Aparna Balagopalan

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What if you could automatically detect and remove mislabeled image-caption pairs?🤯 🎙️ In our new WiAIR episode, we sat down with Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee about LEMoN, a method that detects label errors in image-text datasets AUTOMATICALLY. 🧵(1/10) #WiAIR #WomenInAI

Huge thanks to my co-authors for their collaboration and guidance throughout the project!!

Unlike prior methods that operate on expected amortized attention for each individual, we also define new divergence-based measures for attention distribution-based fairness in ranking (DistFaiR), with useful properties.

Excited to share our #WWW2025 paper (dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36…) with @kaiwang_gua , @walesalaudeen96 , @asia_biega, and @MarzyehGhassemi! Paper highlights in thread below:

Machine learning has advanced rapidly, but its real-world impact in healthcare remains limited. Why? 🎙️ In our NEW EPISODE, Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee shares insights on why technical progress hasn't translated into meaningful clinical outcomes. 🧵 (1/8) #WiAIR #MLforHealth

🚀 Our new episode is LIVE! 🎙️ In Episode 3, we talk with @AparnaBee about: 🏥⚠️ Unique challenges of applying AI in medical contexts 📊🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Data quality and bias 👩‍⚕️🩺 Importance of collaboration with clinicians Watch and subscribe! youtu.be/DEdJltlFg4I #mlforhealth #WiAIR

Presenting posters today at the AFME workshop (West 111-112), and the RBFM workshop (West 217-219)! Drop by to chat more about automatic data filtering and fair ranking! #NeurIPS2024

I am finally done with the semester and on my way to catch the end of #NeurIPS2024 tomorrow. Come to our poster and talk to me if you are around! Can’t wait to catch up with friends there too! neurips.cc/virtual/2024/p…

Some links: Website: aparna-b.github.io/researcher/ Work I'm presenting at NeurIPS: arxiv.org/abs/2407.18941

Feel free to drop by and say Hi or reach out if I'd be a good fit for any relevant postdoctoral or research positions! Also always happy to chat with students exploring the idea of pursuing a PhD -- happy to help if I can! (5/n)

Excited to attend #NeurIPS2024 in-person this year 😄 🚨I'm also on the job market this year for postdoctoral and full-time research positions! Website: aparna-b.github.io/researcher/ I'll be around from Dec 9th to 15th, and am presenting at some workshops (details in thread below!)