Every time a mass-shooting tragedy dominates the U.S. news cycle, social media lights up with urgent, emotional arguments about firearms. Some people call for outright bans on civilian gun ownership, others argue for tighter regulations, and many seek a middle ground. To understand these conversations at scale, our new study, created GUNSTANCE—the first publicly available machine-learning…
We all learned how to solve two linear equations for two unknowns. For example, we learned to solve 2x – y = 3 and 3x + y = 7 for x, and y, giving us x = 2, and y = 1. If we have three unknowns, we would need three equations to solve for…
Introduction When I started my PhD in Fall of 2019, I dove deep into the fascinating worlds of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and differential privacy. Early in my research, I became interested in how we can enable AI systems to learn from sensitive data without exposing anyone’s personal information. I worked on designing a differentially…
What is life? This is a question that has been asked throughout history, and one that still stumps many people today. While there is no one correct answer, there are some things that we do know about life. Here are a few things to think about when it comes to life: Life is precious. This…