John Pastor

Virginia Tech
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In this Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 photo, a sign outside the Petersburgh Municipal Complex informs residents of water distribution times in Petersburgh, N.Y. PFOA, long used in the manufacuring of Teflon pans, Gore-Tex jackets, ski wax, and many other products has turned up in the water in factory towns around the country like Petersburgh, impacting drinking water.
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The novel approach to making systems forget data is called 'machine unlearning' by the two researchers who are pioneering the concept. Instead of making a model directly depend on each training data sample (left), they convert the learning algorithm into a summation form (right) - a process that is much easier and faster than retraining the system from scratch.
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