For example, job candidate screening algorithms may automatically reject names that sound like they belong to nonwhite people, while facial recognition software is often much worse at recognizing ...

For example, under the new proposal, instead of landlords having to defend a tenant screening policy on the grounds that it was the least discriminatory option, a prospective tenant would have to ...

Rad Niazadeh: One example of these average constraints that can calibrate the outcome of the algorithm to be more nondiscriminatory is what’s known as demographic parity. So imagine we have different ...

MUNICH — A new assessment of the multiplex Stockholm 3 (STHLM3) prostate cancer screening algorithm suggests that, compared with current clinical screening, the test can significantly reduce the ...

Is it wrong to tailor a resume to a specific job opening to increase your chances of getting considered for the job? Companies, particularly large companies, have been using some sort of Applicant ...

Repeatability of an algorithm can work against people. Algorithms "fire" at a much higher cadence than people, and repeat a bias at scale (part of the appeal of algorithms is how cheap they are to use ...

All of the algorithms increased the share of selected applicants who are women, from 35% under human recruiting to 41% with the SL model, 50% with the updating SL model, and 39% with the UCB model.

Searching for visual signs of cancer, the team’s algorithm turned out to have 10 percent better sensitivity and specificity than any other screening method, while also being lower cost.

Both universal newborn screening and targeted testing have been proposed and explored, with each approach having its own advantages. This two part presentation will provide an update on universal ...

For example, he illustrates, Amazon discovered that its resume-screening algorithm was giving resumes with the word "women" or the names of women's colleges.