin Farach-Colton
Host Institution
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jerald Thomas
Primary Affiliation
University of Minnesota
Research Title
Exploring Augmented Reality Facilitated Collaborative Ideation for Remote Brainstorming Tasks
Research Description
We will examine different techniques for facilitating remote brainstorming tasks using augmented reality.
Mentor
Doug Bowman
Host Institution
Virginia Tech
Wil Thomason
Primary Affiliation
Cornell University
Research Title
Scaling Integrated Task and Motion Planning Under Uncertainty
Research Description
The objective of this project is to study scalable approaches to efficiently solving robot planning problems from high-level specifications in the presence of sensing, actuation, and action model uncertainty, to move toward robots that are helpful for non-expert users in realistic settings.
Mentor
Lydia Kavraki
Host Institution
Rice University
Jesus del Carmen Valdiviezo Mora
Primary Affiliation
Duke University
Research Title
Predicting Chemical Reactivity in Microdroplets with Equivariant Neural Networks
Research Description
This project aims to develop a new class of equivariant neural networks to predict novel chemical reactivity in microdroplet environments.
Mentor
Teresa Lyn Head-Gordon
Host Institution
University of California, Berkeley
Jessica Vandenberg
Primary Affiliation
North Carolina State University
Research Title
Promoting Understanding of Artificial Intelligence with Interactive Narratives in Upper Elementary Grades
Research Description
The project will create story-centric plugged and unplugged activities to support upper elementary student learning of AI concepts as well as develop a set of self-report and multiple-choice instruments for assessing student attitudes and understanding around AI.
Mentor
Bradford Mott
Host Institution
North Carolina State University
Troi Williams
Primary Affiliation
University of South Florida
Research Title
Integrating State-Dependent Sensor Measurement Models and Risk-Aware Planning
Research Description
We aim to develop a novel active perception and planning framework for multi-robot teams that balances computation time and model prediction accuracy, enabling the team to dynamically alter its behavior depending on the current or future situation.
Mentor
Pratap Tokekar
Host Institution
University of Maryland
Le Xu
Primary Affiliation
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Research Title
Towards Next Generation Serverless Cloud
Research Description
My postdoctoral study will involve discussing and implementing serverless platforms to support new applications (stateful serverless applications) and new infrastructures (heterogeneous cloud).
Mentor
Aditya Akella
Host Institution
The University of Texas, Austin
Fumeng Yang
Primary Affiliation
Brown University
Research Title
Supporting Decision-Making in Times of Uncertainty: Visualizing Probabilistic Forecasts over Time
Research Description
This project will design and evaluate visualizations of a single forecast and multiple probabilistic forecasts, all updated over time, to support individual-level decision-making under uncertainty.
Mentor
Matthew Kay
Host Institution
Northwestern University
Wanrong Zhang
Primary Affiliation
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Title
Theory and Practice of Private Statistical Learning
Research Description
This project focuses on challenges range from fundamental private statistical learning and estimation theory to the privacy of large-scale deployment.
Mentor
Salil Vadhan
Host Institution
Harvard University
Jieyu Zhao
Primary Affiliation
University of California, Los Angeles
Research Title
Understanding and Intervening on Societal Biases in Natural Language Processing
Research Description
My research is about understanding the societal biases in existing machine learning models and proposing corresponding methods to intervene on model’s behavior to reduce those biases.
Mentor
Hal Daumé III
Host Institution
University of Maryland