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Resoundingly Human: The new Nobel: INFORMS member awarded top AI prize
Resoundingly Human: The new Nobel: INFORMS member awarded top AI prize
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Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Nov 12, 2021
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Podcast episode
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On this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with an INFORMS member whose work is truly saving lives, saving money, and solving [problems. Cynthia Rudin, professor of computer science and engineering at Duke University, has been awarded the 2021 Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity, an honor considered to be the New Nobel Prize. This award recognizes positive impacts of artificial intelligence to protect, enhance, and improve human life in meaningful ways with long-lived effects. In particular, her work with Con Edison, Massachusetts General Hospital and the Cambridge Police Department played a key role in firmly cementing interpretable machine learning as a mainstream field within artificial intelligence.
Released:
Nov 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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Resoundingly Human: Providing decision-makers with the tools they need, featuring AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellows: Operations research, analytics, data science, and other related disciplines enable individuals and organizations to transform data into insights that facilitate better, more informed decision-making in order to save lives, save money, and solve... by Resoundingly Human