Where the subject of algorithmic fairness or privacy is not frontpage news today we will speak to the two leading lights in that area they will help us understand the state of the art is now and Going Forward with that we will welcome professor kearns first to the stage. Welcome to the stage. [applause] good morning thank you for coming my name is Michael Kearns with my close friend and colleague writing a general audience book called the ethical algorithm so for roughly half an hour we want to take you had a high level to the major themes of the book then we will open to q a. So many people and certainly this audience is aware in the past decade Machine Learning has gone from relatively obscure to mainstream news to characterize the first half of this decade is the glory. When all reports were positive with all these amazing advances like deep learning and speech recognition image categorization in many other areas we all enjoy the great benefits of this technology and the advances ma
A senator are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer no, we are not. A senator thank you, madam president. I rise today because its my honor to introduce my colleague who actually needs no introduction but still for this speech today. Mr. Hoeven i have the pleasure to introduce kevin cramer who will be thriferring his delivering his official maiden speech to the senate. Ive known kevin for many years. Hes always been incredibly diligent worker for the people of north dakota. And he served our state in many different capacities. He served as tourism director and did a tremendous job promoting our state, promoting tourism, and really promoting the beauty and the history of our state in a way that brought a lot of National Attention and really made a difference in terms of tourism for our state. He also served our state as Economic Development director, something that is certainly near and dear to my heart. Ive always believed that job creations are job one. To me thats the engine th
In whatever they do for you and humanity. Lord, give them the wisdom to refuse to deviate from integrity, coveting heavens approval in their labors for your kingdom. May they also remember that they are representing your divine purposes for our nation and world. Lord, thank you that your mercy is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who come to you with reverence. May your glory endure forever. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please follow me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany s. 1790 which the clerk will report. The clerk conference report to accompany s. 1790, an act to autho
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote . On this the vote the yeas are 53, the nays are 40. The nomination is agreed to and confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates actions. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of Lawrence Vandyke, of nevada, to be United States circuit judge for the ninth circuit. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of Lawrence Vandyke, of nevada, to be United States circuit judge for the ninth circuit shall be brought to a close . The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the rol
[applause] i guess they were all guilty. [laughter] thank you so much for the lovely introduction and for sharing the wonderful history of your friendship and his mentorship. Both of you have played a large role in the event of the history for over five decades and the law schools are incredibly fortunate to have you both in leadership and all of you are wonderful as leaders and as institutional leaders. I want to thank everyone for joining this to discuss the an exciting and extremely timely book and a portrait of donald trump and 3500 lawsuits. His other two books both of which are highly relevant to other books as well are cases that mattered and americans greatest trial court and supremely partisan here and how in Supreme Court. This is the fifth time you get to sit with you to talk about your wonderful work. So its meaningful and noise fun to have a conversation with you. You are someone who as i described an extraordinary contour. You have been a wonderful friend who is given so