Doctoral Thesis Proposal - Madhusudhan Reddy Pittu April 18, 2025 11:00am — 12:30pm Location: In Person and Virtual - ET - Traffic21 Classroom, Gates Hillman 6501 and Zoom Speaker: MADHUSUDHAN REDDY PITTU , Ph.D. Student, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University https://mathrulestheworld.github.io/ Fairness, Diversity, Explainability, and Robustness for Algorithmic Decision-making Fairness, diversity, explainability, and robustness are key challenges in computational decision-making, impacting machine learning, resource allocation, and data analysis. Balancing these principles with efficiency presents significant computational and structural challenges. This proposal investigates algorithmic approaches for diverse selection, fair allocation, interpretable clustering, constrained subspace approximation, and comparison-based optimization. Together, these directions contribute to more equitable, representative, interpretable, and robust algorithmic decision-making under structural and informational constraints. Thesis CommitteeDavid Woodruff (Chair)Anupam GuptaPrasad TetaliMohit Singh (Georgia Institute of Technology)Ola Svensson (EPFL)Additional InformationIn Person and Zoom Participation. See announcement. Add event to Google Add event to iCal