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<h1>About Me</h1>

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  I am a researcher and graduate student at <a href="https://www.cics.umass.edu/">UMass Amherst</a> working with <a href="https://people.cs.umass.edu/~sheldon/">Dan Sheldon</a> and <a href="https://people.cs.umass.edu/~miklau/">Gerome Miklau</a> as well as a Visiting Professor in Computer Science at <a href="https://www.mtholyoke.edu/directory/departments-offices-centers/computer-science">Mount Holyoke College</a>.
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  Before this, I was a Data Scientist at <a href="http://www.allstatedatascience.com">Allstate</a> and a researcher at the <a href="http://frc.gsu.edu">Fiscal Research Center</a>, a public policy think tank in Atlanta. I studied mathematics & logic at <a href="http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/mathematics/index.html">Miami University</a> and philosophy & economics at <a href="http://www.gsu.edu">Georgia State University</a>.
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 Click <a href="images/cv.pdf">here</a> to view my CV.
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  You may contact me at brettcmullins(at)gmail.
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  This <a href="https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/6392d5fb-7eb7-4a8a-af15-6a9b503b6ac1">radio program on Frank Ramsey</a> influenced my thinking and interests greatly.
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<h1>Research Interests</h1>
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  Differential Privacy, Explainable Machine Learning, Synthetic Data, <br/>Learning Theory, Causation, Formal Epistemology
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  My research involves using tools from mathematics, logic, and machine learning to approach problems from a novel perspective.
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