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A farmer tends crops in Uganda, an area where bias in AI algorithms monitoring global crop health might misinterpret data due to a lack of knowledge of local growing methods. Photo by Nuno Almeida, Dreamstime.com
UMD Co-leads $750K NSF, Amazon Project to Tackle AI Bias in Mapping
INFO College's Dr. Sergii Skakun will play a key role in building the system that could enable fairer, safer decisions on resource dist …
Dr. Zubin Jelveh: Machine Learning Can Predict Shooting Victimization Well Enough to Help Prevent It
Using arrest and victimization records from the Chicago PD, a machine learning model can predict the risk of being shot in the next 18 …
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(Video) GEM Analytics Industry Expert Series: Data and Its Application in a Streaming Media Company
How data is used at a streaming media company to shape the future of content.
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(Video) Dean’s Lecture Series: Technology for the Vulnerable – Studies in Designing for Access to Basic Needs
Dr. Ronald Metoyer presents two projects his lab is developing to bridge the gap between tech innovation access and vulnerable populati …
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Improving Fairness and Trust in AI Used for College Admissions and Language Translation
iSchool Assistant Professor Dr. Ge Gao joins $1.6M NSF/Amazon-funded project to develop algorithms and protocols that can improve the e …
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(Video) SoDa Symposium: Universal Adaptability – A Target-Independent Approach to Inference
Drs. Christoph Kern and Michael P. Kim present framework for ensuring protections of subpopulations and unbiased algorithmic conclusion …
HCIL Faculty and Students to Participate in CHI 2022
23 members of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab will present their research at prestigious HCI conference.
