African American businesswoman with face mask texting on the phone while traveling by bus.

Can contact tracing stop the spread of COVID-19?

Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth discuss how contact tracing works, the differences between traditional ‘analog’ and new ‘digital’ approaches, and how these two strategies could shape what everyday life looks like in the next phase of the pandemic.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

A Snapshot of the Frontiers of Fairness in Machine Learning

The last decade has seen a vast increase both in the diversity of applications to which machine learning is applied. Machine learning is no longer just the engine behind ad placements and spam filters; it is now used to filter loan applicants, deploy police officers, and inform bail and parole decisions, writes Aaron Roth.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

What’s behind some of the market volatility? Algorithms.

Behind all the fluctuations we are seeing daily — sometimes even every minute — in the stock market is a hard, cold algorithm that’s driving trading. Michael Kearns discusses this and more on NPR's Marketplace.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

How to Build an Ethical Algorithm

Algorithms determine a huge amount about the way we live and work online. They determine what we see online and can tell us what type of healthcare we're going to get. On a recent episode of Fast Forward, Michael Kearns explains how AI systems will change the world for the better—if we design them the right way.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth at a chalkboard

Ethical algorithm design should guide technology regulation

Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth explore ways to mitigate possible biases and create a pathway toward greater fairness in AI and emerging technologies in their Brookings Policy Brief.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

Socially Aware Algorithms Are Ready to Help

Better coding, not just laws and regulations, is the solution for tech’s failure to address the needs of actual humans, writes Aaron Roth and Michael Kearns in their Scientific American op-ed.

Computer and Information Science

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Advancing algorithmic care

Experts from Penn, including bioinformaticist Jason Moore, shared their perspectives on the role of advanced algorithms and AI in health care and what the future holds for digital health technologies at the Pennovation Center's event on “Advancing Algorithmic Care.”

Biomedical Informatics

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The Missing Link: Can the Additive Tree Expand Machine Learning in Medicine?

A multidisciplinary team including Lyle Ungar, Professor in Computer and Information Science, discovered a once-hidden through-line between two popular predictive models used in artificial intelligence. By connecting these two models, researchers can open the door to confidently spreading machine learning throughout healthcare.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

Lisa Miracchi, Aaron Roth, and Michael Kearns

The programming ethos

In a podcast conversation, Penn professors Michael Kearns, Aaron Roth, and Lisa Miracchi discuss fairness constraints put on algorithms, the perception of artificial intelligence as “value-neutral,” and the convergence of disciplines in trying to address outstanding questions about how to make algorithms more ethical.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

The virtual assistant

Artificial intelligence has permeated many corners of life, from consumer purchasing and media consumption to health care—sometimes in ways we don’t even know. Across campus, researchers like computer scientist Lyle Ungar are working to better understand how artificial intelligence affects everyday life now and in the future.

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Can contact tracing stop the spread of COVID-19?

A Snapshot of the Frontiers of Fairness in Machine Learning

What’s behind some of the market volatility? Algorithms.

How to Build an Ethical Algorithm

Ethical algorithm design should guide technology regulation

Socially Aware Algorithms Are Ready to Help

Advancing algorithmic care

The Missing Link: Can the Additive Tree Expand Machine Learning in Medicine?

The programming ethos

The virtual assistant