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SUMMARY:NYAI #24: Infusing AI w/ Trust & Transparency for Enterprises
DESCRIPTION:We're excited to welcome Kush R. Varshney (Principal Resea
 rch Staff Member & Manager\, IBM Research AI) & an authority on Trust 
 & Transparency in AI.\n\nWhile Kush's talk may get technical\, this ev
 ent is open to those with non-technical backgrounds. \n\nWine + Beer +
  Hors d'oeuvres + AI + Networking = the best Thursday ever! \n\nBIO: K
 ush R. Varshney was born in Syracuse\, NY in 1982. He received the B.S
 . degree (magna cum laude) in electrical & computer engineering with h
 onors from Cornell University\, Ithaca\, NY\, in 2004. He received the
  S.M. degree in 2006 & the Ph.D. degree in 2010\, both in electrical e
 ngineering & computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
 nology (MIT)\, Cambridge. While at MIT\, he was a National Science Fou
 ndation Graduate Research Fellow.\n\nDr. Varshney is a principal resea
 rch staff member & manager with IBM Research AI at the Thomas J. Watso
 n Research Center\, Yorktown Heights\, NY\, where he leads the Learnin
 g & Decision Making group. He is the founding co-director of the IBM S
 cience for Social Good initiative. He applies data science & predictiv
 e analytics to human capital management\, healthcare\, olfaction\, com
 putational creativity\, public affairs\, international development\, &
  algorithmic fairness\, which has led to recognitions such as the 2013
  Gerstner Award for Client Excellence for contributions to the WellPoi
 nt team & the Extraordinary IBM Research Technical Accomplishment for 
 contributions to workforce innovation & enterprise transformation. He 
 conducts academic research on the theory & methods of statistical sign
 al processing & machine learning. His work has been recognized through
  best paper awards at the Fusion 2009\, SOLI 2013\, KDD 2014\, & SDM 2
 015 conferences. He is a senior member of the IEEE & a member of the P
 artnership on AI's Safety-Critical AI working group.
LOCATION:Capital One Labs – NY Lab 114 5th Ave 6th Floor New York\, NY
  10011\, 114 5th Ave 6th Floor \, New York City\, CA\, 10011
URL:https://nyai24.splashthat.com/
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