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When Computers Stand in the Schoolhouse Door.

The article discusses the biases created by classification algorithms. Topics covered include the different ways algorithms may discriminate, the AdFisher program developed by computer science professor Anupam Datta of the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the challenges enc...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 19 - 22
Main Author: Savage, Neil
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Mar2016
Subjects:
Classification algorithms
Algorithms
Datta, Anupam
College teachers
Automatic classification
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses the biases created by classification algorithms. Topics covered include the different ways algorithms may discriminate, the AdFisher program developed by computer science professor Anupam Datta of the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the challenges encountered in identifying the biases. It discusses the reported imbalance caused by biased decisions created by the classification algorithms.