Title Information
Title
Data-Driven Mathematical Analysis with Applications in Dynamical Systems, Biology, and Social Justice
Type of Resource (primo)
dissertations
Name: Personal
Name Part
Santorella, Rebecca
Role
Role Term: Text
creator
Name: Personal
Name Part
Sandstede, Bjorn
Role
Role Term: Text
Advisor
Name: Personal
Name Part
Singh, Ritambhara
Role
Role Term: Text
Reader
Name: Personal
Name Part
Harrison, Matthew
Role
Role Term: Text
Reader
Name: Corporate
Name Part
Brown University. Department of Applied Mathematics
Role
Role Term: Text
sponsor
Origin Information
Copyright Date
2022
Physical Description
Extent
xii, 199 p.
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born digital
Note: thesis
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Brown University, 2022
Genre (aat)
theses
Abstract
Abstract of Data-Driven Mathematical Analysis with Applications in Dynamical Systems, Biology, and Social Justice, by Rebecca Santorella Ph.D., Brown University, May 2022. As data becomes more abundant, we need more data-driven mathematical methods to offer insights into a broad range of applications. This thesis explores data-driven techniques in various settings. First, we present a framework to conduct equation-free modeling via diffusion maps, which allows us to study macro-level dynamics in slow-fast systems. Second, we construct the first public dataset connecting federal criminal cases with their sentencing judge and use this data to expose racial disparities in sentencing. Finally, we apply optimal transport in two very different settings: First, we audit automated decision-making systems by quantifying bias. Second, we use Gromov-Wasserstein optimal transport to align and integrate single-cell multi-omics data. Through all of these applications, we demonstrate the need for more data-driven mathematical techniques.
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Topic
Applied mathematics
Subject
Topic
dynamical systems
Subject (fast) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/00871990")
Topic
Computational biology
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Topic
Fair Machine Learning
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federal sentencing
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Topic
data science
Language
Language Term (ISO639-2B)
English
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RPB
Record Creation Date (encoding="iso8601")
20220706