"Data science methods to reduce inequality and improve healthcare" (Also Next Week at the Statistics Seminar)

Attention conservation notice: Announcement of a highly technical talk, in a subject you're not interested in, at a university you're not near.

Emma Pierson, "Data science methods to reduce inequality and improve healthcare": Abstract: I will describe how to use data science methods to understand and reduce inequality in two domains: criminal justice and healthcare. First, I will discuss how to use Bayesian modeling to detect racial discrimination in policing. Second, I will describe how to use machine learning to explain racial and socioeconomic inequality in pain.; Time and place: 4--5 pm on Wednesday, 5 February 2020, in Hamerschlag Hall B103

As always, talks are free and open to the public.