Technical Challenge
Research into technical challenges across diverse AI applications reveals a common thread: improving model robustness, fairness, and explainability while addressing limitations in data availability and computational efficiency. Current efforts focus on developing and adapting model architectures (e.g., LLMs, YOLO variants, diffusion models) for specific tasks, refining evaluation metrics, and designing robust training and deployment strategies (e.g., federated learning). These advancements are crucial for ensuring the responsible and effective deployment of AI in various sectors, from healthcare and finance to manufacturing and environmental monitoring.
Papers
Challenges and approaches to privacy preserving post-click conversion prediction
Conor O'Brien, Arvind Thiagarajan, Sourav Das, Rafael Barreto, Chetan Verma, Tim Hsu, James Neufield, Jonathan J Hunt
Fair ranking: a critical review, challenges, and future directions
Gourab K Patro, Lorenzo Porcaro, Laura Mitchell, Qiuyue Zhang, Meike Zehlike, Nikhil Garg
Challenges and Opportunities for Machine Learning Classification of Behavior and Mental State from Images
Peter Washington, Cezmi Onur Mutlu, Aaron Kline, Kelley Paskov, Nate Tyler Stockham, Brianna Chrisman, Nick Deveau, Mourya Surhabi, Nick Haber, Dennis P. Wall
Promises and Challenges of Causality for Ethical Machine Learning
Aida Rahmattalabi, Alice Xiang