Algorithms

Algorithms are becoming pervasive in our daily lives, from recommending what movies we should watch to determining who should be approved for loans or certain medical care. But algorithms suffer from inherent bias due to human imagination, or lack thereof. Algorithmic systems are representative of the person creating them and…

CJC Telecommunication Assistant Professor Jieun Shin was interviewed on Nov. 10, 2020 about her research on algorithms, AI and the spread of misinformation. Below the video is an edited transcript of that interview. Much of your recent research has focused on algorithms and the spread of misinformation. How did you…