##Data Science Seminar##\\ Hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics * Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 * Time: 12:00pm -- 1:00pm * Room: Whitney Hall 100E * Speaker: Dr. Yunlong Feng (SUNY Albany) * Title: Understanding robust loss functions in machine learning. **//Abstract//** \\ Robust loss functions play a critical role in training resilient machine learning models, yet their theoretical foundations remain underexplored. In this talk, I will present my work focused on advancing the theoretical understanding of a wide range of robust loss functions commonly used in risk minimization tasks across various machine learning applications. Specifically, I will try to address the following key questions: (1) What are the primary theoretical challenges in analyzing robust loss functions? (2) How can we understand the robustness of these loss functions? (3) How can we evaluate the out-of-sample generalization performance of models trained using robust loss functions? \\ Biography of the speaker: .