Dr. Alec Koppel, a Research Scientist for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, as part of the Computational and Information Sciences Directorate (CISD), participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Learning in Autonomous Systems.
Learning in Autonomous Systems
Across nations, enormous amounts of data are created by
consumer devices in all sizes, shapes, and forms. From the connected mobile
phones to the internet of things, each of these data contains valuable
information about users and their personal preferences: what websites they
mostly visited, what social media applications they primarily used, what types
of videos they mostly watched, etc. With such valuable information, these data
become the key to building better and personalized machine learning models to
deliver personalized services to enhance user experiences maximally.
While the federated learning model provides a unique way to build such personalized models without intruding on users’ privacy, there is an alternative to these practices emerging in the form of artificial intelligence at the edge. This model of machine learning that will take place near the user, on their device, home hub, or at a local data-aggregation point holds excellent promise. It is crucial to understand and evaluate:
The time is now to begin a discussion on learning in
autonomous systems.
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About the Guest
Alec Koppel completed his Ph.D. in Electrical and Systems
Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in June of 2017, after which he
began work as a Research Scientist for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in
Adelphi, MD as part of the Computational and Information Sciences Directorate
(CISD). His research agenda focuses on the development of new stochastic
optimization, estimation, and approximation algorithms for large-scale or
dynamic learning tasks. These problems are especially common in autonomous
systems, power systems, communication networks, and finance.
His research focuses on developing new optimization-based
methods for learning from streaming data, motivated primarily by autonomous
systems. His recent work has emphasized making nonparametric and Bayesian
methods scalable in the online setting. He also pursues foundational work in
reinforcement learning. These threads are part of the U.S. Army’s Artificial
Intelligence/Machine Learning Essential Research Program. He is based in the United
States.
Apart from research, his educational goals are to mentor
aspiring researchers at the undergraduate and graduate level and develop core
competencies via project-based learning that gives students hands-on experience
with messy real-world engineering problems. He is always hunting for student
contributors.
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