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FairML : ToolBox for diagnosing bias in predictive modeling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Predictive models are increasingly deployed for the purpose of determining access to services such as credit, insurance, and employment. Despite societal gains in efficiency and productivity through deployment of these ...
Discrimination, fairness and prediction in policing : fare evasion in New York City
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Predictive policing has quickly become widespread in the United States. Practitioners claim it can greatly increase police efficiency and base decisions on objective statistics. Critics say that these algorithms reproduce ...
Towards Empirical Evaluation of Software Security Risk
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)
This thesis provides empirical metrics for different vectors for vulnerability introduction, with a particular focus on cryptographic software. Through quantitative analysis of source code and vulnerability metrics from a ...
Transfer learning for predictive models in MOOCs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Predictive models are crucial in enabling the personalization of student experiences in Massive Open Online Courses. For successful real-time interventions, these models must be transferable - that is, they must perform ...
Learning from supply shocks in the energy market : evidence from local and global impacts of the shale revolution
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
In this thesis, we carry out three studies of the local and global impacts of supply shocks in energy markets, and also analyze certain properties of these markets. First, the relationship between US power plants and local ...
Improving Predictability of Wind Power Generation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-02)
Wind energy plays an important role in decarbonizing the economy and increasingly accounts for a growing share of electricity supply in the United States. However, availability of wind resource is highly dependent on ...
Sensitivity of the ozone layer, climate, and public health to changes in the location of aviation emissions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-02)
Aviation’s impact on the ozone layer, climate, and air quality varies based on the location of emissions. Changes from subsonic aircraft emissions due to regional growth, and the potential re-introduction of supersonic ...
Optimal sizing of solar and battery assets in decentralized micro-grids with demand-side management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Solar-based community micro-grids and individual home systems have been recognized as key enablers of electricity provision to the over one billion people living without energy access to-date. Despite significant cost ...
Networked interactions, graphical models and econometrics perspectives in data analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
This thesis is composed of two independent parts. In Part I, we study higher-order interactions in both graphical models and networks, i.e., interactions between more than two nodes. In the graphical model setting, we do ...
Using Network Analysis of Job Transitions to Inform Career Advice
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-02)
The importance of good career advice has become especially salient as the COVID-19 pandemic forces millions of displaced workers to look for stable employment. This research hopes to add to the career advice literature by ...