Sorelle Friedler Explained

Sorelle Alaina Friedler
Workplaces:Haverford College
Alphabet Inc
Alma Mater:Swarthmore College
University of Maryland, College Park
Thesis Title:Geometric algorithms for objects in motion
Thesis Url:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/829982183
Thesis Year:2011

Sorelle Alaina Friedler is an American computer scientist who is an Associate Professor at Haverford College. She is the co-founder Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. Her research seeks to prevent discrimination in machine learning.

Early life and education

Friedler earned her bachelor's degree at Swarthmore College.[1] She moved to the University of Maryland, College Park for her graduate studies, where she studied geometric algorithms.[2]

Research and career

Friedler joined Alphabet Inc. as a software engineer,[3] where she worked with X on the development of weather balloons that can provide internet access to remote communities.

Friedler has advocated for the careful use of artificial intelligence and machine learning.[4] In particular, she has spoken about how biased data and algorithms reinforce social inequality. In 2015 she was made a Fellow at the Data & Society Research Institute.

Friedler has worked with Josh Schrier and Alexander Norquist on the application of data mining to accelerate materials discovery.[5] [6] They created a computer algorithm capable of predicting whether a set of reagents will create a crystalline materials when mixed in a solvent and heated.[7] To create the tool, they compiled a database of almost 4,000 chemical reactions, wrote an algorithm that could mine for patterns in data and provide insight about why some experiments fail while others succeed.[8] The algorithm was correct 89% of the time, whilst researchers (human) predictions only had a 78% success rate. Friedler and her co-workers published the database online (darkreactions.haverford.edu/) to encourage other researchers to share their data.

Awards and honors

Selected publications

Personal life

Friedler is married to Rebecca Benjamin.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: tferrick. Dr. Sorelle Friedler ENGLISH HOUSE GAZETTE. 27 November 2016 . 2020-12-23. en-US.
  2. Book: Friedler, Sorelle Alaina. Geometric algorithms for objects in motion.. 2011. 978-1-244-64662-9. Place of publication not identified. en. 829982183.
  3. Web site: Sorelle Friedler Auditing, Explaining, and Ensuring Fairness in Algorithmic Systems Institute for Advanced Study. 2020-12-23. ias.umn.edu.
  4. Web site: Sorelle Friedler. 2020-12-23. Computer Science. en-US.
  5. News: Hernandez. Daniela. 2016-05-06. Why Machines Should Learn From Failures. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2020-12-23. 0099-9660.
  6. Web site: Three Haverford Scientists Receive NSF Funding for Collaborative Project. 2020-12-23. www.haverford.edu. 19 September 2013 . en.
  7. Ball. Philip. Computer gleans chemical insight from lab notebook failures. Nature News. 2016. en. 10.1038/nature.2016.19866. 182328783.
  8. Web site: Cepelewicz. Jordana. Lab Failures Turn to Gold in Search for New Materials. 2020-12-23. Scientific American. en.
  9. Friedler. Sorelle A.. Mount. David M.. 2010-08-01. Approximation algorithm for the kinetic robust K-center problem. Computational Geometry. en. 43. 6. 572–586. 10.1016/j.comgeo.2010.01.001. free. 0925-7721.
  10. Web site: Dissertation Fellowships The University of Maryland Graduate School. 2020-12-23. gradschool.umd.edu.
  11. Web site: Sorelle Friedler Awarded Mozilla Responsible Computer Science Challenge Funding. 2020-12-23. www.haverford.edu. 29 May 2019 . en.
  12. News: 2010-07-23. Rebecca Benjamin, Sorelle Friedler (Published 2010). en-US. The New York Times. 2020-12-23. 0362-4331.

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