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Gov 3009 Applied Statistics Workshop (2/2) -- William La Cava

by Shin, Sooahn

Dear Applied Statistics Workshop Community, Our next meeting of the semester will be at *12:10 pm (EST) Wednesday, February 2*, where William La Cava <http://williamlacava.com> (Harvard University) presents "Unfairness in AI-based Clinical Decisions: Intersectional Approaches to Measurement and Mitigation." *Abstract* Clinical decision support systems increasingly rely on machine learning (ML) models to recommend courses of action. As a result, these systems have the potential to exacerbate inequities in healthcare allocation and disadvantage historically and contemporarily marginalized groups. To address this risk, fair ML algorithms have been proposed that minimize differences in model performance among patient groups. I will discuss some of these methods and the challenges to implementing them in practice. Two major challenges are to measure and mitigate these differences when we consider grouping patients by intersections of demographic variables such as age, race, ethnicity, sex, and socio-economic status. *Where:* CGIS Knafel Building, Room K354 (See this link <https://map.harvard.edu/?bld=04471&level=9> for directions). *When:* Wednesday, February 2 at 12:10 - 1:30 pm. (Bagged lunches available for pick-up at CGIS K354 *11:30 - 11:45 am*, for the participants who responded to our previous survey. The CGIS cafe on the first floor has been designated as an eating area, and participants may also use outdoor spaces for lunch. Please be present at K354 by 12:10 pm for the presentations.) *Zoom link*: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/97004196610?pwd=eGFydkF5RDRjUlk5RVcyTjV6OStUQT09 (For the participants who cannot join the session physically.) *Schedule of the workshop*: https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/applied .stats.workshop-gov3009 Looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday! Best, Sooahn

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Gov 3009 Applied Statistics Workshop (1/26) -- Tracy Ke [Zoom]

by Shin, Sooahn

Dear Applied Statistics Workshop Community, Welcome back to another semester of the Applied Statistics Workshop. Our first meeting of the Spring semester will be at *12:10 pm (EST) Wednesday, January 26, via Zoom* (link <https://harvard.zoom.us/j/97004196610?pwd=eGFydkF5RDRjUlk5RVcyTjV6OStUQT09>). Please note that the first meeting will be *entirely on Zoom*, and from the second meeting (Feb 2), we will continue to meet every Wednesday from 12:10 - 1:30 pm throughout the semester in CGIS Knafel, Room K354. The schedule for the semester is below: Jan 26 [Zoom only]: Tracy Ke (Harvard University) Feb 2: William La Cava (Harvard University) Feb 9: Tyler VanderWeele (Harvard University) Feb 16: Edward McFowland III (Harvard University) Feb 23: Soroush Saghafian (Harvard University) Mar 2: Sharad Goel (Harvard University) Mar 9: Iavor Bojinov (Harvard University) Mar 16: No meeting (Spring recess) Mar 23: José R. Zubizarreta (Harvard University) Mar 30 [Zoom only]: Hannah Druckenmiller (Resources for the Future) Apr 6: Adeline Lo (University of Wisconsin-Madison; Visiting faculty affiliate at Harvard University) Apr 13: Deirdre Bloome (Harvard University) Apr 20: Soubhik Barari (Harvard University) Apr 27 [Zoom only]: Tasha Fairfield (London School of Economics and Political Science) The title and abstract of the first presentation will be shared soon. I look forward to seeing you all virtually on Wednesday! Best, Sooahn

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