"What makes a good fisherman as opposed to other professions?"
This question can be formulated as a k-linear regression problem with self-selection bias.

Alkis, @anaymehrotra.bsky.social, and I design faster local convergence algorithms for this problem:
arxiv.org/abs/2504.07133

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Had a great time @simonsinstitute.bsky.social last week talking about new & upcoming work on meta-optimization of ML training

tl;dr: we show how to compute gradients *through* the training process & use them to optimize training. Immediate big gains on data selection, poisoning, attribution & more!

We'd love to hear your feedback if you attended the ATTRIB workshop at @neuripsconf.bsky.social 2024!

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Our first talk of the day @ ATTRIB 2024 (Rm 205-207): @surbhigoel.bsky.social on attributing model behavior using synthetic data!

Giving a talk tomorrow at #NeurIPS2024 on the exciting topic of explainability!

At NeurIPS? Come by the 2nd workshop on Attributing Model Behavior at Scale (ATTRIB)!

Meeting Rm 205-207 @ 9am - amazing talks by @surbhigoel.bsky.social @sanmikoyejo.bsky.social Baharan Mirzasoleiman, Robert Geirhos, @coallaoh.bsky.social + exciting contributed talks!

Details: attrib-workshop.cc

I am recruiting PhD students at Duke!

Please apply to Duke CS or CBB if you are interested in developing new methods and paradigms for NLP/LLMs in healthcare.
For details, see here: monicaagrawal.com/home/researc....

Primarily written for the Operations market, but folks may find this guide I wrote for the job market: gargnikhil.com/files/Nikhil...