My Christmas message is this: you are writing a paper, not a mystery novel - state your key results early, right after establishing the problem's significance. Ho ho ho.

Algorithmic recruitment tools are not mere decision aids: their influence on hiring decisions is huge. New paper with Alessandro Fabris, Clara Rus, Jorge Saldivar, Anna Gatzioura, Asia J. Biega, Carlos Castillo. Does fair ranking lead to fair recruitment outcomes? A study of interventions […]

Participaré en @sciencequeers este viernes 21 de noviembre, a las 18:30. Será una charla breve de 15 minutos sobre equidad algorítmica, y compartiré con otres cientifiques que estudian #genética #biodiversidad y otros temas. 📍Facultad de Química de la UB, Aula Enric Casassas.

[es] Karma Peiró defiende hoy su tesis doctoral en periodismo de vigilancia algorítmica

We are looking for a research assistant to help us calculate statistics in a complex dataset regarding crime and sentencing in Catalonia. Specifically, we are looking at understanding the prospects, in terms of recidivism, of people receiving alternatives to prison such as community services […]

La escritora Pino Luna presentará mi libro «Juegos de Niñas y Ñoños: Una Breve Memoria (No) Binaria» este martes 27 a las 17:30 en el Campus Poblenou de la UPF. Inscripciones aquí […] [Original post on tech.lgbt]

📕 Presentación del libro "Juegos de Niñas y Ñoños" en la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile. 🗓️ Jueves 24 de abril ⏰ 12:15-13:00 📍 Beauchef 851 cafetería

Try this prompt with your favorite AI: I have a brother and a sister. How many sisters does my brother have? Feel free to post the AI's wrong answer below with your thoughts.

Disponible para Kindle "Juegos de Niñas y Ñoños", una breve memoria (no)binaria - https://amazon.es/dp/B0DYL7F6F4

Excited to share with you some of the results from project FINDHR, researching discrimination in algorithmic recruitment systems. Sign up for this free WEBINAR on how to mitigate discrimination in HR systems. 🗓️ Friday, April 4th, 2025 🕰️ 13:00-14:00 CEST ✍️ […]

Mi biografía queer, "Juegos de niñas y ñoños", está disponible en Amazon Kindle -- https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0DYL7F6F4

in Spanish and Catalan] Entrevista sobre RisCanvi https://3cat.cat/3cat/analitzem-riscanvi-la-ia-de-les-presons-catalanes/video/6326119/ #algorismes #algoritmos [#responsibleai

You know what's f'ed up? Europeans telling you that as a Latinx migrant you should be happy that you can be trans in Europe - after Christianity destroyed any pre-colonial acceptance of trans people in Latin America.

es] 📢 📕 Está disponible para preventa mi libro "Juegos de niñas y ñoños: una breve biografía (no)binaria" publicado por la editorial Trazos de Aves. El proceso ha sido largo, pero estoy feliz con el resultado, y me encanta la portada, ¿opiniones? [ […]

Working paper: "Proxy Discrimination Risks in Hiring: A Qualitative Analysis of a Set of Real CVs" --- research based on a unique set of donated CVs in which we can observe how protected characteristics manifest as proxies https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5048771

Two PhD positions to begin in September 2025 are available in my group in Barcelona. 1. ***PhD in algorithmic fairness***, and is funded by a scholarship from our department. The PhD thesis will be in an empirical, data-driven topic of algorithmic fairness chosen jointly by the supervisor and […]

The short shelf life of corporate DEI: Over the past few months multiple US corporations, including Amazon, McDonald’s, Walmart, Ford, John Deere and Meta have ended their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs […]

I have a close friend who has been working in a call center for the past month. The fact that she works in a call center despite being trained as a chef and having experience in Michelin star awarded restaurants merits another discussion, but that's the job she has now. She told me she is very […]

Are online mental health support groups any useful? Research led by PhD student Virginia Morini and published today in Computers in Human Behavior shows they fulfil various needs, and suggests they are a place where people living with different disorders can find support […]

Is pop music becoming more sexist? Research with Laura Casanovas and Priscila Alvarez-Cueva on the lyrics of popular songs through a period of 60+ years shows controlling/possessive speech, objectification, and hyper-sexualization has increased substantially, particularly over the last decade - […]