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CREATE SE4AI hosted a webinar by Sumon Biswas, PhD Candidate at Iowa State University on "Understanding and Reasoning Fairness of Machine Learning Pipeline".

Link to presentation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjCS6a_K301Ocg9z5Qd1GWA/videos

About the Speaker

sumonSumon Biswas is a Computer Science Ph.D. candidate at Iowa State University (ISU) and a Research Assistant in Laboratory for Software Design at ISU under the supervision of Professor Hridesh Rajan. His research interests are in the intersection of Software Engineering, Programming Languages, and Artificial Intelligence. He has worked on Machine Learning (ML) software repository mining and analysis in large-scale using the Boa framework. He worked on building Python language support for Boa to analyze ML programs and Jupyter Notebooks. Currently, he is working in the D4 (Dependable Data-Driven Discovery) initiative at ISU towards increasing the dependability of data-driven software. Specifically, he is conducting research on understanding the societal bias in ML models and reasoning about fairness property and its mitigation in ML pipelines. His research results appeared in reputed software engineering venues including ICSE and ESEC/FSE.

Homepage: https://sumonbis.github.io

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On January 23, 2025, at 11:00 AM EST, CREATE SE4AI hosted an engaging Industry Talk featuring Dr. Anne Mercier from GIRO Inc. Dr. Mercier, Director of Innovation at GIRO Inc., shared insights on AI and operations research tools powering HASTUS software, which is used globally to optimize public transit. She discussed recent AI advancements, including machine learning’s role in enhancing traditional optimization and generative AI’s potential for user-friendly applications.

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Mercier has over 15 years of expertise in optimization systems for transportation, advising public transit operators on resource management. She leads GIRO’s research collaborations and holds a Master’s in Operations Research (HEC Montréal) and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (Polytechnique Montréal).