NO reading group this Thursday

[Daniel Preotiuc]

Hi everyone,

There will be no reading group this week. In the same time slot, there will be a very interesting presentation (I think) at the CIS Fall seminar in Levine. I pasted the talk information below.

Daniel

CIS Fall 2015 Seminar
Thursday, December 3, 2015
3:00pm
Wu & Chen Auditorium, 101 Levine Hall

Dr. Kieran Snyder
CEO, Textio

"Measuring Unconscious Bias"

Abstract:  

How do you measure unconscious bias? This talk will feature Kieran Snyder of Textio who will walk through a variety of quantitative, statistical research on gender, language, and technology, including:

• How often men and women interrupt each other in technology workplace settings
• Gendered language in performance reviews and job listings
• Systematic differences in how men and women with similar backgrounds choose to present themselves in resumes
  

We'll also look at the powerful and increasing role that software plays in addressing unconscious bias in the workplace, with a specific focus on machine learning solutions that show measurable results.  We'll take a particular look at how Textio is using machine learning and natural language processing to address unconscious bias in job listings, and briefly look at software that covers other aspects of employee development and gender in technology.

Biography: 
Kieran Snyder is the Co-Founder and CEO of Textio, a machine learning company that provides text analytics on job listings, resumes, performance reviews, and other documents about people.  She holds a PhD in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania and has previously held product and engineering leadership roles at Microsoft and Amazon. Her work on language, technology, and document bias has appeared in Fortune, Re/code, The Washington Post, Slate, VentureBeat, and CNN.