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Role: Global Lead for Responsible Artificial Intelligence at Accenture
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Race/Ethnicity: Bangladeshi
Education: Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego, M.S. in Quantitative Methods of the Social Sciences from Columbia University, B.S. in Management Science and Political Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fun Facts: Rumman launched the X Institute where refugees learn data science and marketing skills to find freelance jobs.
About Her Work: Rumman has said, “When I think of AI or data science, I literally think of it as information about people meant to understand trends in human behavior.” It can be difficult to understand how AI makes the decisions it does. This is where the Fairness Tool comes in. It can help businesses understand where the data they are collecting may be biased and give suggestions on how to fix that.
Learn more about Rumman's Work
Videos
Articles
About Rumman (from Rumman’s website)
California’s Coolest Data Scientist (M.M.LaFleur)
Can Artificial Intelligence Play Nice (The Verge)
5 Q’s for Rumman Chowdhury (Center for Data Innovation)
Tackling the Challenges of Ethics in AI (written by Rumman)
Auditing Algorithms for Bias (written by Rumman and Narendra Mulani for Harvard Business Review)
Watch & Discuss
Video: What is Responsible AI? (1:00)
What is bias in data and what data might be biased?
Why is it important to minimize bias in the data that AI systems use?
Extension Activities
Rumman Chowdhury works in the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Check out some activities related to AI:
AI Bingo Teacher-guided lesson/part of MIT AI + Ethics Curriculum
Minecraft Hour of Code: AI for Good (requires download) / Lesson Plan
Google Sites
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