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“The New New”: Launch of 12 projects in a new European fellowship program

22. March 2021 / Markus Overdiek, Şirin Tiryaki

What do more inclusive and diverse digital visions of the future look like? Almost 300 project ideas from all over Europe applied for “The New New”-fellowship. During the last weeks the advisory board selected twelve projects from nine countries. These projects will receive coaching and financial support over six months to further professionalize their existing […]

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„The New New”: Launch of a new fellowship for the development of just and inclusive digital futures

25. November 2020 / Carla Hustedt

Now, more than ever, we need to ask ourselves: What visions for the future should guide our lives today? What role should digital innovation play in these visions? How can we ensure that algorithms, artificial intelligence and other technologies foster inclusion, diversity and cohesion? The New New fellowship, a six-month stipend offered by the Bertelsmann […]

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Automating Society Report: Increased deployment of automated decision-making: Transparency, oversight and competence are still lacking

28. October 2020 / Julia Gundlach, Dr. Sarah Fischer

Over 100 use cases of automated decision-making systems in 16 European countries have been compiled by a research network for the 2020 edition of the Automating Society report by Bertelsmann Stiftung and AlgorithmWatch. The report shows: Even though algorithmic systems are increasingly being used by public administration and private companies, there is still a lack […]

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AlgoRail: Digitalization helps reduce prescription fraud in Portugal

19. August 2020 / Paula Simões

In 2019, 97% of the prescriptions in the public health sector of Portugal were electronic. At the seventh stop of our AlgoRail through Europe, Paula Simoes reports that whilst the digitization of the system has led to an optimization of resources and reduced costs, a major benefit was a crackdown on medical prescription fraud – a reduction by 80% during the first year. In 2016, the “paperless prescriptions” program and the electronic […]

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AlgoRail in Spain: How algorithmic forecasting can help decrease gender violence

12. August 2020 / Michele Catanzaro

The use of VioGén that assesses the risk of gender violence in Spain since 2007 has shown that a well-staffed and specifically educated police is vital for its success. At the sixth stop of our AlgoRail through Europe, Michele Catanzaro reports how the algorithm has been continuously refined to help Spanish women and children stop suffering. In […]

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AlgoRail: Staying in the UK despite Brexit – with the help of a mobile App

29. July 2020 / Hugo Barbieux

EU citizens can obtain permissions to stay in the UK via a mobile app. The partly automated checking has allowed for quick processing of the first 3 million applications. At the fourth stop of our AlgoRail through Europe, Hugo Barbieux explains the app’s functionality and the reasons why both some young and old users’ despair over the app. Pablo Duro is a PhD student at Manchester Metropolitan University. A few months ago, he received the “Pre-Settled” status, […]

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AlgoRail: Belgium’s quest for fairness in school enrollments

22. July 2020 / Koen Vervloesem

In the Flemish part of Belgium, camping became an icon of injustice. Parents slept in front of top schools in order to be the first in line to enroll their kids. This unnerving and unfair practice was stopped when the government introduced an algorithmic system to allocate school places. At the third stop of our AlgoRail through […]

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AlgoRail: Demands for more transparent data management in Dutch public sector

15. July 2020 / Koen Vervloesem

The Dutch government has used a secret algorithm for the last years in order to fight social benefits fraud. In February 2020, a court ruled the immediate halt due to its privacy and transparency violations. Civil society organizations demand that citizens are better informed about what their data is used for in the public sector. […]

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The Urgent Need for Robust Trust – Cultivating an environment in which algorithmic decision-making serves society

11. June 2020 / Carla Hustedt, Viktoria Grzymek

On February 19, 2020, the European Commission published its “White Paper on Artificial Intelligence – A European approach to excellence and trust” and launched a consultation. We welcome the European Commission’s effort to harmonize AI regulation and create an ecosystem in which algorithmic decision-making systems work for people and become a force for good in society. In […]

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We Humans and the Intelligent Machines

12. May 2020 / Ralph Müller-Eiselt, Dr. Jörg Dräger

The use of algorithms has long since ceased to be science fiction and has become reality. Seemingly intelligent machines are part of our lives. They surround us and enter ever new, sensitive areas of life. They analyze human behavior and shape modern societies. We should deal with them before we get used to them. We […]

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Blogparade: Tech for good? Really, now? Or now more than ever?!

9. April 2020 / Viktoria Grzymek

What contribution can digital technologies make to public welfare? Can we place algorithms in the service of society? Is “tech for good” a clichéd idea? Or can we, in fact, manage to use technology sensibly – especially now – without treating it as the silver bullet to complex societal problems? Do you have something to […]

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3 questions for … Marina Jirotka and Helena Webb

18. July 2019 / Viktoria Grzymek

Marina Jirotka (Professor of Human Centred Computing) and Helena Webb (Senior Researcher) work at the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science, in the Human Centred Computing theme. From 2016 to 2018 they participated in the research project “UnBias: Emancipating Users Against Algorithmic Biases for a Trusted Digital Economy”, a collaboration with the Universities of […]

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Automated Decisions: Europe must speak with one voice

11. June 2019 / Ralph Müller-Eiselt, Lajla Fetic

Automated decisions have become a part of many Europeans’ daily lives. Whether for job searches in Finland, healthcare functions in Italy, or the identification of neglected children in Denmark, such systems are coming into use in many EU countries – often for core public-administration functions. Will the EU be able to develop a common response […]

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What Europe Knows and Thinks about Algorithms

6. February 2019 / Viktoria Grzymek

“Algorithm” has become one of our era’s prominent buzzwords, with hardly any political or economic debate lacking some reference. Media coverage of algorithms is also growing dramatically – today, the topic can even be found on newspapers’ front pages. However – or perhaps because of this – it is worth taking a look beneath the […]

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All I want for christmas is a quality criteria catalogue for algorithms.

12. December 2018 / Carla Hustedt

Data scientists roaming the room, visitors having busy conversations, christmas jingles in the background, setting the mood for the evening. Last week I presented the #algorules project at the Berlin based Data Science Agency idalab, asking questions like “What standards of quality could algorithms be held to?” and “How is it possible to make sure that these standards […]

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Opinion Piece: Will Germany’s plan for AI make it a leader? Or will it divide Europe?

16. November 2018 / Steven Hill

Why Germany needs to focus on AI that benefits humanity After a long period of planning and incubation, the German government recently agreed on its new strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI) development. The plan certainly includes a number of forward-looking steps, but it is also deeply flawed

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What strategies are needed to ensure machines serve humankind?

15. November 2018 / Julia Krüger, Konrad Lischka

Impact assessments, seals of quality for the origin and quality of data, creating class-action rights for federal anti-discrimination agencies, establishing an agency with algorithmic oversight – there are several ways to go about making sure that algorithmic systems are used for the well-being of everyone in society. The working paper “Machines in the Service of […]

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An Ethics for Algorithmists – Lessons Learned from Effective Professional Ethics

24. September 2018 / Ralph Müller-Eiselt

Transparency, fairness and sustainability – these are just a few of the items being called for – also by us – in the creation and use of algorithms. Those who commission, design and use algorithmic systems – algorithmists – have a responsibility to meet these demands. But what might compel them to fulfill their responsibility? […]

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Using algorithms to predict death: Lessons learned

20. September 2018 / Dr. Cinthia Briseño

Animals are extraordinary beings. Oscar the cat, for example. Adopted as a kitten by the staff at a nursing home in the United States, he grew up surrounded by people with end-stage dementia. At some point staff members noticed something unusual: Oscar did not interact much with people, but when he made himself comfortable next […]

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Optimizing palliative care: When algorithms predict a patient’s death

19. September 2018 / Dr. Cinthia Briseño

“You only have a few months to live.” That sentence is undoubtedly something no one ever wants to hear. The bearer of such a message is usually a doctor, a person who knows about illness – and whether a patient will survive it or not.

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How algorithms can save people from an early death

17. September 2018 / Dr. Cinthia Briseño

It’s a scene characteristic for medical series such as House, MD or ER: An alarm goes off and the rapid response team rushes in to revive a patient. But what if the warning had come hours before the life-threatening event actually occurred? The US Food and Drug Administration recently greenlighted a system designed to provide […]

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Quality Criteria for Algorithms – Lessons from Existing Compendia

17. July 2018 / Noëlle Rohde

What operations should algorithms be allowed to perform? What standards of quality should they be held to? For what purposes may they be used? Although they are deeply relevant for society, we have yet to reach a social consensus on these issues. A number of international organizations seek to answer these questions by formulating quality […]

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Opinion Piece: Why we need a CERN for AI

22. May 2018 / Steven Hill

The late visionary theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking was not only a leading scientist in the study of black holes, quantum mechanics and cosmology, he also professed strong views about artificial intelligence (AI). AI, he warned, could be “the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity. We do not yet know which.” Hawking’s fear was that not […]

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How algorithms can save people from an early death

17. May 2018 / Dr. Cinthia Briseño

It’s a common scene in medical series such as House, MD or ER: An alarm goes off and the rapid response team rushes in to revive a patient. But what if the warning had come hours before the life-threatening event actually occurred? The US Food and Drug Administration recently greenlighted a system designed to provide […]

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“The New New”: Launch of 12 projects in a new European fellowship program

„The New New”: Launch of a new fellowship for the development of just and inclusive digital futures

Automating Society Report: Increased deployment of automated decision-making: Transparency, oversight and competence are still lacking

AlgoRail: Digitalization helps reduce prescription fraud in Portugal

AlgoRail in Spain: How algorithmic forecasting can help decrease gender violence

AlgoRail: Staying in the UK despite Brexit – with the help of a mobile App

AlgoRail: Belgium’s quest for fairness in school enrollments

AlgoRail: Demands for more transparent data management in Dutch public sector

The Urgent Need for Robust Trust – Cultivating an environment in which algorithmic decision-making serves society

We Humans and the Intelligent Machines

Blogparade: Tech for good? Really, now? Or now more than ever?!

3 questions for … Marina Jirotka and Helena Webb

Automated Decisions: Europe must speak with one voice

What Europe Knows and Thinks about Algorithms

All I want for christmas is a quality criteria catalogue for algorithms.

Opinion Piece: Will Germany’s plan for AI make it a leader? Or will it divide Europe?

What strategies are needed to ensure machines serve humankind?

An Ethics for Algorithmists – Lessons Learned from Effective Professional Ethics

Using algorithms to predict death: Lessons learned

Optimizing palliative care: When algorithms predict a patient’s death

How algorithms can save people from an early death

Quality Criteria for Algorithms – Lessons from Existing Compendia

Opinion Piece: Why we need a CERN for AI

How algorithms can save people from an early death

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