Vikas

#healthcare #recsys #ml #explanations
Current: VP, Research @advatainc; Past: PhD @grouplens @UMNComputerSci, @GoogleAI, @YahooResearch, @JioSaavn, @Microsoft

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

#alert #foodpoisoning #seattle @sproutsfm Me and my wife suffered through one of the most severe food poisoning ever in our life. Bucket-load vomits, stomach pain, diarrhea, and fever for several days. #culprit: chicken-salad sandwich bought at Sprouts Farmer Market food court.

[Harmanpreet Kaur @harmankkaur]

Quick reminder that I’m recruiting PhD students @UMNComputerSci for Fall 2024, and the deadline for early applications is Dec 15. Join us!

[Xavier (Xavi) Amatriain @xamat]

Twitter has open sourced their #recsys code. They have also published a summary of the main components. My conclusion: nothing surprising, groundbreaking, or that you wouldn't expect if you work in this area. Nothing really SOTA either https://t.co/HdxXEcOGjv

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

@MIT_CSAIL An equalizer in an unequal world.

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

@md_carly Thank you for sharing this Carly. Sending you the strength and love for you and your family. I feel bad that I did not reach out early.
I can't share the pain but I do share your motivation to "reduce information asymmetry".

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

@rohanpdsouza @suchisaria @AdvataInc @md_carly @TGregMcK @ryanbrush @kelhog @ankurt @healthcora It was/is always a pleasure and thrill to be working with you Rohan and everyone on this list. I would love to collaborate again.

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

@healthcora @mraganhart @pk_koduri @NDHendrix @healthbjk @jdwhitlock @nikillinit it is rather more guaranteed (and arguably simple) for an AI system to know if the patient is different to the cohort of patients used for training. No, this is not about explanations but simple user-friendly disclaimers. 3/

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

@healthcora @mraganhart @pk_koduri @NDHendrix @healthbjk @jdwhitlock @nikillinit a simple yet powerful strategy that I have encountered is to use personalized #disclaimers for each personalized #prediction. While a designer of an AI system can make their best effort to know and mitigate the potential biases in the data and model, .. 2/

[Shaily @shaily99]

Check out our @aaclmeeting paper “Re-contextualizing Fairness in NLP: The Case of India”.

We analyze India-specific biases in #NLProc and propose a research agenda for meaningful fairness interventions.

https://t.co/ZMbmsDyBV7
w/ @sunipadev @partha_p_t @shachi_dave @vinodkpg 🧵

[Sherry Sahebi @ssahebi]

My alma mater Sharif University is under attack right now. The students are being shot and arrested. They're not even safe in the dorms. #SharifUniversity #MahsaAmini https://t.co/uy8tveepp1

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

Stay safe #Florida

[Harmanpreet Kaur @harmankkaur]

I'm on the job market!

I design, build, and evaluate human-AI systems with a focus on human-centered criteria such as understandability, effectiveness, & reliability.

I'm interested in both industry and academic positions. Please reach out if you know of relevant opportunities!

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

It is always a pleasure to meet @grouplens members and @jkonstan wherever they are in the world. This time, the occasion was #RecSys2022 and location is #Seattle. Impact of #movielens dataset was seen across all sessions of #RecSys2022.

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

#Singapore it is. This city has been my favorite place. Looking forward to #RecSys2023 in Singapore. Great choice, well done @ACMRecSys and well done #RecSys2022 committee for great success in #Seattle. Thank you @maxharp3r @jengolbeck Vanessa Murdock.

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

#food #RecSys2022 fond of pizza? Like variety of toppings on your pizza? Go for this #Seattle favorite #ModPizza, a block away from the venue.
MOD Pizza
https://t.co/xdCA2KapJG

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

Looking forward to meet and learn at #RecSys2022 this week. As a #Seattle local, happy to help attendees find interesting places to explore. Few suggestions on food/drinks as well as sightseeing in thread below 👇🏽

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

#reception #RecSys2022 the aquarium space is much larger than it might look. Don't forget to explore different areas and exhibitions around the aquarium.

[Andres Segura-Tinoco @SeguraAndres7]

New amazing repos discovered at #RecSys2022
⭐️ google-research/recsim
⭐️ anyscale/academy
⭐️ NVIDIA-Merlin/publications
⭐️ GoogleCloudPlatform/nvidia-merlin-on-vertex-ai
⭐️ explainablerecsys/recsys2022

If you know of another great repo and want to share it, just drop it here 👇

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

It is great and proud to see Indian companies like @sharechatapp joining and sponsoring mainstream research conferences #RecSys2022 #Seattle. #Kudos to the design team on appreciation of colors in every part of the company's artifacts. Love it!

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

More on the #SIIM framework of Scope, Identify, Implement, and Mitigate: https://t.co/oxbbvfnQFY

Great work.

FYI @vonaurum @healthcora

[Vikas @vikasnitr]

Great to see researchers from @Spotify (hello @hsmcramer!) looking at these challenges in large RecSys systems. #RecSys2022.

Choosing fairness metrics becomes even more complicated in #healthcare. Learn more here:
https://t.co/O718JOMB67 from our work @AdvataInc