Meike Zehlike
PhD
Zalando Research
Fairness and Discrimination Mitigation in Rankings

My research interests center around artificial intelligence and its social impact, algorithmic discrimination, fairness and algorithmic exploitation. In my PhD thesis, I develop methods to detect and mitigate discriminatory patterns that make their way into ranking models. Such biased models usually lead to disparities in exposure across different social groups and therefore disadvantage those, who are systematically ranked to lower positions. My methods are designed to debias rankings and therefore ensure equal exposure across groups.

Track:
Academic Track
PhD Duration:
April 1st, 2016 - April 30th, 2021
First Exchange:
February 1st, 2018 - May 31st, 2018
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