Michael Kearns

Philadelphia

CS prof at Penn. Amazon Scholar. Interests in ML, fairness, privacy, algorithmic game theory, algo trading. Author of "The Ethical Algorithm" (with Aaron Roth).

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April marks Distracted Driving Awareness Month

1 week ago | orchardparkbee.com | Michael Kearns

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and state and local law enforcement are working to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving, the leading cause of accidents in New York state. The use of cell phones, particularly for texting, talking and using social media, is the most common source of distraction. Just reading a text can take your eyes […]
Earned Income Tax Credit puts money in your pocket

2 months ago | clarencebee.com | Michael Kearns

If you worked at all in the past year, you have the opportunity to have your federal and state taxes e-filed for free. You might also qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit, known as the EITC, which can significantly boost your tax refund. For the 2024 tax year, the maximum EITC is $7,830, available to families with three or […]
Are you REAL ID ready? What to know with the approaching deadline

2 months ago | orchardparkbee.com | Michael Kearns

If you frequently fly, it’s time to prepare for your next adventure. The deadline to meet the REAL ID compliance standard is rapidly approaching. Starting on May 7, it will be mandatory for domestic air travel, and the Erie County Clerk’s Office wants you to be ready. Here are some common questions about REAL ID: What is REAL ID? REAL […]
Are you REAL ID ready? What to know with the approaching deadline

Jan 16, 2025 | westsenecabee.com | Michael Kearns

If you frequently fly, it’s time to prepare for your next adventure. The deadline to meet the REAL ID compliance standard is rapidly approaching. Starting on May 7, it will be mandatory for domestic air travel, and the Erie County Clerk’s Office wants you to be ready. Here are some common questions about REAL ID: What is REAL ID? REAL […]
County clerk reminds motorists: Be prepared, stay safe during winter

Nov 21, 2024 | orchardparkbee.com | Michael Kearns

At every start to the winter season, we promise ourselves that this year will be different, that you’ll be ready for whatever blizzard Mother Nature sends us. Flashback to 10 years ago, when the City of Buffalo and the Southtowns were clobbered by the infamous “wall of snow” that produced thunder and heavy snowfall of as much as 6 inches […]
Follow school bus safety rules of the road

Aug 22, 2024 | orchardparkbee.com | Michael Kearns

Motorists must stop when a school bus flashes its red lights – it’s the law A s summer winds down, children across Erie County are heading back to school, and the yellow school buses once again dot our roadways. For a majority of the more than 121,000 students throughout Erie County, the school day begins and ends with a trip on a school bus. Many children will be going to school for the first time […]
Car buyer beware – learn about the vehicle before spending your hard-earned money - Ken-Ton Bee

Jul 17, 2024 | kentonbee.com | Michael Kearns

Hundreds of people buy and sell vehicles every year. The process of buying a car is not what it used to be – consumers are more educated and focus on a car’s reliability, the model that meets their needs and how much the car should cost. I believe it’s safe to say that the car-buying momentum has shifted from car […]
Membership inference attacks on diffusion models via quantile regression

Jun 13, 2024 | amazon.science | Shuai Tang |Zhiwei Wu |Sergul Aydore |Michael Kearns

Recently, diffusion models have become popular tools for image synthesis due to their high-quality outputs. However, like other large models, they may leak private information about their training data. Here, we demonstrate a privacy vulnerability of diffusion models through a membership inference (MI) attack, which aims to identify whether a target example belongs to the training set when given the trained diffusion model.
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month

May 23, 2024 | orchardparkbee.com | Michael Kearns

The warmer weather has arrived, daylight hours are longer, and it is finally spring and time to remind all vehicle drivers and motorcyclists that motorcycle safety is everyone’s safety as we recognize May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Motorcycle riders across Erie County are tuning up their bikes and getting ready for the riding season on the open road. Motorcycles […]
May is Motorcycle Safety & Awareness Month

May 22, 2024 | clarencebee.com | Clarence Bee |Michael Kearns

The warmer weather has arrived, daylight hours are longer, and it is finally spring and time to remind all vehicle drivers and motorcyclists that motorcycle safety is everyone’s safety as we recognize May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Motorcycle riders across Erie County are tuning up their bikes and getting ready for the riding season on the open road. Motorcycles […]

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