On the Relationship between Truth and Political Bias in Language Models

Autor: Fulay, Suyash, Brannon, William, Mohanty, Shrestha, Overney, Cassandra, Poole-Dayan, Elinor, Roy, Deb, Kabbara, Jad

Language model alignment research often attempts to ensure that models are not only helpful and harmless, but also truthful and unbiased. However, optimizing these objectives simultaneously can obscure how improving one aspect might impact the others

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05283

All a-board: sharing educational data science research with school districts

Autor: Gillani, Nabeel, Beeferman, Doug, Overney, Cassandra, Vega-Pourheydarian, Christine, Roy, Deb

Educational data scientists often conduct research with the hopes of translating findings into lasting change through policy, civil society, or other channels. However, the bridge from research to practice can be fraught with sociopolitical frictions

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.08967

Redrawing attendance boundaries to promote racial and ethnic diversity in elementary schools

Autor: Gillani, Nabeel, Beeferman, Doug, Vega-Pourheydarian, Christine, Overney, Cassandra, Van Hentenryck, Pascal, Roy, Deb

Most US school districts draw "attendance boundaries" to define catchment areas that assign students to schools near their homes, often recapitulating neighborhood demographic segregation in schools. Focusing on elementary schools, we ask: how much m

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2303.07603

Genome Sequence of Bacillus megaterium O1, a Saponin-Degrading Bacterium.

Autor: Overney CE; Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, Massachusetts, USA., Huang JJ; Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, Massachusetts, USA jean.huang@olin.edu.

Publikováno v: Microbiology resource announcements [Microbiol Resour Announc] 2020 Oct 01; Vol. 9 (40). Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 01.