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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Ryan Shi, a doctoral candidate in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, will present a free public lecture titled From a Bag of Bagels to Bandit Data-Driven Optimization at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15. The lecture is part of the Young Achievers Symposium series hosted by the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence and will be held live viaZoom View Webinar. No registration is required.

Shis work aims to address the unique challenges that arise in machine learning projects for the public and nonprofit sectors. His talk will discuss his three-year collaboration with a large food rescue organization that led him to develop a new recommender system that selectively advertises available rescues to food rescue volunteers.

Upcoming lectures in the Young Achievers Symposium series include:

Previous lectures can be viewed at theCenter for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence website.

About the Young Achievers Symposium

TheYoung Achievers Symposiumhighlights early career researchers in diverse fields of AI for social impact. The symposium series seeks to focus on emerging research, stimulate discussions, and initiate collaborations that can advance research in artificial intelligence for societal benefit. All events in the series are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Penn State students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty with an interest in socially responsible AI applications are encouraged to attend.

For more information, contact Amulya Yadav, assistant professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, atauy212@psu.edu.

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Lecture on leveraging machine learning in nonprofits to be presented March 15 - Pennsylvania State University