🔬 Research Summary by Francesco Fabbri, a 4th year Ph.D. student at UPF, Barcelona, working on Algorithmic Bias in Recommender Systems. His work focuses on analyzing and mitigating unintended and potentially harmful … [Read more...] about Rewiring What-to-Watch-Next Recommendations to Reduce Radicalization Pathways
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Subreddit Links Drive Community Creation and User Engagement on Reddit
🔬 Research Summary by Rachel Krohn, an assistant professor of computer science at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, specializing in online social media dynamics. [Original paper by Rachel Krohn and Tim … [Read more...] about Subreddit Links Drive Community Creation and User Engagement on Reddit
Model Positionality and Computational Reflexivity: Promoting Reflexivity in Data Science
🔬 Research summary by Scott Cambo, a data scientist and independent researcher specializing in human-centered machine learning as well as designing and developing interactive machine learning systems. [Original … [Read more...] about Model Positionality and Computational Reflexivity: Promoting Reflexivity in Data Science
Race and AI: the Diversity Dilemma
🔬 Research summary by Connor Wright, our Partnerships Manager. [Original paper by Stephen Cave and Kanta Dihal] Overview: Are white and non-white AI presented as equals? The authors argue not. While more … [Read more...] about Race and AI: the Diversity Dilemma
Discover Weekly: How the Music Platform Spotify Collects and Uses Your Data
🔬 Original article by Nils Aoun, Chloé Currie, Ava Harrington, and Cella Wardrop from Encode Justice Canada This is a part of our Recess series in which university students from across Canada briefly explain key … [Read more...] about Discover Weekly: How the Music Platform Spotify Collects and Uses Your Data