Wasow Scholar Special Talk + Lunch: Sendhil Mullainathan on behavioral ML

The
Symbolic Systems Forum
(community sessions of SYMSYS 280 - Symbolic Systems Research Seminar)
presents

Behavioral Machine Learning

Sendhil Mullainathan
Economics and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomas A. Wasow Visiting Scholar in Symbolic Systems

Thursday, May 29, 2025
12;00-1:20 pm PT (lunch served at noon, talk starts at 12:30pm)
Computing and Data Science Building, Room E145
In-person event, not recorded

Note: Lunch will be served starting at noon, available to all attendees. The talk will start at 12:30pm.

ABSTRACT:

I will explore connections between the science of algorithms and the science of people, specifically between machine learning and behavioral economics. In particular I will address questions such as: Can algorithms be used to improve our understanding of people? How well do existing algorithms understand people? Can we improve that understanding? More broadly, how can these two fields help each other?