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FRG Biweekly Meeting: Caroline Moosmueller, UNC Math

Title: Efficient learning algorithms in the Wasserstein space Abstract: Detecting differences and building classifiers between distributions, given only finite samples, are important tasks in a number of scientific fields. Optimal transport and the Wasserstein distance have evolved as the most … Read more

FRG Biweekly Meeting: Shahar Kovalsky and Fengyu Yang, UNC Math

2:00-2:10pm Lighting Talk by Fengyu Yang   2:10-3:00pm Informal talk by Prof. Shahar Kovalsky Title: Two ongoing Projects (tentative) Abstract: In this talk, we will discuss two ongoing projects. The first project, led by Connor Magoon, focuses on developing neural networks … Read more

FRG Informal Talk Series: Andrew Liu and Wan Zhang

2:00-2:15pm Lighting talk by Andrew Liu Title: Public Perceptions of Synthetic Cooling Agents on Twitter Abstract: Amid a potential menthol ban, electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) companies are incorporating synthetic cooling agents like WS-3 and WS-23 to replicate menthol/mint sensations. This study examines … Read more

FRG Informal Talk Series: Ethan Wood and Yang Yang

2:00-2:20pm Lighting talk by Ethan Wood Title: Analyzing Arsenic and Water Quality with MaxBET Abstract: The United States Environmental Protection Agency published a paper and a dataset focusing on measured levels of arsenic in community water systems (CWS) per county … Read more

FRG Informal Talk Series: Maddy Vinal and Alex McAvoy

11:00-11:15am Lighting talk by Maddy Vinal Maddy Vinal Title: Hitting Probability Metric for the Analysis of Gene Expression Data on Directed Graphs Abstract: Metrics intended for undirected graphs, such as the shortest path distance and generalized effective resistance, are often used … Read more