Speaker:

Matt Groh, Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Title:

Designing and Evaluating Human-AI Collaboration

Abstract:

How can artificial intelligence systems most effectively assist humans in problem solving? This talk will offer a framework for addressing this question in high-stakes, real-world computer vision applications in medicine and misinformation. Specifically, this talk will discuss empirical results from two large-scale digital experiments on the dynamics of physician-machine partnerships in store-and-forward teledermatology diagnosis and AI assistance in deepfake detection. The findings in both experiments reveal that overall increases in task accuracy by humans with AI assistance come with unexpected trade-offs on other performance metrics.

Speaker Bio:

Matt Groh is assistant professor at Northwestern University in the Management and Organizations department at Kellogg School of Management and assistant professor, by courtesy, in the Computer Science department at McCormick School of Engineering, and a core faculty member of Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO). His research examines human-AI collaboration with a focus on deepfake detection, medical diagnosis, and empathic communication. Before joining Northwestern, Matt worked as a data scientist at multiple startups, a non-profit, the World Bank, and DARPA and cofounded a startup. Matt has a BA from Middlebury College where he majored in economics and minored in Arabic and mathematics and an MA and PhD from MIT in Media Arts and Sciences.

Location:

In person: Chambers Hall, 600 Foster Street, Lower Level
Remote option: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/93287512893
Passcode: NICO2024

About the Speaker Series:

Wednesdays@NICO is a vibrant weekly seminar series focusing broadly on the topics of complex systems and data science. It brings together attendees ranging from graduate students to senior faculty who span all of the schools across Northwestern, from applied math to sociology to biology and every discipline in-between. Please visit: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO for information on future speakers.

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