practicing data science responsibly

Practicing Data Science Responsibly

Rahul BhargavaResearch Scientist

Civic Media Group - MIT Media [email protected]

@rahulbot

Deloitte Data Science ForumJune 2, 2016

Rahul BhargavaMIT Center for Civic [email protected]@rahulbot

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http://gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-suppressed-conser-1775461006

http://nypost.com/2016/05/09/liberal-lies-feed-facebooks-censorship-of-conservative-content/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/12/facebook-trending-news-leaked-documents-editor-guidelines



Discrimination in Online Ad DeliveryLatanya SweeneyHarvard University

Riding with the StarsAnthony TockarNeustar, 2014

InCodingJoy BuolamwiniMIT Media Lab, 2016


https://research.neustar.biz/2014/09/15/riding-with-the-stars-passenger-privacy-in-the-nyc-taxicab-dataset/

http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1301/1301.6822.pdf



responsibledata creation

responsibledata impacts

responsibledata use

InCodingFacebook news feed

Facebook emotion studyUS NSA SkyNet program

etc.

Google ad resultsTiger Mom Tax – ProPublicaAmazon same-day delivery

etc.

NYC Taxi recordsOKCupid profiles

etc.


https://medium.com/@Joy.Buolamwini/incoding-in-the-beginning-4e2a5c51a45d#.hgxaueh10

http://gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-suppressed-conser-1775461006

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/technology/facebook-tinkers-with-users-emotions-in-news-feed-experiment-stirring-outcry.html

http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2016/02/the-nsas-skynet-program-may-be-killing-thousands-of-innocent-people/

http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1301/1301.6822.pdf

https://www.propublica.org/article/asians-nearly-twice-as-likely-to-get-higher-price-from-princeton-review

https://www.propublica.org/article/asians-nearly-twice-as-likely-to-get-higher-price-from-princeton-review

http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-amazon-same-day/

https://research.neustar.biz/2014/09/15/riding-with-the-stars-passenger-privacy-in-the-nyc-taxicab-dataset/

https://points.datasociety.net/okcupid-data-release-fiasco-ba0388348cd#.liuqkys22

https://points.datasociety.net/okcupid-data-release-fiasco-ba0388348cd#.liuqkys22



?

consumer bill of rightsdata breach legislation

protect studentsidentify discrimination

revise ECPAand more…

new ethics review standards

data-aware grant makingcase studies & curriculaspaces to talk about this

standards for data-sharing

and more…


https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/big_data_privacy_report_5.1.14_final_print.pdf

http://www.datasociety.net/blog/2016/05/23/perspectives-on-big-data-ethics-and-society/



define & maintain your org’s values

do algorithmic QA

set up internal & external review boards

innovate with others in your field to create norms

Rahul’s recommendations:




Are you being responsible?

Turn to your neighbor and talk about how you are approaching this. Do you have strategies for being responsible in the creation, impact and use of your data science work? What is working for you, and what isn’t?


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