Hard Choices in AI Safety in the Age of Generative AI

About the Speaker:

Yonatan Mintz is an assistant professor in the Industrial and Systems Engineering department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research focuses on the application of machine learning and automated decision making to human sensitive contexts. One application of his research has been on using patient level data, to create precision interventions . Yonatan is also interested in the sociotechnical implications of machine learning algorithms and has done work on fairness, accountability, and transparency in automated decision making. In terms of methodology his research explores topics in machine learning theory, stochastic control, reinforcement learning, and nonconvex optimization. Yonatan’s work has been recognized as a finalist in the INFORMS Health Applications Society Pierskalla Paper competition, a best poster award from the NeurIPS joint workshop on AI for Social Good, and he has been actively invited to publicly speak about his work in both print and televised media including PBS. His research has been funded by American Family Insurance. Prior to joining UW–Madison, Yonatan was a postdoctoral research fellow at the department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Yonatan received his B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a concentration in Operations Research from Georgia Tech in 2012, and his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley in 2018.

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