We're a team of researchers and data scientists who use computational approaches to address issues in criminal justice, education, voting rights, and beyond.
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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
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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/)
ALT A screenshot of the first page of our paper, Learning to Be Fair, showing the title and abstract.
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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/doi/1…
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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!
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Want to use ChatGPT in your teaching but don't have much time⏱️to learn how? If so, this webinar recording from @HarvardBizEdu might be helpful.
Did you miss the discussion with @danmlevy of @Harvard on leveraging ChatGPT to enhance your class sessions?
Watch the recording now: hbsp.harvard.edu/webinars/ch…
#AIinEducation #GenAI #AI #EdTech #ChatGPT
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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!
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The deadline to submit nominations for the 2024 David Nyhan Prize for Public Policy Journalism is just 10 days away! Learn more and submit your nomination here: loom.ly/VhK0unk
#NyhanPrize #journalism
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We are now accepting submissions for the 2024 David Nyhan Prize for Public Policy Journalism! We're offering two awards this year - one for achievement in public policy journalism, and one for emerging talents. Learn more and submit your nominations here: loom.ly/VhK0unk
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The @Stanford Report just featured our research on using automated reminders to reduce pretrial incarceration — alongside two other terrific @stanfordimpact funded efforts thinking about how to achieve both research impact and social impact! news.stanford.edu/report/202…
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"Thousands are jailed each year because they can't pay fines, fees, & court costs - creating modern-day debtor's prisons across the country.
Researchers at Harvard found that in Texas, courts jailed people for failure to pay ~38,000 times each year.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto…"
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.@CompPolicyLab is testing behaviorally-informed reminders to reduce pretrial incarceration. Early results show a 20% drop in pre-trial incarceration. Hear from the Public Defenders' office about why this work is so important: impact.stanford.edu/article/…
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In a new randomized experiment at the Santa Clara County Public Defender Office, my colleagues and I found that text message reminders reduce *incarceration* for missed court dates by over 20%! More in the 🧵 below. alexchohlaswood.com/assets/p…
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Using race and ethnicity to estimate risk for diseases, such as diabetes, can yield large gains in statistical accuracy. However, @soroush_saghaf, @Tufts_PACE, @5harad, and I show that, despite this, the gains in clinical utility are surprisingly modest. arxiv.org/abs/2306.10220
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[1/6] I'm excited to share our new @AIESConf paper "Surveilling Surveillance: Estimating the Prevalence of Surveillance Cameras with Street View Data" w/ @KenielYao and @5harad arxiv.org/pdf/2105.01764.pdf 🧵
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Last year at @CompPolicyLab, we created the country’s first race-blind charging platform, intended to reduce racial bias in prosecutor’s charging decisions. We’ve analyzed the data! Here’s what happened when we deployed it in a major district attorney’s office (thread)
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Police brutality must end #GeorgeFloyd
From our archive: Analysis of 100M traffic stops in US shows persistent racial bias against Black & Hispanic drivers
nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
Curtailing systematic & aggressive low-level policing reduces major crime nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
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Designing Equitable Algorithms for Criminal Justice Reform ai.shorensteincenter.org/ide… by @scorbettdavies and @5harad of @CompPolicyLab #EthicalMachine
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The goal of fair ML is to design algorithms that improve people's well-being, and especially the well-being of marginalized groups. But, existing fairness definitions may inadvertently hurt the groups they were designed to protect. (thread)
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Computational Policy Lab retweeted
Calling all allies! We're setting up a mentoring program and would love to have you all involved.
If you work in AI (defined broadly, form below) could you please fill out this form? You can be in any stage of your career.
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