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Utrecht Summerschool ‘AI for non-AI students’
Every year the AI research group of the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences organises a summer school for international students that want to visit Utrecht and learn about a new research field. The course is open for students from all fields, and was attended this year by 15 students with backgrounds in law, economics, engineering,…
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Summerschool in Human Centered AI
Every year Utrecht University and Utrecht University of Applied Sciences organize a series of summer course for international student that want to learn more about an advanced topic and also visit Utrecht. One of the most popular courses is the one week course “Introduction to AI and Machine Learning” led by Sietske Tacoma, Pavlo Burda…
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Fairness definitions explained and illustrated with examples
Burda, P. and Van Otterloo, S 2025. Fairness definitions explained and illustrated with examples. Computers and Society Research Journal (2025), 2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.54822/PASR6281 Abstract Algorithms are increasingly used to make or support decisions, such as recruitment and selection, loan approval, fraud detection, classification and prediction. This has raised important questions on how to assure the…
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Testing Face Recognition Algorithms on Algorithmic Bias
One of the most interesting research projects of ICT Institute was the thesis work by Jesse Tol. Jesse investigated whether face recognition algorithms do less well when used on people who wear headgear (scarfs, caps, hats). It is important that algorithms perform equally well when tested on headgear, since there are religious and cultural minorities…
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