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Some mathematical puzzles seemed to be made to be solved by a group, rather than an individual. We ll look at some that involve geometry, numbers, probability and even engineering,

With widespread use of machine learning, there have been serious societal consequences from using black box models for high-stakes decisions, including flawed bail and parole decisions in criminal justice. Explanations

Today Artificial Intelligence AI algorithms are used to make multiple decisions affecting human lives and many such algorithms have been reported to be biased. This includes parole decisions, search results,

As information and computing technologies and their use to collect, analyze, and use data become increasingly pervasive, so too does the concern about the privacy of sensitive information. In order

The affinity between statistical physics and machine learning has long history, this is reflected even in the machine learning terminology that is in part adopted from physics. I will describe

One of the classical results in extremal graph theory, Goodman s theorem, states that whenever the edges of a complete n-vertex graph are colored red or blue, there will be

There are many well-defined tasks that AI can do, but we still need people to solve undefined problems in unexpected yet practical ways -- in other words, creative work. As

Veit Elser proposed a random graph percolation model in which physical dimension appears as a parameter. From this model, numerical graph invariants els_k (G) , called Elser numbers, naturally arise

COVID 19 Notice This workshop has been cancelled Classical information theory was developed by Shannon and others to answer questions about the amount of communication needed for various data transmission tasks It was successful in giving very precise answers in a wide variety of tasks giving rise to the modern