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Improving fairness between privileged and less-privileged sensitive attribute groups (e.g, {race, gender}) has attracted lots of attention. To enhance the model performs uniformly well in different sensitive attributes, we propose a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-14 Qi Qi , Shervin Ardeshir , Yi Xu , Tianbao Yang

Large Language Models (LLMs) have been shown to demonstrate imbalanced biases against certain groups. However, the study of unprovoked targeted attacks by LLMs towards at-risk populations remains underexplored. Our paper presents three…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Rijul Magu , Arka Dutta , Sean Kim , Ashiqur R. KhudaBukhsh , Munmun De Choudhury

This study investigates how machine learning (ML) models can predict hospital readmissions for diabetic patients fairly and accurately across different demographics (age, gender, race). We compared models like Deep Learning, Generalized…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-29 Zainab Al-Zanbouri , Gauri Sharma , Shaina Raza

Diagnostic performance in medical AI varies systematically across demographic groups, yet subgroup AUC can mask clinically important disparities. At a fixed inference-time operating point, some groups may exhibit over-diagnostic behaviour,…

Speech-based detection of cognitive impairment offers a scalable, non-invasive screening, yet algorithmic bias across demographic and linguistic subgroups remains critically underexplored. We present the first comprehensive fairness…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-27 Yasaman Haghbin , Sina Rashidi , Ali Zolnour , Maryam Zolnoori

System logs are crucial for monitoring and diagnosing modern computing infrastructure, but their scale and complexity require reliable and efficient automated interpretation. Since severity levels are predefined metadata in system log…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Yahya Masri , Emily Ma , Zifu Wang , Joseph Rogers , Chaowei Yang

The variation in histologic staining between different medical centers is one of the most profound challenges in the field of computer-aided diagnosis. The appearance disparity of pathological whole slide images causes algorithms to become…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-05 Martin J. Hetz , Tabea-Clara Bucher , Titus J. Brinker

Large-scale web-scraped text corpora used to train general-purpose AI models often contain harmful demographic-targeted social biases, creating a regulatory need for data auditing and developing scalable bias-detection methods. Although…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Ayan Majumdar , Feihao Chen , Jinghui Li , Xiaozhen Wang

In this paper, we propose MOUFLON, a fairness-aware, modularity-based community detection method that allows adjusting the importance of partition quality over fairness outcomes. MOUFLON uses a novel proportional balance fairness metric,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Georgios Panayiotou , Anand Mathew Muthukulam Simon , Matteo Magnani , Ece Calikus

Large language models (LLMs) have shown impressive potential in helping with numerous medical challenges. Deploying LLMs in high-stakes applications such as medicine, however, brings in many concerns. One major area of concern relates to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Hamed Fayyaz , Raphael Poulain , Rahmatollah Beheshti

Ensuring the generalisability of clinical machine learning (ML) models across diverse healthcare settings remains a significant challenge due to variability in patient demographics, disease prevalence, and institutional practices. Existing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Bradley Segal , Joshua Fieggen , David Clifton , Lei Clifton

The increasing availability of healthcare data requires accurate analysis of disease diagnosis, progression, and realtime monitoring to provide improved treatments to the patients. In this context, Machine Learning (ML) models are used to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-09 AKM Iqtidar Newaz , Nur Imtiazul Haque , Amit Kumar Sikder , Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman , A. Selcuk Uluagac

The need to assess LLMs for bias and fairness is critical, with current evaluations often being narrow, missing a broad categorical view. In this paper, we propose evaluating the bias and fairness of LLMs from a group fairness lens using a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Guanqun Bi , Yuqiang Xie , Lei Shen , Yanan Cao

In recent years, machine learning (ML) algorithms have been deployed in safety-critical and high-stake decision-making, where the fairness of algorithms is of paramount importance. Fairness in ML centers on detecting bias towards certain…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-02 Bishwamittra Ghosh , Debabrota Basu , Kuldeep S. Meel

Diagnostic or procedural coding of clinical notes aims to derive a coded summary of disease-related information about patients. Such coding is usually done manually in hospitals but could potentially be automated to improve the efficiency…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Hang Dong , Víctor Suárez-Paniagua , William Whiteley , Honghan Wu

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), especially large language models (LLMs), have significantly advanced healthcare applications and demonstrated potentials in intelligent medical treatment. However, there are conspicuous…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Qinkai Yu , Mingyu Jin , Dong Shu , Chong Zhang , Lizhou Fan , Wenyue Hua , Suiyuan Zhu , Yanda Meng , Zhenting Wang , Mengnan Du , Yongfeng Zhang

Due to the popularity of smartphones and wearable devices nowadays, mobile health (mHealth) technologies are promising to bring positive and wide impacts on people's health. State-of-the-art decision-making methods for mHealth rely on some…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-08-15 Feiyun Zhu , Jun Guo , Zheng Xu , Peng Liao , Junzhou Huang

Clinical trials play an important role in cancer care and research, yet participation rates remain low. We developed MSK-MATCH (Memorial Sloan Kettering Multi-Agent Trial Coordination Hub), an AI system for automated eligibility screening…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Jacob T. Rosenthal , Emma Hahesy , Sulov Chalise , Menglei Zhu , Mert R. Sabuncu , Lior Z. Braunstein , Anyi Li

AI-based systems have achieved high accuracy in skin disease diagnostics but often exhibit biases across demographic groups, leading to inequitable healthcare outcomes and diminished patient trust. Most existing bias mitigation methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Gelei Xu , Yuying Duan , Zheyuan Liu , Xueyang Li , Meng Jiang , Michael Lemmon , Wei Jin , Yiyu Shi

Machine learning (ML) algorithms are increasingly deployed to make critical decisions in socioeconomic applications such as finance, criminal justice, and autonomous driving. However, due to their data-driven and pattern-seeking nature, ML…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Verya Monjezi , Ashish Kumar , Ashutosh Trivedi , Gang Tan , Saeid Tizpaz-Niari