Algorithms and data play central roles in large computing systems, and they have evolved over the past several decades in a kind of symbiosis with each other: modern algorithms are often trained on massive amounts of data, and in turn they power systems that produce further kinds of data. As these developments have progressed, algorithms have come to play crucial roles in decisions with important societal dimensions, in both online settings and in everyday life. We will survey some of the specific ways in which algorithms interact with data from the world, discussing how these processes differ from the ways in which humans interact with the world, and how these differences have implications for the use of algorithms in high-stakes decisions.
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Jon Kleinberg
美国国家科学院院士、美国国家工程院院士、2024世界顶尖科学家协会奖“智能科学或数学奖”获奖者
演讲主题：How Do Algorithms See the World? Computing and High-Stakes Decision-Making
Jon Kleinberg, a distinguished computer scientist from the United States, is a Tisch University Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell University. He is a member of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Kleinberg earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Cornell University in 1993 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996. His work has contributed to the foundations of several types of algorithms that are central to online platforms, including for ranking search results on the Web, recommending links in social networks, and identifying trending topics in social media. Kleinberg was awarded the 2024 WLA Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics in recognition of his "seminal contributions at the interface of computer science and social science, including intellectual leadership in the fields of social networks and algorithmic fairness".
