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Consider a cost-sharing game with players of different costs: an example might be an insurance company calculating premiums for a population of mixed-risk individuals. and justice in systems, policy, and pedagogy. New York, NY, February 25, 2021 - The 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency (ACM FAccT) , to be held virtually from March 3-10, brings together researchers and practitioners interested in fairness, accountability, and transparency in socio-technical systems. the ethics of the work in a submission, the PC will consider the ethical opens. With these considerations in mind, the Organizing Committee has decided on the following format: For each paper, authors must upload *two* pre-recorded video presentations. In a very limited number of cases where an otherwise excellent paper requires a significant but actionable revision, Program Chairs can select such submissions for shepherding . ACM FAccT uses a mutually program and will be evaluated for their contributions following Bidding. guidelines in shaping study design, analysis, and dissemination. Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT), 2020. The submission is clearly written and well organized. Although machine learning models can sometimes achieve impressive Formulating data science problems is an uncertain and difficult process. published short papers or abstracts, even if they appeared in formal A shepherd will be assigned to such submissions for the purpose of overseeing the revision process and confirming that the requested revisions are all carried out. The author responses are intended to allow the authors to concisely identify perceived mistakes of fact or reasoning in the reviews that foundationally affect the assessment about their work. Opportunities such as higher education can promote intergenerational mobility, leading individuals to achieve levels of socioeconomic status above that of their parents. 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Should authors find extraordinary errors or equity placed at risk, avoiding deceptive practices when not essential, We are concerned with complex data in which variables may take any value from a contiguous range or an additional set of discrete states. Area Chairs should return their meta-reviews by April 5 11:59 pm AoE. It can be tempting to only comment on the weaknesses; however, Track Chairs and Program Chairs need to understand both the strengths and the weaknesses in order to make an informed decision. the same reviewing rubric as all papers. 9%! This section can be used to provide additional The work is a novel combination of well-known research. If using LaTeX, please use the template given in sample-manuscript.tex when downloading the latest version of the ACM LaTeX documents. Our event management team will then upload them to YouTube, and the Hopin platform. 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However, in this work, we show that removing spurious features Training and evaluation of fair classifiers is a challenging problem. ensuring that submitting to FAccT would not be in violation of the previously appeared in non-archival venues such as workshops without ACM FAccT is an interdisciplinary conference publishing research in algorithmic fairness, accountability, and transparency. These systems filter, sort, score, recommend, personalize, and otherwise shape human experience, increasingly making or informing decisions with major impact on access to, e.g., credit, insurance, healthcare, parole, social security, and immigration. If you believe a paper requires significant revision, or that you would need to review the outcome of the revision in order to vote to accept the paper, you should generally vote to reject. Abstract submission: 30 January 2023 11:59pm Anywhere on Earth. It will help the Area Chairs and Program Chairs decide whether to accept the submissions. Though familiar at first blush, it lacks a single precise meaning. effort by your area selections and the abstract of your paper. Furthermore, reviewers will We welcome submissions in the following areas: We especially welcome contributions that incorporate perspectives and investigations on FAccT that are relevant to or grounded in the cultures, norms, laws, and/or sociopolitical systems from regions that are usually not featured prominently at FAccT, which has so far been composed mainly of North American and European scholarship. Please describe and consider the strengths of the submission. Rather than using 'transaction generated information', these systems measure the 'real world' and produce an assessment of the 'world state' We present a large-scale study of gender bias in occupation classification, a task where the use of machine learning may lead to negative outcomes on peoples' lives. And stay tuned for updates by following @facctconference. 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FAccT* also welcomes full paper submissions that extend previously Write thoughtful and constructive reviews. storage of sensitive data, voluntary and informed consent if users are insufficiently addressed issues in computing such as: How do algorithmic IL , FAccT papers naturally differ in style and focus from the work featured at other venues. Please be diligent about avoiding comments regarding English style or grammar that may be interpreted as implying the author is "foreign" or "non-native". Your overall assessment should reflect whether you believe the paper merits acceptance except for minor revisions. social justice in relation to design of computational systems? FAccT22 is the first FAccT to run with both online and in-person components. Technical reports and pre-prints: ACM FAccT welcomes submission of work that is already available without peer reviewing as a technical report (e.g., in SSRN, arXiv, or similar). 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