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The widespread integration of AI technologies has intensified concerns about fairness and bias, as these systems often perpetuate societal inequalities through flawed data and design choices. While software engineering research has largely…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Ronnie de Souza Santos , Maria Teresa Baldassarre , Cleyton Magalhaes

Recently, the research community of computerized medical imaging has started to discuss and address potential fairness issues that may emerge when developing and deploying AI systems for medical image analysis. This chapter covers some of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Enzo Ferrante , Rodrigo Echeveste

Understanding and removing bias from the decisions made by machine learning models is essential to avoid discrimination against unprivileged groups. Despite recent progress in algorithmic fairness, there is still no clear answer as to which…

In recent years fairness in machine learning (ML) has emerged as a highly active area of research and development. Most define fairness in simple terms, where fairness means reducing gaps in performance or outcomes between demographic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Brent Mittelstadt , Sandra Wachter , Chris Russell

This research seeks to benefit the software engineering society by proposing comparative separation, a novel group fairness notion to evaluate the fairness of machine learning software on comparative judgment test data. Fairness issues have…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Xiaoyin Xi , Neeku Capak , Kate Stockwell , Zhe Yu

We assert that it is the ethical duty of software engineers to strive to reduce software discrimination. This paper discusses how that might be done. This is an important topic since machine learning software is increasingly being used to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-10-31 Joymallya Chakraborty , Tianpei Xia , Fahmid M. Fahid , Tim Menzies

In machine learning (ML) applications, unfairness is triggered due to bias in the data, the data curation process, erroneous assumptions, and implicit bias rendered during the development process. It is also well-accepted by researchers…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-01-24 Anoop Mishra , Deepak Khazanchi

The popularisation of applying AI in businesses poses significant challenges relating to ethical principles, governance, and legal compliance. Although businesses have embedded AI into their day-to-day processes, they lack a unified…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Haocheng Lin

The field of automated machine learning (AutoML) introduces techniques that automate parts of the development of machine learning (ML) systems, accelerating the process and reducing barriers for novices. However, decisions derived from ML…

Fairness metrics are a core tool in the fair machine learning literature (FairML), used to determine that ML models are, in some sense, "fair". Real-world data, however, are typically plagued by various measurement biases and other violated…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-16 Jake Fawkes , Nic Fishman , Mel Andrews , Zachary C. Lipton

AI-empowered tools have emerged as a transformative force, fundamentally reshaping the software development industry and promising far-reaching impacts across diverse sectors. This study investigates the adoption, impact, and security…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Shidong Pan , Litian Wang , Tianyi Zhang , Zhenchang Xing , Yanjie Zhao , Qinghua Lu , Xiaoyu Sun

Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed various sectors, including healthcare, where it holds the potential to revolutionize clinical practice and improve patient outcomes. However, its integration into medical settings brings…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-12-06 Ellison B. Weiner , Irene Dankwa-Mullan , William A. Nelson , Saeed Hassanpour

Context: Scientific software plays an important role in critical decision making, for example making weather predictions based on climate models, and computation of evidence for research publications. Recently, scientists have had to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-04-06 Upulee Kanewala , James M. Bieman

An emerging body of research indicates that ineffective cross-functional collaboration -- the interdisciplinary work done by industry practitioners across roles -- represents a major barrier to addressing issues of fairness in AI design and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Wesley Hanwen Deng , Nur Yildirim , Monica Chang , Motahhare Eslami , Ken Holstein , Michael Madaio

Algorithmic bias mitigation has been one of the most difficult conundrums for the data science community and Machine Learning (ML) experts. Over several years, there have appeared enormous efforts in the field of fairness in ML. Despite the…

Human lives are increasingly being affected by the outcomes of automated decision-making systems and it is essential for the latter to be, not only accurate, but also fair. The literature of algorithmic fairness has grown considerably over…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Ainhize Barrainkua , Paula Gordaliza , Jose A. Lozano , Novi Quadrianto

An emerging field of AI, namely Fair Machine Learning (ML), aims to quantify different types of bias (also known as unfairness) exhibited in the predictions of ML algorithms, and to design new algorithms to mitigate them. Often, the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Debabrota Basu , Udvas Das

Software often produces biased outputs. In particular, machine learning (ML) based software are known to produce erroneous predictions when processing discriminatory inputs. Such unfair program behavior can be caused by societal bias. In…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-01-11 Ezekiel Soremekun , Sakshi Udeshi , Sudipta Chattopadhyay

Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions and technologies are being increasingly adopted in smart systems context, however, such technologies are continuously concerned with ethical uncertainties. Various guidelines, principles, and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-11-16 Arif Ali Khan , Muhammad Azeem Akbar , Mahdi Fahmideh , Peng Liang , Muhammad Waseem , Aakash Ahmad , Mahmood Niazi , Pekka Abrahamsson

With Artificial intelligence (AI) to aid or automate decision-making advancing rapidly, a particular concern is its fairness. In order to create reliable, safe and trustworthy systems through human-centred artificial intelligence (HCAI)…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-06-02 Yuri Nakao , Lorenzo Strappelli , Simone Stumpf , Aisha Naseer , Daniele Regoli , Giulia Del Gamba