abstract = "Machine learning is impacting modern society at large,
thanks to its increasing potential to efficiently and
effectively model complex and heterogeneous phenomena.
While machine learning models can achieve very accurate
predictions in many applications, they are not
infallible. In some cases, machine learning models can
deliver unreasonable outcomes. For example, deep neural
networks for self-driving cars have been found to
provide wrong steering directions based on the lighting
conditions of street lanes (e.g., due to cloudy
weather). In other cases, models can capture and
reflect unwanted biases that were concealed in the
training data. For example, deep neural networks used
to predict likely jobs and social status of people
based on their pictures, were found to consistently
discriminate based on gender and ethnicity. This was
later attributed to human bias in the labels of the
training data.",
notes = "Winner 2021 SIGEVO Dissertation Award
https://sig.sigevo.org/index.html/tiki-index.php?page=SIGEVO+Dissertation+Award
supervisors: P.A.N. Bosman C. Witteveen, T.
Alderliesten",