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Jenn Wortman Vaughan is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 2009. Her research interests are in machine learning, computational economics, social network theory, and algorithms, all of which she studies using techniques from theoretical computer science. Her recent research has won several best student paper awards, as well as Penn's 2009 Rubinoff dissertation award for innovative applications of computer technology. In her spare time, she is involved in a variety of efforts to provide support for women in computer science; most notably, she co-founded the Annual Workshop for Women in Machine Learning, which will be held for the fourth time this year. Next year Jenn will join the Computer Science Department at UCLA as an assistant professor.