Search Results for author: Christoph Kern

Found 11 papers, 4 papers with code

Lazy Data Practices Harm Fairness Research

1 code implementation26 Apr 2024 Jan Simson, Alessandro Fabris, Christoph Kern

Data practices shape research and practice on fairness in machine learning (fair ML).

Fairness

Connecting Algorithmic Fairness to Quality Dimensions in Machine Learning in Official Statistics and Survey Production

no code implementations14 Feb 2024 Patrick Oliver Schenk, Christoph Kern

We employ Yung et al. (2022)'s QF4SA quality framework and present a mapping of its quality dimensions to algorithmic fairness.

Fairness

Annotation Sensitivity: Training Data Collection Methods Affect Model Performance

1 code implementation23 Nov 2023 Christoph Kern, Stephanie Eckman, Jacob Beck, Rob Chew, Bolei Ma, Frauke Kreuter

We introduce the term annotation sensitivity to refer to the impact of annotation data collection methods on the annotations themselves and on downstream model performance and predictions.

Bridging the Gap: Towards an Expanded Toolkit for ML-Supported Decision-Making in the Public Sector

no code implementations29 Oct 2023 Unai Fischer-Abaigar, Christoph Kern, Noam Barda, Frauke Kreuter

Machine Learning (ML) systems are becoming instrumental in the public sector, with applications spanning areas like criminal justice, social welfare, financial fraud detection, and public health.

Decision Making Domain Adaptation +2

Uncertainty-aware predictive modeling for fair data-driven decisions

no code implementations4 Nov 2022 Patrick Kaiser, Christoph Kern, David Rügamer

Both industry and academia have made considerable progress in developing trustworthy and responsible machine learning (ML) systems.

Fairness regression

Fairness in Algorithmic Profiling: A German Case Study

no code implementations4 Aug 2021 Christoph Kern, Ruben L. Bach, Hannah Mautner, Frauke Kreuter

One example is the prediction-based statistical profiling of job seekers to guide the allocation of support measures by public employment services.

Fairness

Distributive Justice and Fairness Metrics in Automated Decision-making: How Much Overlap Is There?

no code implementations4 May 2021 Matthias Kuppler, Christoph Kern, Ruben L. Bach, Frauke Kreuter

The advent of powerful prediction algorithms led to increased automation of high-stake decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources such as government spending and welfare support.

Decision Making Fairness

Global Trends and Predictors of Face Mask Usage During the COVID-19 Pandemic

no code implementations21 Dec 2020 Elena Badillo-Goicoechea, Ting-Hsuan Chang, Esther Kim, Sarah LaRocca, Katherine Morris, Xiaoyi Deng, Samantha Chiu, Adrianne Bradford, Andres Garcia, Christoph Kern, Curtiss Cobb, Frauke Kreuter, Elizabeth A. Stuart

Methods: We examined a total of 13, 723, 810 responses to a daily cross-sectional representative online survey in 38 countries who completed from April 23, 2020 to October 31, 2020 and reported having been in public at least once during the last seven days.

Applications

A Longitudinal Framework for Predicting Nonresponse in Panel Surveys

no code implementations29 Sep 2019 Christoph Kern, Bernd Weiss, Jan-Philipp Kolb

However, predicting nonresponse in panel studies requires accounting for the longitudinal data structure in terms of model building, tuning, and evaluation.

BIG-bench Machine Learning

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