Title
Data Mining and Automated Discrimination: A Mixed Legal/Technical Perspective.
Abstract
Socially sensitive decisions about critical issues such as employment, credit scoring, or insurance premiums are increasingly automated based on big data mining. Although algorithms do not have personal preferences, they are not neutral, and the data itself can reflect various undesirable biases. The authors discuss how discrimination-aware data mining constitutes a crucial step to counter automated discrimination. They then explain why the complexity of legal and social norms requires a balanced interdisciplinary methodology and toolset comprising requirements relating to data accuracy, protection, and provenance, and legitimacy of targeted objectives.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/MIS.2016.96
IEEE Intelligent Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Law,Decision making,Data analysis,Artificial intelligence,Data protection,Data mining,Big data,Consumer protection
Data science,Data accuracy,Data mining,Intelligent decision support system,Big data mining,Computer science,Norm (social),Legitimacy,Data Protection Act 1998,Big data
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
31
6
1541-1672
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.64
3
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Laura Carmichael161.32
Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon21810.03
Steffen Staab36658593.89