NLP in the era of generative AI, cognitive sciences, and societal transformation
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Publications
Monocular Robot Navigation with Self-Supervised Pretrained Vision Transformers
In this work, we consider the problem of learning a perception model for monocular robot navigation using few annotated images. Using a Visi… (see more)on Transformer (ViT) pretrained with a label-free self-supervised method, we successfully train a coarse image segmentation model for the Duckietown environment using 70 training images. Our model performs coarse image segmentation at the
Algorithmic biases that favor majority populations pose a key challenge to the application of machine learning for precision medicine. Here,… (see more) we assessed such bias in prediction models of behavioral phenotypes from brain functional magnetic resonance imaging. We examined the prediction bias using two independent datasets (preadolescent versus adult) of mixed ethnic/racial composition. When predictive models were trained on data dominated by white Americans (WA), out-of-sample prediction errors were generally higher for African Americans (AA) than for WA. This bias toward WA corresponds to more WA-like brain-behavior association patterns learned by the models. When models were trained on AA only, compared to training only on WA or an equal number of AA and WA participants, AA prediction accuracy improved but stayed below that for WA. Overall, the results point to the need for caution and further research regarding the application of current brain-behavior prediction models in minority populations.
La présente fiche propose une revue des différents enjeux éthiques liés au développement et à l’utilisation des technologies d’int… (see more)elligence artificielle dans le milieu de la santé, en trois parties. D’abord, nous aborderons les enjeux éthiques liés à l’exploitation de données massives nécessaires à l’entrainement des algorithmes de l’IA. Ensuite, nous présenterons les principaux enjeux éthiques liés au développement et à l’utilisation des SIA en santé, en abordant la façon dont ces systèmes impactent nos vies ainsi que l’environnement physique et social dans lequel nous vivons. Nous présenterons finalement les principales initiatives nationales et internationales en matière d’éthique de l’IA et de la gestion des données, fruits et reflets d’une réflexion globale sur ces sujets. Ces initiatives ont notamment proposé des lignes directrices et principes normatifs servant de guides pour le développement de technologies de l’IA éthiques et responsables Il s'agit de la quatrième fiche d'une série de 4 développée dans le cadre d'un mandat réalisé pour le Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec (MSSS).
Business research practice is witnessing a surge in the integration of predictive modeling and prescriptive analysis. We describe a modeling… (see more) framework JANOS that seamlessly integrates the two streams of analytics, allowing researchers and practitioners to embed machine learning models in an end-to-end optimization framework. JANOS allows for specifying a prescriptive model using standard optimization modeling elements such as constraints and variables. The key novelty lies in providing modeling constructs that enable the specification of commonly used predictive models within an optimization model, have the features of the predictive model as variables in the optimization model, and incorporate the output of the predictive models as part of the objective. The framework considers two sets of decision variables: regular and predicted. The relationship between the regular and the predicted variables is specified by the user as pretrained predictive models. JANOS currently supports linear regression, logistic regression, and neural network with rectified linear activation functions. In this paper, we demonstrate the flexibility of the framework through an example on scholarship allocation in a student enrollment problem and provide a numeric performance evaluation. Summary of Contribution. This paper describes a new software tool, JANOS, that integrates predictive modeling and discrete optimization to assist decision making. Specifically, the proposed solver takes as input user-specified pretrained predictive models and formulates optimization models directly over those predictive models by embedding them within an optimization model through linear transformations.