@datajyang

ML at Apple. PhD Biostatistician. @unc alum. Interested in causal inference, experimentation and precision health interventions. Thoughts my own.

 Bay Area, CA
linkedin.com/in/jennyyang0/
Joined July 2019
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Jenny Yang (@datajyang) will host a round table discussion titled: "Prepare for a job in Tech" on 8/10 @ 9:00 AM EST in Breakout Room 3
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Replying to @NateSilver538
Prioritizing vaccinations by risk of mortality and morbidity is both efficient and equitable. Thread. xitter.cf/ZoeMcLaren/status/1345…
Zoë McLaren, Ph.D.@ZoeMcLaren3 Jan 2021
Many people are advocating for giving up on vaccination prioritization. Some have suggested a 1st-come-1st-serve vaccination program would be better. This is misguided. Prioritizing vaccinations by risk of mortality/morbidity is both efficient and equitable. Let me explain. 1/7
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Rachel Thomas
@math_rachel3 Dec 2020
I have long admired @timnitGebru for her brilliance, moral courage, clear voice in speaking up for what is right, & influential scholarship. It is truly terrible that Google would do this. In this thread, I want to share some of Timnit's work I love xitter.cf/timnitGebru/status/133…
@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social)
@timnitGebru3 Dec 2020
I was fired by @JeffDean for my email to Brain women and Allies. My corp account has been cutoff. So I've been immediately fired :-)
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Within the field of tech medical devices, I'm seeing a resurgence of interest in incorporating causal inference into their AI/DL work which actually has been a huge shift from just 2 years ago. It's been promising to see.
Judea Pearl
@yudapearl6 Nov 2020
This question annoys ALL students (and professors) of ML, but they are afraid to ask. Thanks for raising it in this "no hand waving" forum. Take two causal diagrams: X-->Y and X<--Y, and ask a neural network to decide which is more probable, after seeing 10 billion samples. 1/n
Thanks for inviting me to speak @BJKStephenson! This was really fun to talk about and I really enjoyed being able to share my narrow slice of health tech!
Dr. Briana Stephenson@BJKStephenson5 Nov 2020
Grateful to be able to end this week with friend/colleague @datajyang from @clover_health crashing my virtual office hours to share with my class Bayesian approaches in data science that optimize interventions in #HealthTech
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Thank you @maddow, the @NAACP is dedicated to encouraging, uplifting and supporting the black community as we display our #PowerAtThePolls. #BlacktheVote #VoteOurLivesDependOnIt
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Feels like yesterday I was writing diversity statements with the heaviest of side eyes...
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We (epi & biostat folks) have a major conflict of interest when it comes to evaluating COVID research that I’m not sure we’ve fully acknowledged. 1/
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"617,000 women left the workforce in September alone, compared with only 78,000 men, according to government data released Friday" The impact of this pandemic on working mothers has been brushed aside, but it will set us back decades. cnn.com/2020/10/07/economy/w…
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As a working mother, that gave birth 4 months ago in the pandemic and is now back at work with 2 under 5, I feel the veil of sanity slowly slipping from my grasp. There is no answer here that isn't systematic.
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JSC
@JSCCapital6 Oct 2020
0/ $IPOC announced the acquisition of Clover Health for $3.7B inclusive of a $400M PIPE (w/ $100M from @chamath). This values the company at 4.2x EV/Rev & 2.1x '23 revenue. Importantly management is rolling over 100% of their equity
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Replying to @kareem_carr
Stats: "statistically speaking..." "accept the null" "...we reran the test until..." ML: "the AI decided..." "after exploring the data, we split it..." "our test set performance was even better than our training performance" Analytics: "hypothesis" "we conclude" "insights"
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Cyrus Farivar@cfarivar20 Aug 2020
Big Basin Redwoods State Park (Santa Cruz Co.) "sustained extensive damage” to “park’s headquarters, historic core and campgrounds." xitter.cf/CAStateParks/status/12…
CA State Parks@CAStateParks20 Aug 2020
State Parks Issues Full, Partial Closures of Park Units Due to Ongoing Wildfires: California’s Oldest State Park, Big Basin Redwoods, Extensively Damaged. Read our press release here: bit.ly/2Qbiiiu
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Rachel Thomas
@math_rachel12 Aug 2020
Videos from @StanfordAIMI Symposium are up! I spoke on why we need to expand the conversation on bias & fairness. I will share some slides & related links in this THREAD, but please watch my 17-minute talk in full (the other talks are excellent too!) 1/ youtube.com/watch?v=1Uyc9SPe…
Slide saying "AI, Medicine, & Bias: Diversifying Your Dataset is Not Enough", on the side is a view of Rachel's face and upper torso, standing in her living room. At the bottom, the screen says "Stanford AIMI, Rachel Thomas, PhD"

ALT Slide saying "AI, Medicine, & Bias: Diversifying Your Dataset is Not Enough", on the side is a view of Rachel's face and upper torso, standing in her living room. At the bottom, the screen says "Stanford AIMI, Rachel Thomas, PhD"

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François Chollet
@fchollet19 Aug 2020
Love to be surrounded by wildfires and covered in smoke during a heatwave while being stuck at home because of a pandemic
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So everyone is talking about UNC's COVID-19 mess - and all that criticism is perfectly valid. But we also need to talk about why the uni-administration probably had no choice. Buckle up and let's talk about university finances and the 4 horsemen of the academipocalypse. 1/lots?
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Thank God for my husband so we can afford AC in this hellscape of dry lightning and forest fires in all sides.
Bryce Roberts
@bryce19 Aug 2020
Spouses with good jobs are the unsung heros of the startup world.
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Shreya Shankar
@sh_reya18 Aug 2020
IMO, depth in only one thing (ex: deep learning) doesn't matter too much. I think good science and thoughtfulness are much more important. The goal at a startup isn't to be a solo 10x engineer/scientist. It's to be a good team player and build a technical culture that lasts.
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