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Lily Xu

7 months

I'm on the academic job market! I'm a PhD student at @Harvard , where I develop and deploy AI decision-making techniques for planetary health. My research enables practitioners to take efficient, robust actions necessary in these high-stakes, low-data settings.

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

We are very honored to have been named the winner of the #INFORMS2021 Doing Good with Good OR competition! All finalists had inspiring work: vaccine development+distribution, citizens assemblies, COVID supply distribution. 🎙 Come to our live talks Tues 4:30pm PT in room 211A!

Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

As a 4th year PhD student I can't wait to finally attend my FIRST ever in-person conference at #INFORMS2021 next week! I'll be presenting our PAWS project, a collaboration with @SMARTCnsvTools . We're proud to be finalists in the Doing Good with Good OR competition.

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

I am at #IJCAI2022 attending my first in-person AI conference EVER! 🤓🥳 As a rising FIFTH-year PhD student! 📣 Catch my talks MONDAY 9:50 [Galerie 3–4] CDCEO workshop 🌏 WEDNESDAY 15:30 [Stolz 2] AI for Good track 🐘 — poster 17:00–19:00 [Exhibition / Hall B]

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

Very fun speaking to a live class in-person! This is Harvard’s CS 96, Machine Learning for Social Impact — a course proposed and designed by students ‼️ Extends the student-driven Tech for Social Good group at Harvard:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

1 year

I'll speak tomorrow on opportunities to use machine learning + causal inference to evaluate conservation outcomes! I'll highlight our recent study on how ranger patrols deter poaching in protected areas. WWF Fuller Seminar April 13 @ 11am ET Register:

WWF Science

@WWFscience

1 year

Can AI help us understand what actions we can take to bring about resilient nature and communities? Join WWF & @Harvard 's @lilyxu0 for a conversation about artificial intelligence's role in conservation on April 13th. Register now:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

I loved the opportunity to visit @cornell_tech to discuss the process, benefits, and challenges of deploying AI systems in the real-world! @NikhGarg 's class is full of important lessons on the human side of data science. Check out Nikhil's syllabus:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

10 months

I'll be at the poster session at #ICCB2023 today 5:15–6:45pm! Come chat: — causal inference to study ranger patrols on poaching — AI to overcome unobserved/messy data — conservation in Murchison Falls, Uganda Also attending: @wcs_uganda @SimonNampindo @jjmabonga @andrewbdavies

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

10 months

👋 from Kigali, Rwanda for #ICCB2023 , after hanging out with a pride of 8 lions in Murchison Falls with @wcs_uganda ! 🦁🌳 I'm super eager to learn from conservationists I've looked up to for years! Do email/DM to chat, or find me presenting at:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

As a 4th year PhD student I can't wait to finally attend my FIRST ever in-person conference at #INFORMS2021 next week! I'll be presenting our PAWS project, a collaboration with @SMARTCnsvTools . We're proud to be finalists in the Doing Good with Good OR competition.

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

10 months

In our paper, we distill conservation priorities to: 1. understand the world 2. act in the world 3. evaluate impact AI holds potential to contribute: — AI for earth observation — sequential decision-making — causality with ample challenges requiring new methodological advances!

Harvard CRCS - @[email protected]

@HCRCS

10 months

Last fall, CRCS held the AI-Assisted Decision Making Workshop to pinpoint conservation challenges that require methodological advances in AI. This white paper summarizes the discussions held and challenges raised on conservation area management.

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

So, so proud of undergrad Rachel Guo who presented her fantastic thesis today! It’s been a joy to advise her for two years. Rachel applied causal inference to a long-standing question in conservation. Keep an eye out for her future publication w/ @PerraultAndrew @MilindTambe_AI !

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

Very fun to give my first ~in-person~ guest lecture @Wellesley ! I joined undergrads in @BrianBrubach 's class on Computing for the Socio-Techno Web. The students had thoughtful discussion about what it means for AI projects to be "for social good". And what a beautiful campus!

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

1 year

I'm in DC for #AAAI2023 ! Let's chat — please do DM/email for ☕️🍲🌞 I'll give two talks: TUESDAY (today!) Room 209A @ 4pm Doctoral Consortium → thesis overview SATURDAY Room 145B @ 2pm Online learning for restless bandits

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

(late, but...) My heart is still extra full from #EAAMO22 and getting to chat with so many thoughtful, cross-disciplinary researchers! For community building, we hosted a social each day: — PhD students — Regional and Affinity groups — Application Areas — Research Fields

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

4 months

Two collaborative pieces now out! With brilliant colleagues in environmental science, sociology, & more. 🌍🌳 (1) Policy implications of inequities in biodiversity data (led by @milliechapma ) (2) Sociological implications of ML in environmental science (led by @calebscoville )

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

1 year

A very fun discussion with WWF community on opportunities for using causality for conservation! Causal inference can help — improve ecological models, — evaluate impact, and — inform adaptive management. Here, I present work evaluating the impact of ranger patrols on poaching.

WWF Science

@WWFscience

1 year

Watch @Harvard 's @lilyxu0 discuss the benefits of using AI and causal inference to help ranger patrols deter poaching during @World_Wildlife 's AI & Conservation Fuller Seminar. Check out the full video here:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

Our @HCRCS workshop on AI-Assisted Decision Making for Conservation aims to identify challenges and priorities in protected area management, biodiversity prioritization, and spatial ecology. A joy to organize w/ @rolf_comma_e @MilindTambe_AI Schedule:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

Very happy to share our paper "Dual-Mandate Patrols: Multi-Armed Bandits for Green Security" which will appear at #AAAI2021 , introducing the LIZARD🦎 bandit algorithm for poaching prevention. Paper: Code: [1/n]

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

Analytics for a Better World is a fantastic initiative to advance data analytics for sustainability and humanitarian challenges. I’m honored to share my work with this community! Join us virtually Sept 28 at 5pm CET / 11am ET.

Analytics for a Better World

@ABWInstitute

2 years

Analytics and Wildlife? Next up in our seminar series will be Lily Xu ( @lilyxu0 ) with the topic Learning, Optimization, and Planning Under Uncertainty for Wildlife Conservation. Join us on September 28th | 17:00-18:00 CET You can register to attend here:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

7 months

An honor to present to @MichelleDonelan , the Secretary of State for the UK DSIT, at the #AISafetySummit ! Alongside safe & responsible development of Frontier AI, we must also advance AI for low-resource, low-data challenges such as biodiversity conservation.

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@OfficialZSL

7 months

Computer scientists including @lilyxu0 @HarvardUniversity have used @SMARTCnsvTools to create #PAWS – which uses machine learning & game theory to predict poaching and plan patrol routes to prevent it. 💻 #AISafetySummit #SMART @MichelleDonelan

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

I shared my research with my peers at @HSEAS at the first event of the SEAS Summertime Seminar Series! ☀️ Very heartwarming to rebuild departmental community after so much remote everything. Thanks Michelle and Perrin for the initiative. Upcoming talks:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

1 year

Searching for the next @EarthRangerTech Conservation Tech Award grantees! We're looking to provide two $15,000 grants to conservationists and technologists who are accelerating technology-driven solutions to protect wildlife. 🐘🐯🐋 Apply by August 18:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

Very proud of Rachel Guo, the first undergrad student I’ve advised, who just put out her first paper! Incorporating remote sensing imagery to improve poaching predictions with @SMARTCnsvTools . Rachel will be presenting at @ML4Dworkshop at NeurIPS. @AndyPlumptre @DrewCronin

Milind Tambe

@MilindTambe_AI

3 years

"Enhancing poaching predictions...using remote sensing imagery" Led by undergraduate student Rachel Guo, with guidance from @lilyxu0 , to appear in #ML4D NeurIPS workshop; @DrewCronin @AndyPlumptre

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

I’m excited to join @WILDLABSNET and this rockstar set of conservation experts! I’ll be presenting on AI to prevent poaching and human–wildlife conflict 🐘🐅🦏 Join me September 2 at 11am ET, and check out the other speakers ⬇️

WILDLABS Community

@WILDLABSNET

3 years

We're back! And it's the biggest season yet of the WILDLABS Tech Tutors, our virtual series that answers the "how do I do that?" questions of conservation tech. Learn more here: #Tech4Wildlife

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

@gautamcgoel At least she’s not asking why you haven’t received the MacArthur Fellowship yet!

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

In resource allocation, our actions may impact many groups simultaneously. If some groups are more vulnerable, we want to ensure our actions benefit those groups most. Our new paper formulates this as a multi-armed bandit that trades off b/t reward and group prioritization. ⚖️

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

Consider applying to be a PhD summer fellow at @HCRCS and come hang out with me in Boston next year! 😃

Milind Tambe

@MilindTambe_AI

3 years

Applications open for summer 2022 fellowships for PhD students at Harvard Center for Research on Computation & Society ( @hcrcs )! Fellowships for 12-16 weeks, focus on computational approaches for public health & conservation. Application deadline: Dec 1

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

Uncertainty pervades decision-making, especially in sequential settings where we might use RL. Standard robust RL methods maximize min reward, often leading to conservative policies. We instead plan minimax regret–optimal policies. Our #UAI2021 paper:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

I’ll be presenting this work “Ranked Prioritization of Groups in Combinatorial Bandit Allocation” today at #INFORMS2022 ! Tuesday 10/18 12:30pm CC room 204 In the session Fairness in Sequential Decision-Making, chaired by @seanrsinclair and @banerjee_sid

Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

In resource allocation, our actions may impact many groups simultaneously. If some groups are more vulnerable, we want to ensure our actions benefit those groups most. Our new paper formulates this as a multi-armed bandit that trades off b/t reward and group prioritization. ⚖️

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

Are you developing tech to protect wildlife? We want to hear from you! The Conservation Technology Award is providing two grants — $15K each — to organizations that are innovating for wildlife. @EarthRangerTech ‌‌ #CTAward #AIforConservation

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

7 months

Serina is a brilliant researcher with important, policy-relevant work at the intersection of ML & network science! She will continue this stellar research while being a compassionate educator and wonderful colleague. Hire her at your department!

Serina Chang

@serinachang5

7 months

I’m on the academic job market! I’ll have a PhD from @Stanford CS in 2024. My research develops ML + network science methods to tackle complex societal challenges, from pandemics to polarization to supply chains. See my website + research statement for details! Highlights below:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

4 years

Hats off to @cm_geib of Mongabay this story on our PAWS system which applies #AIforConservation ! Read more about how ML and game theory can help save animals from poaching 🐘🐆🐅... and the long path to deployment. @MilindTambe_AI @HCRCS

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

1 year

Consider submitting your impactful research to @ACMEAAMO ! Research track: new methods Policy and Practice track: fantastic opportunity to highlight — research deployment — problem pitch — survey (incl. of application domains) Deadline: May 10 Conf: Oct 30-Nov 1 (in Boston!)

Elissa M. Redmiles, Ph.D.

@eredmil1

1 year

Very excited to be PC co-chair for the 3rd annual @ACMEAAMO (Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization) Submit your work on: - algorithmic auditing - ML/AI/Mech. Design approaches to understand/fix societal problems - and more! CFP:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

It was a delight to join Phebe’s class @CAIS_USC ! Fantastic learning about the projects @Carol_Marge_J @nathanljustin @john_dry @aghaei_sina and others are working on at the intersection of analytics & social work.

Phebe Vayanos

@phebe_vayanos

2 years

Thank you @lilyxu0 for visiting us @CAIS_USC and for sharing your exciting research on planning under #uncertainty for #conservation in my Analytics for Social Impact class! Amazing work!

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

5 years

Prof @zicokolter delivering a keynote on integrating optimization into the deep learning pipeline at #CompSust DC.

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

If you’re “at” #AAAI2021 , come drop by our poster sessions tomorrow (Feb 5) from 11:45-1:30pm and 7:45-9:30pm ET! Room BC-D2-R1, poster ID 4906 with @BondiElizabeth @fangf07 @PerraultAndrew @kaiwang_gua @MilindTambe_AI

Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

Very happy to share our paper "Dual-Mandate Patrols: Multi-Armed Bandits for Green Security" which will appear at #AAAI2021 , introducing the LIZARD🦎 bandit algorithm for poaching prevention. Paper: Code: [1/n]

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

6 months

This collection of job market candidate profiles is such a helpful resource — thank you @v_gkatzelis and @jasondhartline for compiling! I am on the market this year, but also check out the wonderful research the other candidates are doing, too!

Vasilis Gkatzelis

@v_gkatzelis

6 months

This year’s SIGecom job market candidate profiles are now available. Please share the following link with anyone you think may be interested in hiring from our community in either postdoctoral or faculty positions:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

4 years

I look forward to presenting two projects at the @HCRCS Workshop on AI for Social Good next week! I encourage you to check out the full list of papers and keynote speakers. Registration is free.

Milind Tambe

@MilindTambe_AI

4 years

Excited for #AIforGood workshop at @Harvard Center for Research on Computation & Society @hcrcs , to be held soon: July 20-21. Schedule for the workshop is now up: Thanks @brwilder @erichorvitz @SekouLRemy @RecklessCoding @PerraultAndrew

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

7 months

Konstantin is a fantastic researcher developing machine learning methods for geospatial data. His work on climate change, weather modeling, and urban mobility is impactful & timely. His endless optimism and thoughtfulness will also make him a fantastic colleague!

Konstantin Klemmer

@kklmmr

7 months

I'm on the job market for academic & industry research positions! I develop geospatial ML techniques for applications that help tackle climate change and improve our cities. 🤖🌍🌆 Learn more about my research & how to get in touch on my website:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

It was a pleasure to moderate this panel on “Building Bridges Between AI Research and Policy” with thoughtful experts @JulieOwono @JacobSteinhardt and @JessicaFjeld ! Thanks to Katherine Van Kirk and Hannah Lawrence for the invitation and their fantastic work organizing.

Rachel Wolbers

@rachelwolbers

2 years

Awesome panel on content moderation and AI happening at the @HertzFoundation with @JulieOwono @JessicaFjeld @JacobSteinhardt @OversightBoard

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

Excited to organize the @HCRCS Social Impact Seminar Series with @kaiwang_gua and Hila Bernstein! We have a great lineup of speakers discussing methods + deployment of AI for ecological forecasting, COVID testing, public policy, voting, and more. Mondays @ 11am ET begins Feb 7

Harvard CRCS - @[email protected]

@HCRCS

2 years

The @HCRCS Spring 2022 Social Impact seminar series begins February 7th and will take place virtually on Mondays at 11 am this semester. Look for our announcement of speakers later this month! In the meantime, you can register here: .

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

7 months

Esther is brilliant, kind, and creative — all the essential qualities of a stellar PhD advisor. Consider applying to her group in the marvelous mountains of Boulder, Colorado to be part of her ambitious research agenda on geospatial ML & responsible ML! Info sesh Oct 10 ⬇️

Esther Rolf

@rolf_comma_e

7 months

I'm hiring PhD students to join my group in the CS department at CU Boulder! 🏔️🦬 We work on statistical and geospatial machine learning, focusing on real-world problems 🌏 and fundamental advances in efficient and responsible ML methods 📈! Oct 10, 11MT:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

1 year

The Multi-Agent Learning Seminar is a growing community for research in multi-agent RL and game theory. I joined the group to discuss why [minimax regret > maximin reward] and how robust planning can be applied to conservation and public health. Group:

Multi-Agent Learning Seminar

About The Multi-Agent Learning Seminar is a forum for discussing research related to multi-agent learning, including (deep) multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), game theory, emergent complexity...

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Eugene Vinitsky

@EugeneVinitsky

1 year

@lilyxu0 provides an overview of MIRROR, a scalable algorithm for computing minimax regret optimal policies and discusses ongoing work on poaching and maternal health: 3/6

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

I’m excited to join the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence tomorrow to present our #AAAI2021 paper! Event: March 3, 8pm Beijing time (7am EST)

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

I enjoyed speaking to the @Womens_Forum Women4AI Daring Circles workshop on embedding inclusivity in AI-powered tech! The group recently put out an Inclusive AI toolkit to guide organizations in developing AI to address the needs of everyone, particularly marginalized groups.

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

1 year

I look forward to joining the @PennStateCSRAI community at 3:30pm ET today! Thank you to @AmulyaYadav19 and Wenbo Zhang for organizing this series to highlight research on AI for social impact. See upcoming talks + past recordings:

Penn State Center for Socially Responsible AI

@PennStateCSRAI

1 year

The CSRAI Young Achievers Symposium series continues next week with Lily Xu from @hseas , who will discuss her team's #AI software package that helps predict potential wildlife #poaching hotspots. 📅 Thursday, March 23 🕓 3:30 p.m. ET 📍 Online Webinar 🌐

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

The @HCRCS Social Impact Seminar Series continues Monday! Prof. @cboettig will present his work on AI for ecological monitoring and explore the social, economic, and political consequences of conservation tech. March 7 @ 11am ET More info & register:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

1 year

Looking forward to joining the @AIforGood and @UNBiodiversity communities on June 5! @MilindTambe_AI and I will discuss uses for AI and causal inference to help preserve biodiversity and accelerate progress towards UN SDGs. 16:00 CEST / 10:00 ET followed by a networking event

AI for Good 🇺🇳 #AIforGood

@AIforGood

1 year

Register for this #AIforGood Discovery in partnership with @UNBiodiversity & learn from experts from @Harvard how #AI & #causalinference are revolutionizing anti-poaching efforts in combating #wildlife poaching. 🌐 🗓️ 5 June 2023 ⏰16:00 CEST

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

4 years

Thank you to our panelists @MilindTambe_AI , Cynthia Dwork, and @zittrain for an engaging discussion on topics including fairness, interdisciplinary research, and partnering with industry. Moderated by @neilsgaikwad @HCRCS

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

7 months

Our community at @ACMEAAMO and EAAMO Bridges (the new name of @MD4SG ) is in such good hands under the care, creativity, brilliance, and capable execution of Sera Linardi. We’re so fortunate and grateful to welcome Sera in as our inaugural Executive Director! Much to come!

Sera Linardi

@seralinardi

7 months

I'm so honored to be the 1st Executive Director of EAAMO. My life goal: help math/computing ppl support the efforts of underserved communities. @MD4SG in 2018 gave me hope & friends. 🙏🏽founders Rediet Abebe @kiragoldner 🙏🏽 @PittTweet leaders @cschively @colaresi 🙏🏽 @caasiPitt

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

Exciting kickoff to #EAAMO2021 today! @SloganTapleton and I are your @ACMEAAMO Social Chairs — we've got table discussions scheduled for every day + collaborative art + quote/song board. Check out all the social topics and our wonderful facilitators!

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

Fantastic work by @MatthewDibble6 at @VOANews in this two-min video on our PAWS AI system to aid rangers in Cambodia prevent poaching. @MilindTambe_AI @HCRCS @WWFCambodia

LogOn: Wildlife Rangers Use AI to Predict Poachers’ Next Moves

Rangers protecting threatened wildlife in Cambodia are using artificial intelligence to predict poachers’ next moves. Matt Dibble reports.

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

None of this work would have been possible without the tireless work of our collaborators in conservation. Thanks for all you do for our wildlife! 🐘🐅🦏🍃 @SMARTCnsvTools @WWF @TheWCS @monsharris @DrewCronin @NeuronicCoder @MilindTambe_AI @HCRCS

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

It will be a delight to hear from these 16 Rising Stars on their work on AI for Social Good! First session is March 30 on public health. Register at I'm honored to co-organize this series with @JacksonAKillian , @adityamate22 , and @MilindTambe_AI

Rising Stars Speaker Series

This year we are excited to host a virtual CRCS Rising Stars Speaker Series! Each talk in the series will feature 12 minute presentations from 4 PhD students and postdoctoral candidates who were...

crcs.seas.harvard.edu

Harvard CRCS - @[email protected]

@HCRCS

3 years

🌟The future of #AIforSocialGood is bright with these rising stars 🤩 Join us alternate Tuesdays/Thursdays over the next month to hear about their exemplary work in public health, conservation, fairness, and tech + society. More info & register here:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

Tomorrow I'm excited to join the Climate Hack Finals, the culmination of a two-month competition between students across 25 universities! Particularly thrilled to be speaking alongside good friend and fellow nature lover @leo_bix 🐦🌳 The challenge:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

I just had the opportunity to visit the @UCL AI Society to speak on #AIforSustainability . Their journal club has members studying a huge range of disciplines: neuroscience to architectural design to machine learning! Check out their events and activities:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

4 years

Wanyi and I are taking over the @MD4SG account this week to talk all things environment! Follow and follow along 🤗🌳

EAAMO

@EAAMO_ORG

4 years

Welcome to the MD4SG Environment Week! 🌳🌸🌏 We are Wanyi Li and Lily Xu @lilyxu0 and, as co-organizers of the MD4SG working group on environment and climate, we’ll be your hosts for this segment.

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

4 years

Our @MD4SG Environment Working Group was just treated to an inspiring talk by @BDilkina of @CAIS_USC . Bistra shared her work on optimizing landscape connectivity to promote biodiversity. A nugget of wisdom: "How do I communicate this to the community it's supposed to serve?"

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

Excited to discuss ranger-based monitoring with this brilliant cast of conservation experts at #ICCB2021 this week! 🐅🐘🦏 🎥 Watch our pre-recorded talks now and join us Wed at 9am ET. Thanks always to rangers on the frontlines of wildlife conservation.

Timothy Kuiper

@TimothyKuiper

2 years

Globally, hundreds of thousands of rangers patrol 1000s of PAs daily. How can we maximize their efforts and data to minimise threats to biodiversity? See our uploaded talks (thanks speakers!) & join the live discussion at ICCB 2021 :) @SCB_Africa @ICCS_updates @Rohit_wildlife

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

We are so lucky to have you, Paula!! The #AIforSocialGood and #ML4D communities keep growing stronger. @hseas @HCRCS

Paula Rodríguez Díaz

@paularodrid

3 years

Life update: I will be starting my PhD in CS at @Harvard with Prof. @MilindTambe_AI . I'm super excited and grateful to be able to pursue my passion for research in AI for social good! A huge thank you to my family, mentors, coworkers and friends for all the love and support.

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@lilyxu0

2 years

Congratulations to undergrad April Chen for winning the Adobe Women-in-Technology Scholarship! April has made fantastic contributions to conservation + public health work in our group and co-directs the Tech for Social Good student group. @MilindTambe_AI @brwilder @HCRCS

Harvard SEAS

@hseas

2 years

SEAS computer science students April Chen, Varshini Subhash and Angel Yin-Hua Hsu were named 2022 @AdobeResearch Women-in-Technology Scholarship winners. The award recognizes outstanding female undergrad and master’s CS students at North American schools.

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Read about our recent field visit to Rio Bravo, Belize to test PAWS! @monsharris describes unique challenges in Rio Bravo and how SMART + PAWS support ranger patrol planning. It's been a pleasure to work w/ @SMARTCnsvTools , @WCSBelize , @cybertrackerorg , and Programme for Belize.

SMART Partnership

@SMARTCnsvTools

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Predictive patrol planning for SMART: Field testing PAWS in the Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area in Belize @lilyxu0 @MilindTambe_AI @WCSBelize @cybertrackerorg

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@lilyxu0

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Honored to have been interviewed by Ashley Kilgore for the @INFORMS Resoundingly Human podcast! I discuss our PAWS project: using machine learning + optimization to help rangers prevent poaching. 🎧 Listen on their site or your favorite podcast app (!!):

Giving wildlife conservationists some helping PAWS - Resoundingly Human

Wildlife conservation is an enormous global undertaking, vital to ensuring the health and longevity of our planet, and that the incredibly diverse plant and wildlife species we share our world with...

resoundinglyhuman.com

INFORMS

@INFORMS

2 years

Resoundingly Human Podcast: Giving wildlife conservationists some helping PAWS - with Lily Xu, a PhD student in computer science at Harvard University ▶️ #INFORMS #conservation #wildlife #orms #solvingproblems #ananlytics #podacst #datascience @WWF

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@lilyxu0

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Check out this story from @HSEAS for the latest in our collaboration with @SMARTCnsvTools to help prevent poaching around the globe! @MilindTambe_AI #AIforConservation #AIforGood

Preventing poaching

AI software that predicts poaching hotspots now being deployed to wildlife parks

seas.harvard.edu

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@lilyxu0

3 years

Undergraduate Rachel Guo wins the #NCWITAiC21 Collegiate Award for her outstanding contributions to our PAWS project for poaching prevention! Congratulations, Rachel! Our paper on using remote sensing images for under-resourced parks: @HSEAS @Harvard

Enhancing Poaching Predictions for Under-Resourced Wildlife...

Illegal wildlife poaching is driving the loss of biodiversity. To combat poaching, rangers patrol expansive protected areas for illegal poaching activity. However, rangers often cannot...

arxiv.org

NCWITAIC

@NCWITAIC

3 years

CONGRATULATIONS to the #NCWITAiC21 Collegiate Award recipients! This award recognizes outstanding technical contributions to projects by women, genderqueer, and nonbinary undergrad and graduate students. Learn about the winning projects here: .

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@lilyxu0

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¡Hoy presentaré un seminario en español, por primera vez! @CAPP_LAC está dedicada a resolver los problemas públicos y sociales. 🌎 ~ Today I will present a seminar in Spanish, for the first time! CAPP is dedicated to solving public and social problems.

Centro de Analítica para Políticas Públicas

@CAPP_LAC

1 year

En esta edición del #SeminarioCAPP , Lily Xu @lilyxu0 nos presentará su trabajo "Aprendizaje y planificación bajo incertidumbre para la conservación de la vida silvestre" 🧵. 🗓 Viernes, 2 de diciembre. 🕦 11:30 a. m. COL. 💻 Zoom

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@lilyxu0

2 years

It was an honor to have Dr. @hegde_aparna visit us at @HCRCS ! We have been so inspired by the work she and the @armmanindia team have been doing to reduce maternal mortality. Learn more from her powerful TED talk:

The life-saving tech helping mothers make healthy decisions

Overcrowded clinics, extensive wait times and overworked doctors are taking a devastating toll on mothers and children in India. In this eye-opening talk, urogynecologist and TED Fellow Aparna Hegde...

www.ted.com

Harvard CRCS - @[email protected]

@HCRCS

2 years

Earlier this week, we had the pleasure of welcoming @hegde_aparna of @armmanindia for a visit at the Science and Engineering Complex. It was wonderful to spend time together in person and we are looking forward to continuing the conversation and collaborations moving forward!

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@lilyxu0

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Inspiring to see the reach and impact of SMART in their annual report! We're honored to have PAWS highlighted as a key upcoming feature (page 16). Work in partnership with @SMARTCnsvTools + @Microsoft AI for Earth. @MilindTambe_AI @susobhang70 at @HCRCS ; @NeuronicCoder

SMART Partnership

@SMARTCnsvTools

3 years

We are excited to share our report on the activities of the SMART Partnership for 2019 and 2020 - download our Annual Report here

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@lilyxu0

3 years

Thank you to the @ML4Dworkshop organizers today! We’re excited for Rachel Guo to present our work on improving poaching predictions with remote sensing imagery. Poster session coming up at 2pm ET! @MilindTambe_AI

ML4D

@ML4Dworkshop

3 years

Our #ML4D2020 organizing team is ready and excited for tomorrow! We love having attendees from all around the 🌍🌎🌏, join us tomorrow in our country dancing 💃🕺 @tejuafonja @kantologist @kklmmr @nkalavak @2ayasalama @paularodrid

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@lilyxu0

2 years

Wonderful overview of conservation tech in The Hill! @TrangChuMinh covers — computer vision for animal identification — environmental DNA for biodiversity monitoring — networked sensors for park management. Happy to have our PAWS project featured alongside such inspiring work.

InternetOfElephants

@ioelephants

2 years

Great article by @TrangChuMinh unpacking the recent @WILDLABSNET 'State of Conservation Tech' report! Explores the use of AI, eDNA, and networked sensors as non-invasive tools & the potential of games to activate audiences for critical conservation issues.

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@lilyxu0

2 years

This work was recognized with the #INFORMS2021 Doing Good with Good OR award. Applications for this year’s competition open til May 15!

Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

We are very honored to have been named the winner of the #INFORMS2021 Doing Good with Good OR competition! All finalists had inspiring work: vaccine development+distribution, citizens assemblies, COVID supply distribution. 🎙 Come to our live talks Tues 4:30pm PT in room 211A!

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@lilyxu0

3 years

¿Cómo protegemos nuestros bosques y especies en peligro usando AI? I'll be (virtually) visiting México on July 29 to discuss our work on PAWS, part of an @AIforClimate series. Lineup includes talks on big cat conservation, enviro justice, and climate! 🗺️

Lightning Talks | Forclimateai

Join us for the Lightning Talk Series powered by Huawei. From July 27 to August 6, 2021.

www.forclimate.ai

AI for Climate

@AIforClimate

3 years

Acompáñanos el 29 de julio para conocer más sobre el proyecto PAWS y la protección de bosques y selvas alrededor del mundo. 🤩 🕠5:00 pm CT 🗣️ Lily Xu, estudiante de @Harvard Aparta tu lugar aquí 👉

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@lilyxu0

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Thanks Prof. Carl Boettiger @cboettig for speaking to @HCRCS about the role of RL in conservation policy and the politics of conservation tech. Carl's research agenda is an impressive synthesis of ecology, AI/computation, and social sciences. Recording:

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@lilyxu0

3 years

Work on AI for social good requires we first answer "what is 'social good'?" We argue — this question ought to be answered by communities impacted — AI researchers can use the capabilities approach to identify projects + evaluate — #AI4SG should adopt participatory approaches

Elizabeth Bondi-Kelly

@BondiElizabeth

3 years

Very excited to share a new paper, entitled "Envisioning Communities: A Participatory Approach Towards AI for Social Good," at @AIESConf / #AIES2021 . Thanks to my amazing co-authors @lilyxu0 , @dacostanavas , @JacksonAKillian . Preprint posted at (1/4)

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@lilyxu0

2 years

Thrilled that my labmate Liz is soon-to-be Prof. Bondi at @UMichCSE !! Junior students interested in AI for Conservation, definitely check out her group when you’re looking for PhD programs 🌳🐘🌍

Elizabeth Bondi-Kelly

@BondiElizabeth

2 years

I'm excited to share that I will be joining @UMichCSE in fall 2023 as an assistant professor! I will also continue to build @TryAIOrg . Thanks to all who helped me reach this point, including colleagues, friends, family, and my wonderful adviser, @MilindTambe_AI !

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

4 years

The second semester of the MD4SG working group on environment will begin next month! Our biweekly group this fall will focus on land use, climate, and energy. 🌲🌍☀️ See the included thread to join or learn more about other working groups.

EAAMO

@EAAMO_ORG

4 years

We're thrilled to announce new and continuing online working groups for fall 2020! Each of these domain-specific WGs have helped foster close collaborations among a small and diverse group of researchers & practitioners year-round. Sample projects:

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@lilyxu0

3 years

@nehakumar @sigchi @Branhammertime @TessTanenbaum Great to see more community building happening on Discord! 😊 We recently transitioned @MD4SG social events from Gather to Discord to improve accessibility for vision-impaired folk, at the suggestion and leadership of @sendgoodcheers

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@lilyxu0

3 years

I’m excited to join nearly a dozen women across five continents on Thursday for this webinar on conservation technology! 🌎🌍🌏 Tune in at 9am ET to learn about the current and future uses SMART to monitor polar bear conflicts 🧊, plan canine patrols 🐕🪖, and more.

SMART Partnership

@SMARTCnsvTools

3 years

Join us on March 24th for a webinar focusing on current and future uses and approaches with SMART. Register here

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@lilyxu0

2 years

2⃣ Resource allocation across groups, to prioritize those who are most vulnerable — such as endangered elephants. 🐘>🦌 We propose a "ranked prioritization" metric and plan with multi-armed bandits. Paper: Wed 15:30 [Stolz 2]

Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

In resource allocation, our actions may impact many groups simultaneously. If some groups are more vulnerable, we want to ensure our actions benefit those groups most. Our new paper formulates this as a multi-armed bandit that trades off b/t reward and group prioritization. ⚖️

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@lilyxu0

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The MD4SG workshop of years past is now a full-fledged conference EAAMO (“emo”)! Consider submitting your technical research or work on policy + practice to what promises to be a thoughtful and insightful conference. More info Submission deadline June 3

EAAMO

@EAAMO_ORG

3 years

📢 📢 We're thrilled to announce the inaugural ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (EAAMO '21)! This conference grew out of the MD4SG workshop series and will build on the same themes. Pronounced emo :)

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@lilyxu0

4 years

Thank you to the entire @SMARTCnsvTools team including @palmernet @monsharris @DrewCronin @Rohit_wildlife and @NeuronicCoder to help us get PAWS on the ground. We have begun alpha tests in 20 sites across Africa and SE Asia. 🌍🌏

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@lilyxu0

3 years

Very proud of Rachel Guo, an undergrad I have been fortunate to advise with @MilindTambe_AI , who has been named an NCWIT Collegiate Award Finalist! Rachel’s work on remote sensing for poaching predictions at @ML4Dworkshop :

NCWITAIC

@NCWITAIC

3 years

We’re excited to announce the 82 finalists for the #NCWITAiC21 Collegiate Award! The NCWIT Collegiate Award honors outstanding technical contributions to projects by women, genderqueer, and nonbinary undergrad and graduate students. See the full list: .

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@lilyxu0

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TODAY (Tues, not Wed!) I’ll be presenting at #IJCAI2022 a bandit approach for “rank prioritization” over groups. Talk @ AI for Good session — 15:30–17:00 [Stolz 2] — I’m the last talk Poster — 17:00–19:00 [Exhibition / Hall B] — Stand 11, row 1 Paper:

Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

2⃣ Resource allocation across groups, to prioritize those who are most vulnerable — such as endangered elephants. 🐘>🦌 We propose a "ranked prioritization" metric and plan with multi-armed bandits. Paper: Wed 15:30 [Stolz 2]

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@lilyxu0

3 years

The talk will be in English, but this may be the first time I’ve ever seen my Chinese name 徐莉莉 (xú lìlì) listed on a flyer!

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@lilyxu0

4 years

Excited to be a panelist for this event @hseas to help you evaluate: Is grad school right for you?

Elizabeth Bondi-Kelly

@BondiElizabeth

4 years

We at @hseas are organizing an event for those deciding whether to attend grad school, especially those traditionally underrepresented in #STEM . Check it out if you are deciding, or share with someone who is! RSVP here by May 18th:

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@lilyxu0

2 years

Jessie’s coming to @HCRCS !! Lucky us! Check out her cool work in algorithmic game theory, fairness, and designing loss functions:

Jessie Finocchiaro

@jessie_fin

2 years

Excited to (finally) announce that I'll be a @NSF mathematical sciences postdoc starting this fall. I'm super stoked to do some impactful and cool work with the folks in the @HCRCS and EconCS groups at Harvard.

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@lilyxu0

2 years

[Thursday] Our PhD student social happened over dinner, featuring tacos and margs. We gathered after the wonderful Doctoral Consortium organized by @hamsabastani @JubaZiani

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@lilyxu0

3 years

Join us at @AILA_Community 's Earth Summit next week! I'll be speaking April 15th at 12:50pm PT on AI for ecosystem conservation with @yaoyichiang , @lei_bonnie , Guy Bayes, and Dr. Nathan Walworth. 🌏🐘🏞️ Register: #EarthSummit21 #AIforConservation

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@lilyxu0

3 years

Our poster session @AIESConf is starting in one hour! Come chat about AI4SG, equalizing + expanding capabilities, and community-led approaches. Our paper:

Elizabeth Bondi-Kelly

@BondiElizabeth

3 years

Very excited to share a new paper, entitled "Envisioning Communities: A Participatory Approach Towards AI for Social Good," at @AIESConf / #AIES2021 . Thanks to my amazing co-authors @lilyxu0 , @dacostanavas , @JacksonAKillian . Preprint posted at (1/4)

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@lilyxu0

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We’re excited to share our work on augmenting 📈 and equalizing ⚖️ capabilities in #AIforSocialGood by taking a participatory approach! Presenting at @ACMEAAMO in October. Paper: with @BondiElizabeth @dacostanavas @JacksonAKillian

Ana Stoica

@astoica73

3 years

Check-out the list of papers & posters at @ACMEAAMO ! 2 more days for regular registration :)

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@lilyxu0

3 years

Phenomenal initiative @ugwildlife to remove snares from Murchison Falls National Park and repurpose them into art! 620 artisans in Uganda are sculpting rhinos and giraffes out of snares to raise awareness of poaching and create alternative livelihoods.

These traps once snared Uganda's wildlife. Now they're art

People who live near Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park are removing wire traps used to illegally capture wildlife and turning them into sculptures.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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@lilyxu0

3 years

Bonus: my talk is available on YouTube, and I spent a long while setting up screen-in-picture recording for a talk that is hopefully more engaging! 🎥👩‍💻

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@lilyxu0

4 years

@timnitGebru This powerful quote feels very relevant.

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@lilyxu0

2 years

1⃣ Causal inference to study poacher response to ranger patrols Initial work w/ Rachel Guo + @PerraultAndrew Ongoing extension w/ @andrewbdavies @LMiratrix @AndyPlumptre @MilindTambe_AI Monday 9:50 [Galerie 3–4] CDCEO workshop:

Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

2 years

So, so proud of undergrad Rachel Guo who presented her fantastic thesis today! It’s been a joy to advise her for two years. Rachel applied causal inference to a long-standing question in conservation. Keep an eye out for her future publication w/ @PerraultAndrew @MilindTambe_AI !

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Ranked Prioritization of Groups in Combinatorial Bandit Allocation with my fantastic co-authors @arpitabiswas777 , @fangf07 , @MilindTambe_AI Paper: Code: to appear at #IJCAI2022

GitHub - lily-x/rankedCUCB: Code for IJCAI 2022 paper "Ranked Prioritization of Groups in Combina...

Code for IJCAI 2022 paper "Ranked Prioritization of Groups in Combinatorial Bandit Allocation" including RankedCUCB algorithm - lily-x/rankedCUCB

github.com

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@lilyxu0

2 years

Nithya Sambasivan will be discussing the importance of process (data, expertise, fairness) over model development of AI systems — particularly for low-resource communities — at our @HCRCS Social Impact Seminar Series! Tomorrow (Mon) at 11am ET Register:

Registration for Spring 2022 CRCS Seminar Series

Please fill out this form to register for the Harvard Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS) Seminar Series. We will add you to our Seminar Series Google Group and will share Zoom...

docs.google.com

Harvard CRCS - @[email protected]

@HCRCS

2 years

How are the fundamentals of AI systems (data, expertise, fairness) viewed in AI development? Nithya Sambasivan will share results from her multi-year inquiry when she joins us on March 28 @ 11 AM ET! Register here: More info:

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Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

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Excited to present at #UAI2021 today our work on robust RL under minimax regret for green security! 👩🏻‍💻 10pm ET: We’ll be the first of four papers at the Reinforcement Learning topic session 1am ET (eek): Poster session, paper ID 116 Paper:

Robust Reinforcement Learning Under Minimax Regret for Green Security

Green security domains feature defenders who plan patrols in the face of uncertainty about the adversarial behavior of poachers, illegal loggers, and illegal fishers. Importantly, the deterrence...

arxiv.org

Lily Xu

@lilyxu0

3 years

Uncertainty pervades decision-making, especially in sequential settings where we might use RL. Standard robust RL methods maximize min reward, often leading to conservative policies. We instead plan minimax regret–optimal policies. Our #UAI2021 paper:

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@lilyxu0

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The CompSust DC is a fantastic annual event that brings together junior researchers working at the intersection of computation and sustainability. 🌍☀️🐋🌳 Submit your work by Jan 28! Thanks to organizers @AyanMukhrjee @yeh_im_excited @KatelynM98

Ayan Mukhopadhyay

@AyanMukhrjee

2 years

I am co-organizing the 10th Doctoral Consortium on Computational Sustainability with @KatelynM98 and @yeh_im_excited . If you are working on computational tools for sustainability, tell us about your work by later this month. More information at

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@lilyxu0

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It was a delight to chat with @_JEDaly about the interdisciplinary opportunities in #AIforConservation that inspire me and the open problems that excite me! Check out the diverse interests of other researchers in the #NewVoicesinAI series from @aihuborg :

#newvoicesinAI - ΑΙhub, Connecting the AI community and the world. - Association for the Understa...

aihub.org

AIhub

@aihuborg

2 years

A huge thank you to @lilyxu0 for the great chat and sharing your inspiring work in using AI for conservation in the latest episode of #NewVoicesInAI 🌿

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@lilyxu0

3 years

A fascinating interview with Amartya Sen, whose work on social injustice centers individuals' values to measure and improve social welfare. Sen's capabilities approach inspired our recent AIES-21 paper, proposing a community-led approach to #AI4SG :

Harvard University

@Harvard

3 years

Many economists focus on explaining and predicting what is happening in the world, but Amartya Sen turned his attention to what the reality should be and why we fall short

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