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Kiri Wagstaff @marsdancer

Machine learning researcher and educator (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Oregon State University) with AI policy interests (AAAS Congressional Fellow).

Joined July 2009
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Congratulations Firefly on this successful moon landing! Love the silhouette picture! fireflyspace.com/news/blue-g…

Blue Ghost Mission 1: Live Updates

From liftoff to landing, Firefly is providing live updates on its first mission to the Moon carrying 10 NASA instruments.

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Our new paper, led by @valentin_bickel, shows results of correlating fresh impact craters on Mars found in images with InSight seismometer events, allowing us to localize them in space and time. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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We are seeking thought-provoking position papers for ICML (deadline: Jan. 30, 2025): icml.cc/Conferences/2025/Cal… #MachineLearning
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Very proud to announce the Consumers LEARN AI Act, led by Senators Kelly and Rounds. I have gotten to work with an amazing team on this over the past many months. kelly.senate.gov/newsroom/pr…

Kelly, Rounds Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Enhance Consumer Literacy and Confidence in AI - Senator...

This week, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced the Consumer Literacy and Empowerment to Advance Responsible Navigation of Artificial Intelligence (Consumers LEARN AI) Act,...

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We want to help people make informed decisions about when and where to use AI in their lives.
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PayPal shows us how not to use generative AI. wkiri.com/today/?p=5563

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I recently talked to Nature about my work in Congress on AI legislation. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

The US Congress is taking on AI — this computer scientist is helping

Nature - Kiri Wagstaff, who temporarily shelved her academic career to provide advice on federal AI legislation, talks about life inside the halls of power.

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Kiri Wagstaff retweeted
Liam McCoy, MD MSc
@LiamGMcCoy
16 Apr 2024
Why has machine learning failed to have much impact in healthcare? Because the field doesn't focus on what actually matters. We need to move from "machine learning ON healthcare data" to true "machine learning FOR healthcare". 🧵
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S&TPolicyFellowships@AAAS_STPF
16 Feb 2024
Starting the day with the STPF AI Cohort @SerenaLBooth, Soribel Feliz, Eoghan Stafford, @rebvog and @marsdancer covering the use of generative AI tools, the need for rigorous fact and quality checking, and the future of #artificialintelligence and evidence-based policy! #AAASmtg
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Coming to AAAI-24? Check out our panel on AI initiatives and government policy! aaai.org/aaai-conference/aaa…
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Kiri Wagstaff retweeted
NASA Mars
@NASAMars
28 Nov 2023
What would Mars look like from a future orbiting astronaut's POV? The Odyssey orbiter captured its first images of the Red Planet’s curving horizon and layers of atmosphere, similar to the @Space_Station’s view of Earth. More on these new images: go.nasa.gov/3GinHhC
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The U.S. and U.K. jointly released "Guidelines for secure AI system development." Some great ideas in here! (covers deployment and maintenance too) ncsc.gov.uk/files/Guidelines…
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ICML 2024 features a new Position Paper track. Share your controversial ideas and inspire discussion here! icml.cc/Conferences/2024/Cal… @icmlconf #icml2024

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Submissions due Feb. 1, 2024.
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S&TPolicyFellowships@AAAS_STPF
17 Oct 2023
New @SenMarkKelly staffer @marsdancer is part of the first STPF Cohort in #AI. Kiri was previously at @NASAJPL and she developed a course on #MachineLearning challenges @OregonState. (Photo shows 5 of 6 AI Cohort fellows) bit.ly/48P3exU
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Read this entertaining, important book by @mlittmancs about how to communicate better with computers. He reminds us: "Machines are here to empower us." mitpress.mit.edu/97802625463…

Code to Joy

In this informative, accessible, and very funny book, Michael L. Littman inspires readers to learn how to tell machines what to do for us. Rather than give i...

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I'm very proud to join the office of @SenMarkKelly for a year as an AI expert through the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship program. What an honor!
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Here's what I'm doing for the next year! Hello, Congress!
AAAS@aaas
5 Oct 2023
ALERT: AAAS has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) fellowship to help Congress craft policies on and around #AI. Six @AAAS_STPF AI experts moved to D.C. in a matter of weeks to begin their fellowships. Read the full announcement here: brnw.ch/21wDeNp
A blue graphic with white text that has the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships logo on top, and says "STPF Rapid Response Cohort in AI" below.

ALT A blue graphic with white text that has the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships logo on top, and says "STPF Rapid Response Cohort in AI" below.

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Kiri Wagstaff retweeted
MDRS Analog@MDRSupdates
24 Apr 2023
Our wonderful team of analog astronauts from Spain finished the 1st half of their 2-week sim at #MDRS, learning how to live & work together in a Mars-like environment. Visit mdrs.marssociety.org to see daily reports & photos. #marsanalog @hypatia_mars #science #stem #utah 🇪🇸
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Excited to share our latest paper on using machine learning to help advance planetary science! authors.elsevier.com/a/1fMtN…

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ML has so far enabled the discovery of ~70 fresh impacts on Mars that were previously overlooked.
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There are some good lessons here too about how bias in a training set propagates to the decisions made by the classifier, and how to combat it.
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