Drexel University professor and researcher Julia Stoyanovich, whose work focuses on ethical data management and analysis, is one of 14 experts tapped by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to join the city’s new Automated Decision Systems Task Force. The first of its kind entity in the U.S. will look at New York’s use of algorithms from a standpoint of equity and transparency.

Stoyanovich, who has a Ph.D. in computer science from Columbia University, was part of a four-year study on ethics and algorithms, with backing from the National Science Foundation and led by Drexel professor Kelly Joyce.

The researcher said she looks forward to working with the city to help make their use of algorithms more equitable and transparent. By December 2019, the task force is expected to produce a report recommending procedures for reviewing and assessing NYC’s algorithmic tools.

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