Cathy O'Neil explained

Cathy O'Neil
Nationality:American
Fields:Mathematics
Workplaces:MIT
Barnard College
D. E. Shaw & Co.
Columbia University
Education:University of California, Berkeley
Harvard University (PhD)
Doctoral Advisor:Barry Mazur
Thesis Title:Jacobians of Curves of Genus One
Awards:Alice T. Schafer Prize in 1993,
MAA's Euler Book Prize
Website:mathbabe.org

Catherine ("Cathy") Helen O'Neil is an American mathematician, data scientist, and author. She is the author of the New York Times best-seller Weapons of Math Destruction, and opinion columns in Bloomberg View. O'Neil was active in the Occupy movement.

Education and career

O'Neil attended UC Berkeley as an undergraduate,[1] received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University in 1999,[2] and afterward held positions in the mathematics departments of MIT and Barnard College,.[3] She left academia in 2007, and worked for four years in the finance industry.[4] She worked as an analyst at D. E. Shaw & Co.[5] After becoming disenchanted with the world of finance, O'Neil became involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement,[6] [1] participating in its Alternative Banking Group.

O'Neil operates the blog mathbabe.org and is a contributor to Bloomberg View.[7] [8] [9]

Her first book, Doing Data Science, was written with Rachel Schutt and published in 2013. In 2016, her second book, Weapons of Math Destruction was published, long-listed for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and became a New York Times best-seller. A third book, The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation, was published March 2022.

She is the founder of O'Neil Risk Consulting & Algorithmic Auditing (ORCAA), an algorithmic auditing company.[10] [11]

Awards

In 1993 O'Neil was awarded the Alice T. Schafer Prize from the Association for Women in Mathematics and in 2019 she won the MAA's Euler Book Prize for her book Weapons of Math Destruction.[12]

Personal life

O'Neil lives in Massachusetts and has three sons.[13] [14]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PBS Interview. . 25 July 2013.
  2. https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=38230 Catherine Helen O'Neil
  3. Web site: #49 Cathy O'Neil - POLITICO 50 2017 . POLITICO.
  4. Web site: Library of Economics and Liberty interview. 25 July 2013.
  5. Web site: This Mathematician Says Big Data Is Causing a 'Silent Financial Crisis' . August 29, 2016 . Time . Faroohar . Rana.
  6. Web site: Rawlins . Aimee . Math is racist: How data is driving inequality . CNNMoney . 28 February 2021 . 6 September 2016.
  7. News: Washington Post Live . The Future of Work with Humu CEO Laszlo Bock & ORCAA Founder Cathy O'Neil . 28 February 2021 . Washington Post.
  8. News: Chalabi . Mona . Weapons of Math Destruction: Cathy O'Neil adds up the damage of algorithms . 28 February 2021 . The Guardian . 27 October 2016.
  9. Web site: Pazzanese . Christina . Don't trust that algorithm . Harvard Gazette . 13 October 2016.
  10. Web site: Zhang . Christine . Q&A: Cathy O'Neil, author of 'Weapons of Math Destruction,' on the dark side of big data . . 28 February 2021 . 30 December 2016.
  11. Hempel . Jessi . Want to Prove Your Business Is Fair? Audit Your Algorithm . Wired . 28 February 2021 . en-us.
  12. Gallian. Joseph A.. 2019-06-01. The First Twenty-Five Winners of the AWM Alice T. Schafer Prize. Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 66. 6. 1. 10.1090/noti1892. 0002-9920. free.
  13. Web site: mathbabe.org about page. 30 September 2021. 11 June 2011 .
  14. Web site: Kennedy School bio. 23 July 2023 . 3 August 2022 .