Framework generates precise synthetic populations for scalable modeling.
problem Generating accurate synthetic populations without personal data.
method Constraint-programming framework encoding aggregated statistics and structural relations.
result Exact control of demographic profiles without requiring microdata.
New methods target conditional demographic parity using optimal transport distances.
problem Auditing and enforcing conditional demographic parity (CDP) in models with complex conditioning variables.
method Developed novel measures of conditional demographic disparity (CDD) based on optimal transport distances and regularization-based approaches.
result Validated methods airbit{} and airlp{} effectively target CDP in real-world datasets with continuous model outputs.
In this paper, we consider the problem of predicting demographics of geographic units given geotagged Tweets that are composed within these units. Traditional survey methods that offer demographics estimates are usually limited in terms of geographic resolution, geographic boundaries, and time intervals. Thus, it would…
Paper proposes a method to detect fair communities in graphs considering demographic attributes.
problem Inconsistent community detection violates fairness constraints for nodes with demographic attributes.
method Develops an ℓ1-regularized pseudo-likelihood approach for fair graphical model selection. result The method ensures demographic groups are fairly represented within detected communities.
Study predicts U.S. county COVID-19 growth using demographic and social distancing data.
problem Predicting county-level COVID-19 growth during the pandemic.
method Spectral clustering, correlation matrix, demographic features, social distancing scores, LSTM model.
result Effective prediction of future county growth using demographic and social distancing data.
Paper explores fair classification with bounded disparity using finite datasets.
problem Ensuring fairness in binary classification with protected groups.
method Minimax optimal approach with fairness constraints and demographic disparity control.
result Proposes FairBayes-DDP+ method that achieves minimax lower bound on fairness-aware excess risk.
Extends Demographic Parity for fairer wage predictions with expert knowledge.
problem Inadequate fairness metrics limit user domain knowledge and ignore intersectional fairness.
method Develops a parametric method to incorporate expert knowledge in fair predictions.
result Offers a robust solution for real-life applications with limited data and spending constraints.
Generative model predicts daily activity sequences with duration-aware dynamics.
problem Accurately forecasting granular daily activity sequences for energy demand.
method Hierarchical semi-Markov models with duration-aware dynamics.
result Explicitly modeling activity durations improves predictive performance.
A statistical analysis of financial, economic, and demographic indicators performed by the authors demonstrates (1) that the main countries of East Africa (Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania) have not escaped the Malthusian Trap yet; (2) that this countries are not likely to follow the "North African path" and to achieve this…
Medical imaging models may encode demographic attributes without violating fairness, depending on the approach.
problem Discrimination in medical imaging models due to encoding demographic attributes.
method Examined marginal and class-conditional representation invariance, traditional fairness notions, and counterfactual fairness.
result Demographically invariant models may not necessarily be fair, and encoding demographic attributes can be advantageous.
Inferring user characteristics such as demographic attributes is of the utmost importance in many user-centric applications. Demographic data is an enabler of personalization, identity security, and other applications. Despite that, this data is sensitive and often hard to obtain. Previous work has shown that purchase …
Unified framework for fair decision-making across diverse groups.
problem Statistical brittleness in fairness testing for small subgroups.
method Size-adaptive hypothesis testing framework.
result Validated approach for interpretable, statistically rigorous decisions.
Counterfactual fairness not equivalent to demographic parity, finds study.
problem Equivalence between causal and probabilistic concepts in fairness metrics.
method Close examination of recent claim about counterfactual fairness.
result Counterfactual fairness is not equivalent to demographic parity.
DeepUnHide uses deep learning to reveal hidden demographic features in recommender systems.
problem Extracting hidden demographic features from recommender systems factors.
method Gradient-based localization in deep learning for feature extraction.
result DeepUnHide outperforms state-of-the-art feature selection methods.
A new method for survival analysis models that ensures fairness without using sensitive demographic data.
problem Ensuring fairness in survival analysis models without relying on sensitive demographic information.
method A worst-case error minimization approach using a training loss function that does not know sensitive demographic information.
result The proposed method often scores better on fairness metrics without a significant drop in prediction accuracy compared to baselines.
We find the optimal error for a constrained regression model under a linear model.
problem Minimizing error while adhering to demographic parity constraints.
method Proposed a minimax optimal error analysis for a demographic parity-constrained regression problem within a linear model.
result The minimax optimal error is characterized by $Θ( rac{dM}{n})$.
Study achieves fairness without demographic info, improving regression tasks.
problem Achieve fairness in models without prior demographic info.
method VFair method to minimize training loss variance, dynamic update approach.
result Regression tasks can achieve significant fairness improvement without prior demographics.
Proposes a framework to create fair IDRs by enforcing demographic parity constraints.
problem Discrimination in IDRs trained on biased data.
method Incorporates DP and CDP constraints into IDR estimation.
result Theoretically optimal IDRs can be efficiently obtained through perturbations.
Paper develops a model to assess capital requirement for demographic risk using stochastic methods.
problem Quantifying capital requirement for demographic risk in life insurance contracts.
method Stochastic model extending local GAAP to Solvency II framework, proving market consistency.
result Model highlights main drivers of capital requirement evaluation, comparing to GAAP.
A new method uses model gradients to improve fairness without relying on demographic data.
problem Algorithmic fairness issues due to missing demographic information and complex interactions.
method Learning a graph of gradients to identify and improve group fairness robustly to noise.
result Significantly improves fairness without sacrificing overall accuracy.
CondMTL improves toxicity detection by learning group-specific representations.
problem Algorithmic bias in toxic language detection across demographic groups.
method Conditional Multi-Task Learning (CondMTL) for demographic-specific tasks.
result CondMTL improves predictive recall for minority demographic groups.
Paper detects biases in medical imaging ML models using counterfactual analysis.
problem Bias in medical imaging ML models negatively impacts generalization performance.
method Counterfactual invariance framework combining conditional latent diffusion models and statistical hypothesis testing.
result The method identifies and quantifies biases without direct access to counterfactual data.
Algorithm ensures demographic parity in regression without sensitive attribute data.
problem Performing regression with demographic parity constraints.
method Post-processing algorithm using accurate estimates and sensitive attribute predictor.
result Generates predictions meeting demographic parity constraint.
Recent advances in Representation Learning and Adversarial Training seem to succeed in removing unwanted features from the learned representation. We show that demographic information of authors is encoded in -- and can be recovered from -- the intermediate representations learned by text-based neural classifiers. The …
New framework tackles fairness in link prediction beyond demographic parity.
problem Systemic biases in link prediction can exacerbate societal inequalities.
method Formalizes limitations of existing fairness evaluations and proposes a new framework.
result Proposes a lightweight post-processing method combined with decoupled link predictors.
Meta-theorems validate fair regression algorithms under demographic parity constraints.
problem Regression under demographic parity constraints.
method Meta-theorems and post-processing methods.
result Fair minimax optimal regression can be achieved through post-processing.
Integrates differential privacy and demographic parity in multi-class classification.
problem Ensuring fairness and privacy in sensitive applications.
method Designs DP2DP algorithm that enforces both demographic parity and differential privacy.
result DP2DP converges towards demographic parity at nearly the same rate as non-private methods, achieving state-of-the-art trade-offs.
New dataset for evaluating speech recognition fairness across demographics.
problem Lack of fairness metrics in speech recognition datasets.
method Developed Fair-Speech dataset with diverse demographic information.
result Helps evaluate ASR models for fairness across demographics.
Classifiers that achieve demographic balance by explicitly using protected attributes such as race or gender are often politically or culturally controversial due to their lack of individual fairness, i.e. individuals with similar qualifications will receive different outcomes. Individually and group fair decision crit…
The paper shows how demographic data can lead to biased predictions, proposing 'Affirmative Information' as a solution.
problem Bias in predictions due to demographic data.
method Characterization of error types and conditions leading to disparate impact.
result Demographic variables in data can lead to biased predictions, with higher average outcomes receiving higher false positive rates.
This research presents an analysis of the demographic risk related to future membership patterns in pension funds with restricted entrance, financed under a pay-as-you-go scheme. The paper, therefore, proposes a stochastic model for investigating the behaviour of the demographic variable "new entrants" and the influenc…
The study improves crime prediction using Foursquare and streetlight data with demographic info.
problem Improving crime prediction models using diverse data sources.
method Combining Foursquare and streetlight data with demographic info for crime prediction.
result The proposed model enhances classification performance in crime prediction.
Bias in training data affects diagnostic algorithms' performance.
problem Bias in training data leads to biased predictions in diagnostic algorithms.
method Survey of MICCAI 2018 proceedings, analysis of a skin lesions dataset, adversarial training setup.
result Classifier performance varies significantly between subgroups based on age and sex.
New framework enforces demographic parity on distribution tails.
problem Enforcing demographic parity on entire distribution can degrade accuracy.
method Optimal transport theory, focusing on distribution tails.
result More nuanced and context-sensitive fairness interventions.
New approach to counterfactual reasoning avoids demographic interventions.
problem Limitations of traditional counterfactual reasoning in AI systems.
method Backtracking counterfactual approach instead of interventional.
result Allows addressing social concerns without demographic interventions.
Network-assisted regression uses conformal prediction for valid inference.
problem Predicting node attributes using network and conventional covariates with valid statistical inference.
method Network analog of conformal prediction under mild joint exchangeability assumption.
result Achieves finite sample validity and asymptotic conditional validity for various network covariates.
Fair machine learning has become a significant research topic with broad societal impact. However, most fair learning methods require direct access to personal demographic data, which is increasingly restricted to use for protecting user privacy (e.g. by the EU General Data Protection Regulation). In this paper, we pro…
New method optimizes fairness in predictive models for continuous sensitive attributes.
problem Enforcing full statistical independence on continuous sensitive attributes is too restrictive.
method Functional bilevel optimization (FBO) and ITD algorithms.
result Achieves lowest or near-lowest fairness-accuracy regret on synthetic and real datasets.
New method generates diverse EHR data types while maintaining privacy.
problem Privacy risks in sharing EHRs across large scales.
method Refined GAN model, feature constraints, and utility measures.
result New model preserves EHR statistics, correlations, and constraints.
Model predicts human food choices based on demographics.
problem Predicting human food choices from demographic data.
method Non-deterministic model based on NHANES dataset and behavioral studies.
result Generates synthetic data similar to original dataset.
Study uses synthetic data to estimate credit risk for underbanked consumers in Istanbul.
problem Estimating credit risk for underbanked consumers lacking formal credit records.
method Created synthetic dataset, used retrieval augmented generation, trained CatBoost, LightGBM, and XGBoost models.
result Alternative financial data improves credit risk estimation, raising AUC by 13%.
Study develops a new method for creating fair models.
problem Ensuring equal outcomes for different protected groups.
method Introduces a new group-fair constraint based on transport maps.
result Develops a novel algorithm FTM for training group-fair models.
Unified framework for fair regression under demographic parity.
problem Ensuring fairness in regression tasks subject to demographic parity constraints.
method Proposes a unified framework applicable to various regression tasks with a broad spectrum of loss functions, derived a novel characterization of the fair risk minimizer, and established theoretical consistency and convergence rates.
result Effective minimization of risk while satisfying fairness constraints across various regression settings.
The paper explores fair regression and classification under demographic parity constraints.
problem Ensuring fairness in regression and classification models under demographic parity constraints.
method Characterizes the optimal fair regression function using a barycenter problem with optimal transport costs and studies the connection between fair classification and regression.
result The optimal fair regression function is derived from the solution to a barycenter problem with optimal transport costs, and the optimal fair cost-sensitive classifiers can be derived by applying thresholds to this function.
The paper studies and mitigates accuracy disparity in regression models.
problem Accuracy disparity between different demographic subgroups in high-stakes domains.
method Error decomposition theorem and distribution alignment algorithm.
result The proposed algorithm effectively mitigates accuracy disparity while maintaining predictive power.
Decomposes bias in linear models under demographic parity constraints.
problem Understanding and quantifying bias in linear models under fairness constraints.
method Post-processing framework to decompose bias into direct and indirect components.
result Analytical characterization of how demographic parity reshapes model coefficients.
Differentially private fair binary classification algorithm developed.
problem Balancing privacy and fairness in binary classification.
method Decoupling technique for fairness, refinement for differential privacy.
result Algorithm maintains fairness, privacy, and utility guarantees.
Synthetic data mimics real-world demographics for fairness testing.
problem Lack of complete, representative datasets for fairness testing.
method Construct synthetic datasets using overlapping real and separate datasets.
result Synthetic data yields consistent fairness metrics with real data.