Tag: Equity

Considerations for addressing bias in artificial intelligence for health equity

Equity, Health Disparities, Total Product Lifecycle

Click here to access original source Author: Michael D. Abramoff et al Publisher: Nature Year: 2023 Summary: One interesting takeaway from this article is the Total Product Lifecycle (TPLC) approach, a fundamental framework for addressing…
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The Data Equity Framework

Analysis, Communication and Distribution, Data Collection, Data Sourcing, Equity, Funding, Interpretation, Motivation, Project Design, Transparency

Author: N/A; Publisher: We All Count; Publication Year: N/A. The following article discusses how anytime data is involved, decisions are being made and those decisions have consequences. Equity needs to be at the forefront, and…
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Using Data Science to Boost Diversity, Using Diversity to Boost Data Science

Data Revolution, Data Science, Equity, Fairness, Unseen Bias

Author: Matt Swayne; Publisher: Penn State; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses the symposium, “Harnessing the Data Revolution to Enhance Diversity,” which had the message “Data science can only be data science for good…
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Ethical Issues Surrounding Research of AI in Health Care

Accountability, Algorithm Training, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Data and Safety Monitoring Board, Equity, Responsibility, Transparency

Author: Lisa Murtha, Pralika Jain, Kiyong Song; Publisher: Reuters; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) models can be flawed considering humans are the ones behind making these models. The authors…
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IBM Leads, More Should Follow: Racial Justice Requires Algorithmic Justice

AI Abuse, AI Bias, Equity, Facial Recognition Systems, IBM

Author: Joy Buolamwini, Aaina Agarwal, and Sasha Costanza-Chock; Publisher: The Medium; Publication Year: 2020. The following article applauds IBM for the decision to restrict sales of facial recognition technology in response to bias and abuse.…
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Can You Hear the Will of the People in the Vote? Assessing Fairness in Redistricting via Monte Carlo Sampling

Algorithms, Congressional Maps, Election, Equity, Fairness, Gerrymandering, Voting Preferences

Author: Jonathan Mattingly; Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; Publication Year: 2021. The following video is the author presenting his research on how local, state, and national elections depend on the underlying maps that…
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Ethical Issues Surrounding Research of AI in Health Care

Accountability, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Equity, Inclusivity, Public Interest, Sustainability, Transparency, World Health Organization

Author: F. Lisa Murtha, Pralika Jain and Kiyong Song; Publisher: Reuters; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses the controversy around artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has become a barrier to using AI to better…
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Ethical Challenges Posed by Big Data

Autonomy, Big Data, Consent, Data Collection, Equity, Privacy Protection, Training Data

Author: Edmund G. Howe, Falicia Elenberg; Publisher: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience; Publication Year: 2020. The following paper discusses how Big Data is becoming a larger field within the world of data science as more and…
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How to Interview a Tech Company: A Guide for Students

Analytics, Corporate Ethics, Data Science, Equity, Job Search, Perpetuating Disparities, Students

Author: N/A; Publisher: AI Now Institute; Publication Year: 2019. The following article has readers consider the importance of how a company acts ethically or unethically, or even if there are considerations in place. As we…
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