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NL Seminar

Speaker: Arjun Subramonian, UCLA

Talk Title: Bias and Power in NLP

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NLP models are increasingly deployed as part of technological pipelines. However, these models reinforce the biased and unjust treatment of marginalized people. In this talk, I discuss the multiplicity and sociotechnical nature of bias, and sources of bias and harms in the NLP lifecycle, situating these concepts in the context of gender exclusivity. I further examine bias metrics, interventions, and their pitfalls. Finally, I connect bias and harms to the power structures in which NLP is embedded. Ultimately, I urge for more intersectional and reflexive approaches to NLP.




Biography: Arjun Subramonian is a Computer Science PhD student at the University of California, Los Angeles. Their research focuses on inclusive graph machine learning and natural language processing, including fairness, bias, ethics, and integrating queer perspectives. They are further a core organizer of Queer in AI.

Host: Jon May and Meryem M'hamdi

More Info: https://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/

Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/96014548234

Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - Virtual and ISI-Conf Rm#689

WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/96014548234

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Pete Zamar

Event Link: https://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/