{"617001":{"#nid":"617001","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fairness in Machine Learning Conference Comes to Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFairness in\u0026nbsp;machine learning (ML) is becoming one of the most pressing issues in society. This week, more than 500 people are in Atlanta for the\u0026nbsp;Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT) conference, Jan. 29 through 31,\u0026nbsp;to discuss improving ethics in ML.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs more and more products and services come to rely on artificial intelligence and ML, ethical issues continue to arise. According to School of Computer Science Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/jamiemorgenstern.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJamie Morgenstern\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, who is one of the conference\u0026#39;s program chairs, this is because much of the data used to train these systems\u0026nbsp;is\u0026nbsp;historical and often reflects societal biases of the time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/610888\/jamie-morgenstern-wants-bring-fairness-machine-learning\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E[RELATED:\u0026nbsp;Jamie Morgenstern Wants to Bring Fairness to Machine Learning]\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe FAT conference was established to mitigate these issues by developing awareness of this inherent bias. Morgenstern defines each term as follows:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFairness:\u003C\/strong\u003E This can also be called predictive equity. Systems should do a similarly good job improving services for all groups.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAccountability: \u003C\/strong\u003EResearchers should be able to explain why computational systems behave the way they do.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETransparency:\u003C\/strong\u003E A system should be understandable to the population it will serve.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause these issues impact more than just computer science, and\u0026nbsp;ML now touches everything from policy to business, conference attendees\u0026nbsp;include lawyers, policymakers, and a variety\u0026nbsp;of industry representatives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If we\u0026rsquo;re just having this conversation ourselves as computer scientists, we will invariably get it wrong,\u0026rdquo; Morgenstern said. \u0026ldquo;We want to promote a broad, diverse population to come together, network, and be externally visible in this field.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/616279\/human-rights-may-help-shape-artificial-intelligence-2019\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E[RELATED:\u0026nbsp;\u0026#39;Human Rights\u0026#39; May Help Shape Artificial Intelligence in 2019]\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow in its second year, the conference is affiliated with ACM this year. The program chairs are Morgenstern and Data \u0026amp; Society founder and Microsoft Research Principal Researcher \u003Cstrong\u003Edanah boyd\u003C\/strong\u003E. Local Chairs Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EDeven Desai\u003C\/strong\u003E of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s Scheller College of Business and \u003Cstrong\u003EBrandeis Marshall\u003C\/strong\u003E of Spelman College have also been critical to the conference\u0026rsquo;s mission.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech also has a paper at the conference: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/authorize?N675456\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA Taxonomy of Ethical Tensions in Inferring Mental Health States from Social Media\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E by School of Interactive Computing (IC) Ph.D. student \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/steviechancellor.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStevie Chancellor\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Dr.\u003Cstrong\u003E Michael Birnbaum\u003C\/strong\u003E, University of Rochester Professor\u003Cstrong\u003E Eric Caine\u003C\/strong\u003E and Associate Professor\u003Cstrong\u003E Vincent Silenzio, \u003C\/strong\u003Eand IC Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.munmund.net\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMunmun De Choudhury\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SCS Assistant Professor Jamie Morgenstern acts as program chair for important machine learning conference."}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2019-01-28 21:26:10","changed_gmt":"2019-02-02 02:36:43","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"617002":{"id":"617002","type":"image","title":"Scales ","body":null,"created":"1548711313","gmt_created":"2019-01-28 21:35:13","changed":"1548711313","gmt_changed":"2019-01-28 21:35:13","alt":"Scales","file":{"fid":"234824","name":"2000px-Unbalanced_scales2.svg_.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2000px-Unbalanced_scales2.svg_.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2000px-Unbalanced_scales2.svg_.png","mime":"image\/png","size":85577,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2000px-Unbalanced_scales2.svg_.png?itok=eMXBVd3d"}}},"media_ids":["617002"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETess Malone, Communications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}