Automated author disambiguation using crowdsourced data and semi-supervised learning.
problem Grouping scientific publications by the same author, accounting for homonyms and synonyms.
method Exploits crowdsourced annotations for training an accurate classifier and clustering publications semi-supervisedly.
result Improves recall and tailors disambiguation to non-Western author names.
Paper proposes robust method to detect risk heterogeneity across ethnic groups.
problem Detecting risk heterogeneity across ethnic groups in ICU studies.
method Proposes a robust framework using Neyman orthogonality for inference.
result Demonstrates improved inferential stability and reduced bias compared to standard methods.
Develops fair machine learning models resistant to sensitive perturbations.
problem Ensuring model performance is invariant to sensitive attributes like gender and ethnicity.
method Distributionally robust optimization to enforce individual fairness.
result Demonstrates effectiveness on tasks prone to bias.
TaCo prevents non-linear classifiers from detecting sensitive attributes.
problem Ensuring fairness in NLP models by preventing sensitive attribute detection.
method Targeted Concept Erasure (TaCo) removes sensitive information from final latent representations, even against non-linear classifiers.
result TaCo outperforms state-of-the-art methods in reducing sensitive attribute prediction accuracy while preserving overall task performance.
DeepEthnic classifies faces into ethnic groups with high accuracy.
problem Classifying faces into ethnic groups using machine learning.
method Transfer learning from a large-scale data recognition network.
result State-of-the-art success rates for four ethnic groups.
Models predict race and ethnicity from names, improving accuracy over census data.
problem Inferring race and ethnicity from names, especially when first names are available.
method Modeling the relationship between characters in a name and race/ethnicity using Long Short-Term Memory.
result Long Short-Term Memory model achieves out-of-sample accuracy of 0.85.
The study improves colorectal cancer survivability prediction by considering ethnicity.
problem Improving colorectal cancer survivability prediction using machine learning.
method Machine learning techniques applied to SEER cancer incidence database, comparing different ethnicities.
result Models perform better on single-ethnicity populations and provide different feature importance rankings.
Paper protects privacy and fairness in deep learning models.
problem Ensuring fairness in deep learning models while protecting sensitive data.
method Uses differential privacy and Lagrangian duality to design fair predictors.
result Demonstrates improved model performance on prediction tasks.
The study uses transfer learning to compare surgical outcomes across racial/ethnic subgroups.
problem Difficulty in comparing surgical outcomes due to racial/ethnic and geographic differences.
method Causal inference framework and transfer learning to incorporate data from multiple populations.
result Racial and ethnic differences in surgical outcomes are found, with non-Hispanic Black patients experiencing wide variability.
The paper proposes a method to improve fairness in classification without using sensitive features directly.
problem Balancing accuracy and fairness in automated decision-making systems.
method Combining Multitask Learning with fairness constraints to train group-specific classifiers.
result The method achieves substantial improvements in both accuracy and fairness on real datasets.
Research aims to ensure fair classification across explicit and implicit sensitive features.
problem Ensuring fairness in machine learning models when sensitive features are not explicitly provided.
method Defined explicit and implicit cohorts, used clustering of embeddings, modified loss function.
result Improved classification parity across explicit and implicit sensitive features.
Proposes a fair classification model using robust optimization.
problem Preventing discrimination in classification models.
method Distributionally robust logistic regression with Wasserstein ball and convex unfairness measure.
result Improves fairness with minimal loss in predictive accuracy.
This research quantifies cross-sectoral inequalities using latent class analysis.
problem Addressing multiple and intersecting forms of inequality in various sectors.
method Innovative latent class analysis approach to quantify discrepancies.
result Significant discrepancies found among minority ethnic groups and between them and non-minority groups.
Improved race prediction model outperforms existing methods.
problem Improving race prediction using voter registration data.
method Trained BiLSTM model on voter registration data and created an ensemble.
result Achieved up to 36.8% higher OOS F1 scores than previous models.
Paper finds gender classification accuracy varies by skin type, not ethnicity.
problem Unequal performance of face classification services across skin types and genders.
method Stability experiments, image manipulation, and post-hoc explanation techniques.
result Lip, eye, and cheek structure differences, not skin type, cause gender classification discrepancies.
Convolutional embedded networks improve clustering and ethnicity prediction from genetic variants.
problem Identifying population groups and predicting geographic ethnicity from genetic variants.
method Proposed convolutional embedded clustering and autoencoder classifier for genetic variant data.
result Our approach outperforms state-of-the-art methods in accuracy and scalability.
FairCal improves face verification accuracy while making results fairer.
problem Bias in face recognition models disproportionately affects minority groups.
method Post-training approach that builds fairer decision classifiers using pre-trained model features.
result State-of-the-art results with increased accuracy and fairness.
Novel approach for robust domain generalization in health studies.
problem Challenges in making statistical inferences about underrepresented minority groups.
method Structured tensor completion for multi-dimensional domain generalization in linear regression models.
result Established rigorous theoretical guarantees and demonstrated minimax optimality.
New model predicts multiple outputs with missing labels.
problem Missing group labels in multi-output regression.
method Weakly-supervised multi-output model using correlated Gaussian processes.
result Model excels in multi-output settings with missing labels.
The study examines how social biases are reinforced in machine learning models used for credit scoring.
problem Reinforcement of societal biases in machine learning algorithms for credit scoring.
method Analysis of machine learning models predicting gender or ethnicity based on loan applications data.
result Machine learning models can reflect and reinforce social biases present in the data.
New fair regression method improves fairness in chronic kidney disease classification.
problem Mitigating societal bias in health care for multiple groups.
method Penalized fair regression framework for multiple groups, with penalties for true positive rate disparity.
result Achieves fairness-accuracy frontier beyond existing methods in simulations and real-world data.
The paper addresses fairness in machine learning by adjusting input distributions.
problem Reducing disparate impact in machine learning models over different groups.
method The approach involves learning a counterfactual distribution to adjust input variables for disadvantaged groups.
result The method can reduce disparate impact without training a new model.
Black women and white men have the highest income disparity in the U.S.
problem Income inequality between black women and white men in the USA
method Dynamic microeconomic model, analyzing black and white population income since 1930
result Black females and white males are poles of overall income inequality
New method improves fairness of facial recognition systems.
problem Facial recognition systems exhibit bias across different demographic groups.
method Optimizes centroid-based scores to reduce bias in pre-trained models.
result Demonstrates significant improvement in fairness with minimal loss in accuracy.
A reliable human skin detection method that is adaptable to different human skin colours and illu- mination conditions is essential for better human skin segmentation. Even though different human skin colour detection solutions have been successfully applied, they are prone to false skin detection and are not able to c…
PWSHAP provides targeted explanations for complex models.
problem Inability of black-box models to explain targeted effects in sensitive domains.
method Augments model with DAG, uses Shapley values for causal pathway identification.
result Establishes error bounds and demonstrates resolution, interpretability, and locality.
MCRAGE generates synthetic data to balance healthcare datasets.
problem Imbalanced datasets in healthcare lead to biased model performance for minority groups.
method Generative modeling to create synthetic data for underrepresented classes.
result MCRAGE improves model performance on minority groups.
Extends multivariate regression for tensor-variate data, identifying brain regions and facial characteristics.
problem Challenges in fitting regression models with multivariate responses and covariates.
method Low-rank tensor formats on regression coefficients and tensor-variate normal distribution for errors.
result Maximum likelihood estimators for tensor-on-tensor regression via block-relaxation algorithms.
Paper predicts demographics at finer geographic resolutions using geotagged tweets.
problem Limited traditional survey methods for demographics estimates at finer geographic resolutions.
method Adapting prior work to predict gender and race/ethnicity counts at the blockgroup-level.
result Achieves high correlations (0.671 for gender, 0.692 for race) compared to prior work.
The perennial problem of "how many clusters?" remains an issue of substantial interest in data mining and machine learning communities, and becomes particularly salient in large data sets such as populational genomic data where the number of clusters needs to be relatively large and open-ended. This problem gets furthe…
Proposes a fair pricing framework insensitive to protected covariates.
problem Ensuring fair prices for financial products without using discriminatory covariates.
method Develops a discrimination-insensitive pricing framework using optimization and KL divergence.
result Proves existence and uniqueness of discrimination-insensitive pricing measures.
Proposes a general framework for fairness-aware learning using f-divergences.
problem Ensuring fairness in classifier predictions without compromising accuracy.
method Introduces a general framework using f-divergences and provides a unified analysis of the upper bound of the estimation error.
result Guarantees low dependencies on unseen samples for any f-divergence.
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.
A fair policy for hiring candidates from different groups is proposed in a linear contextual bandit problem.
problem Selecting candidates from different sensitive groups in a fair manner.
method A greedy policy that constructs a ridge regression estimate and computes relative rank using empirical cumulative distribution function.
result The greedy policy achieves fair pseudo-regret of order d T \sqrt{dT} d T after T T T rounds, satisfying demographic parity. Introduces MPR to measure and optimize representation across intersectional groups in retrieval.
problem Harmful stereotypes, cultural erasure, and social disparities in image search and retrieval.
method Develops MPR metric, practical estimation methods, theoretical guarantees, and optimization algorithms.
result Optimizing MPR yields more proportional representation across multiple intersectional groups, often with minimal retrieval accuracy compromise.
5D AI model detects bad loans without biased features, improving consumer protection.
problem Detecting bad loans without biased features and improving consumer protection.
method Machine learning, BiMOPT features, European Banking Authority principles, AI principles, historical and validation datasets.
result 5D correctly detected 1,461 bad loans out of 1,613 (Sensitivity = 0.91, Prevalence = 0.0253, Positive Predictive Value = 0.19).
Study predicts infant mortality using birth certificate data.
problem High infant mortality rate in the U.S. and racial/ethnic disparities.
method Classification models trained on birth certificate features.
result Methodology outperforms standard classification methods.
New model predicts binary phenotypes better than existing methods.
problem Predicting binary phenotypes with LMMs while accounting for confounders.
method Introduced Sparse Probit Linear Mixed Model (Probit-LMM) and scalable approximate inference algorithm.
result Better prediction accuracies and feature selection for binary phenotypes.
Prevents sensitive data generation in diffusion models using labeled and unlabeled data.
problem Generating sensitive data in diffusion models using unlabeled data.
method Positive-Unlabeled Diffusion Models, approximating ELBO with labeled and unlabeled data.
result Prevents the generation of sensitive data without compromising image quality.
A framework for sensitivity measures using scoring functions.
problem Constructing sensitivity measures for any elicitable functional.
method Score-based sensitivities constructed via consistent scoring functions.
result Demonstrated intuitive and desirable properties of score-based sensitivities.
Model detects cyberbullying by analyzing participant-vocabulary consistency.
problem Identifying cyberbullying on social media platforms.
method Formulated an objective function based on participant-vocabulary consistency to detect cyberbullying.
result The model can detect new bullying vocabulary, victims, and bullies.
This work provides efficient algorithms for approximating ℓ_p sensitivities and related statistics.
problem Estimating the importance of datapoints in high-dimensional datasets.
method Efficient algorithms for computing α-approximation of ℓ_1 sensitivities and total sensitivity using importance sampling and sensitivity computations.
result Real-world datasets have significantly lower intrinsic effective dimensionality than theoretical predictions.
Unified framework for CVA sensitivities, hedging, and risk assessment.
problem Computing and managing Credit Value Adjustment (CVA) sensitivities and risks.
method Probabilistic machine learning and refined regression on simulated data, validated by Monte Carlo methods.
result Identification of optimal sensitivities for practical tasks like hedging and risk assessment.
Model predicts personality traits from Facebook Likes.
problem Predicting personality traits from social media data.
method Mapped Facebook Likes to page categories, used machine learning.
result 83% accuracy distinguishing religious vs non-religious.
BAICS identifies best arm with fairness constraints on subpopulations.
problem Identify the best arm while ensuring fairness across subpopulations.
method Formulated and solved BAICS problem, analyzed complexity, designed algorithm.
result Algorithm's sample complexity matches theoretical lower bound.
Proposes a method to increase diversity without sacrificing meritocracy.
problem Systemic bias in datasets affecting diversity and meritocracy.
method Optimally flipping outcome labels and training classification models simultaneously.
result The price of diversity is low and sometimes negative, enhancing diversity without significantly affecting meritocracy.
This survey outlines methods to ensure fairness in machine learning.
problem Mitigating bias and promoting fairness in machine learning applications.
method Organizes approaches into pre-processing, in-processing, and post-processing methods.
result Summarizes open challenges and dilemmas for fairness research.
New method speeds up causal sensitivity analysis.
problem Bounding causal effects in unobserved confounding.
method Amortized approach using prior-data fitted networks.
result Orders of magnitude faster computation.