Tag: inclusion
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Which coffee is this?
Gilad Almosnino is an internationalization expert. I’m reading his post “Eight emojis that will create a more inclusive experience for Middle Eastern markets,” in which he mentions “Turkish or Arabic Coffee,” which reminded me of my last visit to Athens. When, in one restaurant, I asked for a Turkish coffee, the waiter looked at me harshly and said: “It’s not Turkish coffee; it’s Greek coffee!”
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On algorithmic fairness & transparency
My teammate, Charles Earl has recently attended the Conference on Fairness, Accountability, andTransparency (FAT*). The conference site is full of very interesting material, including proceedings and video recording of lectures and tutorials.
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Identifying and overcoming bias in machine learning
Data scientists build models using data. Real-life data captures real-life injustice and stereotypes. Are data scientists observers whose job is to describe the world, no matter how unjust it is? Charles Earl, an excellent data scientist, and my teammate says that the answer to this question is a firm “NO.” Read the latest data.blog post to learn Charles’ arguments and best practices.