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48 results for data scientist

Bayesian machine scientist uncovers accurate models from data.

problem Challenging scientific problems require interpretable mathematical models.
method Bayesian approach using Markov chain Monte Carlo to explore model space.
result Out-of-sample predictions are more accurate than existing methods.

AutoML frameworks outperform human data scientists on 7 out of 12 OpenML tasks.

problem Evaluating if AutoML can outperform human data scientists.
method Comparison of four AutoML frameworks on 12 popular OpenML datasets (6 supervised classification, 6 supervised regression).
result AutoML frameworks perform better or equal to human data scientists in 7 out of 12 tasks.

Defines data science as a natural ecosystem with challenges and missions.

problem Challenges and missions in data science due to 5D complexities and data life cycle phases.
method Systemic and data-centric view of data science as a fusion of data universe and its challenges, formalizing a general-purpose architecture.
result Essential data science as a natural ecosystem integrating specific disciplines and high-impact applications.

Probabilistic modeling is iterative. A scientist posits a simple model, fits it to her data, refines it according to her analysis, and repeats. However, fitting complex models to large data is a bottleneck in this process. Deriving algorithms for new models can be both mathematically and computationally challenging, wh…

2016-03-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Study finds transparency and model performance metrics increase trust in AutoML systems.

problem Understanding what information influences trust in AutoML systems.
method Three studies: qualitative interviews, controlled experiment, and card-sorting task.
result Transparency and model performance metrics are most important for establishing trust in AutoML systems.

The goal of this article is to inspire data scientists to participate in the debate on the impact that their professional work has on society, and to become active in public debates on the digital world as data science professionals. How do ethical principles (e.g., fairness, justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence) …

2019-01-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning (ML) has become a vital part in many aspects of our daily life. However, building well performing machine learning applications requires highly specialized data scientists and domain experts. Automated machine learning (AutoML) aims to reduce the demand for data scientists by enabling domain experts to…

2019-04-26abs ↗pdf ↗

AutoAIViz visualizes AutoAI's model generation process, improving user trust.

problem Limited transparency in AutoAI systems leads to lack of user understanding and trust.
method Developed and evaluated AutoAIViz, an experimental system that visualizes AutoAI's model generation process.
result AutoAIViz helps users complete data science tasks and increases their understanding, improving trust in AutoAI systems.

CausalGame benchmarks LLM agents' causal thinking in games.

problem Evaluating causal thinking in AI Scientists with LLMs.
method Interactive games with 14 scenarios incorporating selection bias, measurement error, and hidden confounders.
result None of the 30 LLM agents demonstrated reliable causal thinking, with the best model achieving only 68.0% survival.

Machine learning and statistical modeling complement each other in healthcare analytics.

problem Choosing between machine learning and statistical modeling for analytics challenges.
method Choosing based on problem, data, and desired outcomes.
result Machine learning and statistical modeling are complementary, using similar principles but different tools.

In the same way as the Hilbert Program was a response to the foundational crisis of mathematics, this article tries to formulate a research program for the socio-economic sciences. The aim of this contribution is to stimulate research in order to close serious knowledge gaps in mainstream economics that the recent fina…

2010-12-20abs ↗pdf ↗

FairPrep aims to improve fairness in machine learning by providing best practices.

problem Lack of best practices in fairness-enhancing interventions.
method Developer-centered design and evaluation framework for fairness-enhancing interventions.
result Hyperparameter tuning and data cleaning methods impact fairness outcomes.

SMART is an open source web application designed to help data scientists and research teams efficiently build labeled training data sets for supervised machine learning tasks. SMART provides users with an intuitive interface for creating labeled data sets, supports active learning to help reduce the required amount of …

2018-12-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework for interpreting ML models to reveal properties of real-world phenomena.

problem Lack of direct interpretability in modern ML models hinders scientific understanding.
method Developed 'property descriptors' grounded in statistical learning theory.
result Property descriptors can reveal relevant properties of joint probability distributions.

Scientists interact with deep learning models to avoid misleading results.

problem Deep neural networks can misinterpret data and achieve high performance by exploiting confounding factors.
method Introduce explanatory interactive learning (XIL) where scientists revise models based on explanations.
result XIL helps prevent misleading results and encourages model trust.

In order to evaluate the quality of the scientific research, we introduce a new family of scientific performance measures, called Scientific Research Measures (SRM). Our proposal originates from the more recent developments in the theory of risk measures and is an attempt to resolve the many problems of the existing bi…

2012-05-04abs ↗pdf ↗

These are lecture notes for a course on machine learning with neural networks for scientists and engineers that I have given at Gothenburg University and Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg, Sweden. The material is organised into three parts: Hopfield networks, supervised learning of labeled data, and learning …

2019-01-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Graph Neural Networks improve machine learning on relational databases.

problem Training machine learning models on relational databases requires costly data extraction and feature engineering.
method Uses Graph Neural Networks to extract features from relational databases.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art automatic feature engineering methods.

In many domains, scientists build complex simulators of natural phenomena that encode their hypotheses about the underlying processes. These simulators can be deterministic or stochastic, fast or slow, constrained or unconstrained, and so on. Optimizing the simulators with respect to a set of parameter values is common…

2014-12-09abs ↗pdf ↗

SnapMMD forecasts cell differentiation outcomes from snapshot data.

problem Forecasting cell differentiation outcomes from limited snapshot data.
method SnapMMD learns dynamics by directly fitting the joint distribution of state measurements and observation time with MMD loss, allowing for unknown and state-dependent volatilities.
result SnapMMD delivers accurate forecasts and an R2-style statistic for diagnosing fit.