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YINS 4/10: John Tsitsiklis, “Safeguarding Privacy in Sequential Decision-Making Problems”

YINS Distinguished Lecturer Series

“Safeguarding Privacy in Sequential Decision-Making Problems”

Speaker: John Tsitsiklis

Clarence J. Lebel Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 – 12:00pm

Yale Institute for Network Science | 17 Hillhouse Avenue, 3rd floor | New Haven, CT 06511

Abstract: With the increasing ubiquity of large-scale surveillance and data analysis infrastructures, privacy has become a pressing concern in many domains. We propose a framework for studying a fundamental cost vs. privacy tradeoff in dynamic decision-making problems. More concretely, we are interested in ways that an agent can take actions that make progress towards a certain goal, while minimizing the information revealed to a powerful adversary who monitors these actions. We will examine two well-known decision problems (path planning and active learning), and in both cases establish sharp tradeoffs between obfuscation effort and level of privacy. As a byproduct, our analysis also leads to simple yet provably optimal obfuscation strategies. Based on joint work with Kuang Xu (Stanford) and Zhi Xu (MIT).

Speaker bio: John Tsitsiklis is the Clarence J. Lebel Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He obtained his PhD from MIT and joined the faculty in 1984. His research focuses on the analysis and control of stochastic systems, including applications in various domains, from computer networks to finance. He has been teaching probability for over 15 years.

Virus & Other Infectious-Associated Cancers Retreat

Amy Justice and Walther Mothes; program leaders of the VOIC Research Program, invite you to the Virus & Other Infection-associated Cancer Program Retreat being held on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Hope H216.

Attached is agenda and flyer for the event. SPACE IS LIMITED.

Please contact Susan Silva (susan.silva@yale.edu) with any questions.

2019 Agenda – Final Single Page – V2.pdf

Secondary_appt Department-cs FW: Joint Biostatistics, CS, and S&DS Talk, Bin Yu, 4/1, “Three principles of data science: predictability, computability, and stability “, DL 220

Joint Biostatistics, CS, and S&DS

BIN YU, University of California, Berkeley

Date: Monday, April 01, 2019

Time: 4:00PM to 5:15PM

Dunham Lab. see map

10 Hillhouse Avenue, Rm. 220

New Haven, CT 06511

Website

Title: Three principles of data science: predictability,
computability, and stability (PCS)

Information and Abstract:

In this talk, I’d like to discuss the intertwining importance and connections of three principles of data science in the title and the PCS workflow that is built on the three principles. The principles will be demonstrated in the context of two collaborative projects in neuroscience and genomics for interpretable data results and testable hypothesis generation. If time allows, I will present proposed PCS inference that includes perturbation intervals and PCS hypothesis testing. The PCS inference uses prediction screening and takes into account both data and model perturbations. Finally, a PCS
documentation is proposed based on Rmarkdown, iPython, or Jupyter Notebook, with publicly available, reproducible codes and narratives to back up human choices made throughout an analysis. The PCS workflow and documentation are demonstrated in a genomics case study available on Zenodo.

3:45 p.m. Pre-talk tea Dunham Lab, Suite 222, Breakroom 228

For more details and upcoming events visit our website at
http://statistics.yale.edu/ .

Charging Template for Meetings

Here’s a template for charging trips

* Your charge info:

1) Apx. amt. (eg $1000)
2) Apx. dates (eg Feb 10 to 12)

* Info from grants0mg emails (based on discussion w/ asst):

3) Curr. grants charged to, from LI
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The date that above is current – based on LI’s grants0mg email (eg “Gerstein: Grant assignments cheat sheet 15-Jan-2019 (grantnames0mg)”)

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* Suggested grants

5) based on the “outersect” of #3 & #4, assuming that they are still current on date #2
(eg “Sombr”)

Advertising possibilities on your website

Hello,

My name is Jessica, I work at the cyber security project VPNpro.com.

I have tried to get in touch with you several times, but unfortunately I did not receive any response.

I just wanted to remind you that we are interested in working with you regarding guest posting, publishing sponsored articles, or just purchasing a link on your website in some other way, such as links in existing articles.

Kindly let me know if there are any available opportunities for advertising on gersteinlab.org.

Best regards,

Jessica

Advertising possibilities on your website

Hi again,

Did you get a chance to look into my previous email?

Please let me know if there are any advertising opportunities on your website.

If you are not the appropriate person to talk about advertising on gersteinlab.org, kindly pass this email on to a colleague who would be able to provide me with the desired information.

I’ll be eagerly waiting for your response.

Kind regards,

Jessica

Advertising possibilities on your website

Hello,

My name is Jessica, I’m a marketing manager of cybersecurity enthusiasts project VPNpro.com.

Currently we are looking for partners to spread the message on the importance of cybersecurity. We see gersteinlab.org as a great fit for this purpose and we would love to collaborate with you.

Our cybersecurity experts have prepared a few articles about cybersecurity threats, solutions, and most important questions. I would love to share one of those articles on your website.

I would like to know what are guest post/sponsored article possibilities or similar advertising options on gersteinlab.org?

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Jessica
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My Notes Related to the NHGRI strategic planning meeting

MAIN event page

https://www.genome.gov/27572552/from-genome-to-phenotype–genomic-variation-identification-association-and-function-in-human-health-and-disease

TWEETS related to the event

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR3TtIvR1OIYxHa5nTQE0kFz2Dc7d8RGts8WWf4NHbR7ZdhBH7BXSY8DjYLo23gNWEAK0GtcTGFqaw8/pubhtml

Archived copy of the above in the labdropbox

Liked-Tweets-Related-NHGRI-strategic-planning-meeting–i0g2p18-genome2020-conf0mg in labdropbox

Liked-Tweets-Related-to–CBC-Twins-DNA-testing–csquare–and–NHGRI-strategic-planning-meeting–i0g2p18-genome2020.pdf

TAGGED links

https://linkstream2.gerstein.info/tag/i0g2p18/