Data Ethics Repository

Tag: Underrepresented Communities

Creating Diverse and Equitable Initiatives in Data Science

Data Science Education, Recruitment, Underrepresented Communities

Author: Tiffany Oliver; Publisher: TEDx Talks; Publication Year: 2022. In the following talk, Dr. Oliver talks about her work to address the underrepresentation of women and BIPOC in data science. In 2021, Dr. Oliver created…
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When Good Algorithms Go Sexist: Why and How to Advance AI Gender Equity

Apple, Credit Score, Feminist Data Practices, Gender Bias, Underrepresented Communities

Author: Genevieve Smith, Ishita Rustagi; Publisher: Stanford Social Innovation Review; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses the effect of gender bias in data science. A very interesting example is the credit lines and credit…
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Synthetic Data Generation

Amazon, American Express, Data Protection, Google, Insufficient Representation, Synthetic Data, Training Data, Underrepresented Communities

Author: Christian Schitton; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how synthetic data is a less well-known area of data science. Synthetic data addresses issues of insufficient representation in data. For example, models…
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