Tag: Gender Gap
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Why the World Needs More Women Data Scientists
Author: Ugonma Nwankwo, Michael Pisa; Publisher: Center for Global Development; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how evidence-based policy making is ineffective when it relies on biased information, a potential source for this is…
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Keynote Speaker: Joy Buolamwini Presented by SpeakInc
Algorithmic Bias, Coded Gaze, Discriminatory Practices, Exclusionary Experiences, Facial Recognition Systems, Gender Gap, IBM, Racial GapsAuthor: Joy Buolamwini Publisher: SpeakInc Publication Year: 2018 Summary: In the following video, Joy Buolamwini expands on her mission of the ‘Coded Gaze’, her term for algorithmic bias which can lead to discriminatory practices or…
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We Don’t Have Enough Women in Clinical Trials — Why That’s a Problem
Author: Elizabeth Pratt; Publisher: Healthline; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how data scientists need to be cautious about applying results across all demographics if all demographics were not well represented in the data…
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Why We Must Act Now to Close the Gender Gap in AI
Author: Gabriela I. Ramos Patiño; Publisher: World Economic Forum; Publication Year: 2022. The following article provides nicely linked research studies – and it is a quick high-level read but highlights an important issue in artificial…
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Incorporate Inclusivity
Author: Data Science Ethics Podcast Publisher: Spotify Publication Year: 2020 Summary: The following podcast episode discusses how gender and racial gaps exist in the field of data science as it tends to be dominated by…
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Data Feminism Presents an Intersectional Feminist Way to Think About Data Science and Ethics
Author: Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein; Publisher: Ms. Magazine; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how the dominant group of data scientists today are straight, white, cisgender man who has formal credentials and is…
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We Need to Close the Gender Data Gap By Including Women in Our Algorithms
Author: Caroline Criado Perez; Publisher: Time Magazine; Publication Year: 2020. The following article describes the way that so many aspects of our society is designed with men in mind instead of women. Examples of this…
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AI Bias Could Put Women’s Lives At Risk – A Challenge For Regulators
Artificial Intelligence, Data Collection, Discrimination, European Union, Gender, Gender Bias, Gender GapAuthor: Carmen Neithammer; Publisher: Forbes; Publication Year: 2020. The following article touches on the bias that is introduced into algorithms by using data sets that are comprised mainly of information about the male population. A…