Differential Privacy at Bluecore with Zahi Karam - TWiML Talk #133

Today we’re joined by Nataniel Ruiz, a PhD Student at Boston University. We caught up with Nataniel to discuss his paper “Disrupting DeepFakes: Adversarial Attacks Against Conditional Image Translation Networks and Facial Manipulation Systems.” In our conversation, we discuss the concept of this work, as well as some of the challenging parts of implementing this work, potential scenarios in which this could be deployed, and the broader contributions that went into this work.

14 Mai 202042min

Today we’re joined by Sherri Rose, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. We cover a lot of ground in our conversation, including the intersection of her research with the current COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of quality in datasets and rigor when publishing papers, and the pitfalls of using causal inference. We also touch on Sherri’s work in algorithmic fairness, the shift she’s seen in fairness conferences covering these issues in relation to healthcare research, and a few recent pape

11 Mai 202044min

Today we’re joined by Lukas Biewald, founder and CEO of Weights & Biases, to discuss their new tool Artifacts, an end to end pipeline tracker. In our conversation, we explore Artifacts’ place in the broader machine learning tooling ecosystem through the lens of our eBook “The definitive guide to ML Platforms” and how it fits with the W&B model management platform. We discuss also discuss what exactly “Artifacts” are, what the tool is tracking, and take a look at the onboarding process for users.

7 Mai 202054min

Today we’re joined Richard Socher, Chief Scientist and Executive VP at Salesforce. Richard and his team have published quite a few great projects lately, including CTRL: A Conditional Transformer Language Model for Controllable Generation, and ProGen, an AI Protein Generator, both of which we cover in-depth in this conversation. We also explore the balancing act between investments, product requirement research and otherwise at a large product-focused company like Salesforce.

4 Mai 202042min

Today we’re joined by Manuela Veloso, Head of AI Research at J.P. Morgan Chase. Since moving from CMU to JP Morgan Chase, Manuela and her team established a set of seven lofty research goals. In this conversation we focus on the first three: building AI systems to eradicate financial crime, safely liberate data, and perfect client experience. We also explore Manuela’s background, including her time CMU in the ‘80s, or as she describes it, the “mecca of AI,” and her founding role with RoboCup.

30 Apr 202046min

In this discussion, we explore how data scientists and ML/AI practitioners can responsibly contribute to the fight against coronavirus and COVID-19. Four experts: Rex Douglass, Rob Munro, Lea Shanley, and Gigi Yuen-Reed shared a ton of valuable insight on the best ways to get involved. We've gathered all the resources that our panelists discussed during the conversation, you can find those at twimlai.com/talk/370.

29 Apr 202058min

Today we’re joined by Aleksander Madry, Faculty in the MIT EECS Department, to discuss his paper “Adversarial Examples Are Not Bugs, They Are Features.” In our conversation, we talk through what we expect these systems to do, vs what they’re actually doing, if we’re able to characterize these patterns, and what makes them compelling, and if the insights from the paper will help inform opinions on either side of the deep learning debate.

27 Apr 202041min

Today we’re joined by Ben Green, PhD Candidate at Harvard and Research Fellow at the AI Now Institute at NYU. Ben’s research is focused on the social and policy impacts of data science, with a focus on algorithmic fairness and the criminal justice system. We discuss his paper ‘Good' Isn't Good Enough,’ which explores the 2 things he feels are missing from data science and machine learning research; A grounded definition of what “good” actually means, and the absence of a “theory of change.

23 Apr 202041min