We're a team of researchers and data scientists who use computational approaches to address issues in criminal justice, education, voting rights, and beyond.policylab.hks.harvard.edu Cambridge, MAJoined June 2018
HKS researchers—including @5harad, @Soroush_Saghaf, and @madisoncoots—created an analytical framework that informs the ongoing medical debate over whether to use race-unaware or race-aware risk assessments ken.sc/4gEAvig
NEW in Management Science!
My coauthors and I came up with a new consequentialist approach to designing equitable algorithms.
Instead of imposing fairness criteria on an algorithm (like equal false negative rates), we aim for good outcomes.
More in the 🧵 below! (1/)
Less than one week to join our study on using AI to improve education! Give your students access to a free virtual tutor & receive a $1,000 honorarium.
Apps open for college instructors (esp. those teaching math, comp science, stats, & econ) until Dec 16: zurl.co/WitA
Less than one week to join our study on using AI to improve education! Give your students access to a free virtual tutor & receive a $1,000 honorarium.
Apps open for college instructors (esp. those teaching math, comp science, stats, & econ) until Dec 16: zurl.co/WitA
The use of race in clinical risk models is heavily debated. While race-aware models can be more accurate, some are concerned about reinforcing racialized views of medicine. In our paper in @AnnalsofIM, we offer a new perspective on this debate. 🧵👇 annals.org/aim/article/do…
Our co-director @LX_CW spoke with @Arnold_Ventures about the role AI can play in supporting fair charging decisions. Read more about our race-blind charging project, which aims to mitigate unintended biases in the justice system: zurl.co/PbW2
Our co-director @LX_CW spoke with @Arnold_Ventures about the role AI can play in supporting fair charging decisions. Read more about our race-blind charging project, which aims to mitigate unintended biases in the justice system: zurl.co/PbW2
Are you a prospective PhD student interested in combining statistical, computational, and social science approaches to address pressing societal problems? My dept @NYU_ASH is starting a PhD program in computational social science. Learn more at our final info session this Thu!
Data collected since 2018 under the Racial and Identity Profiling Act help measure disparities in California police traffic stops.@LX_CW contributed data to highlight these disparities for a story in the @sfchronicle: zurl.co/J7xX
Data collected since 2018 under the Racial and Identity Profiling Act help measure disparities in California police traffic stops.@LX_CW contributed data to highlight these disparities for a story in the @sfchronicle: zurl.co/J7xX
Some personal news: I’m back at @nyuniversity in a new role as an assistant professor of computational social science at @NYU_ASH! I’ll also continue to lead the @CompPolicyLab as a faculty co-director. New York friends, get in touch and we can grab a coffee!
Looking for a primer on generative AI? This open course, offered by our lab faculty director @5harad and affiliate @tedsvo, provides an introduction to how GenAI works, how to use it, and the larger opportunities and challenges it poses for society. zurl.co/2anx
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