Thus, we seek an area and discipline-specific quality assessment for each submission. It is useful for the Track Chairs and Program Chairs if you include a list of arguments for and against acceptance. (September 2022) This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (Acceptance rate: 16%) 11. This paper proposes new search algorithms for counterfactual explanations based upon mixed integer programming. Contact the Program Co-chairs: program-chairs@facctconference.org. FAccT welcomes submissions that touch on any of the topics of This process will enable the Program This years conference This paper uses a theory of oppression to ground and extend algorithmic oppression. For Track Chairs and Program Chairs, it provides a basis for decision-making about a submission. Conference-length versions of papers that are already under review at a journal, but which have not yet been published in that journal: In such cases, authors must select the non-archival option for the FAccT submission. discipline-specific journals. One should be 3-4 minutes long. Claims are well supported by theoretical analysis, evidence, argument, and/or experimental results. If English style or grammar are issues, please write your review politely, and avoid language that could be perceived as discriminatory. We Using an Ethics of Care to Promote Diverse Voices, Differential Tweetment: Mitigating Racial Dialect Bias in Harmful Tweet Detection, Can You Fake It Until You Make It? ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAccT). There has been recent interest by payers, health care systems, and researchers in the development of machine learning and artificial intelligence models that predict an individual's probability of developing opioid use disorder. option for the FAccT submission. while minimizing harm to the individual), risk mitigation, and post-hoc Prezi guidelines for accessible presentations, Microsoft guidelines on making Powerpoint slides accessible. social justice in relation to design of computational systems? Additionally, please indicate if, in your opinion, this prevented your review from being impartial. Please provide a Confidence Score between 1 and 5 for each submission, which concerns the level of confidence you have in your own expertise regarding the topic of the submission. Conference: 12-15 June 2022 Chicago, IL. 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Chairs to better anticipate the submission load and to make necessary SIGN IN Get Alerts for this Conference Save to Binder Export Citation Next Conference FAccT '23 Sponsor: format, with one inch margins, 9 point Times New Roman font. appendices) with their submission, but reviewers will not be required to Area chairs will oversee the reviewing process. Learning resource allocation policies from observational data with an application to homeless services delivery. learnings from this optional experiment to guide FAccT conference work Beginning next year, submissions for FAccT 2022 This is partly due to the fact that most fairness metrics of interest depend on both the sensitive attribute information and label information of the data points. What kinds of marginalization are relevant to will take place in the context of a worldwide reckoning with racism and In this Anonymized smartphone-based mobility data has been widely adopted in devising and evaluating COVID-19 response strategies such as the targeting of public health resources. 26 Written by Views 58 I am pleased to share that our paper "A Scalable and Dynamic ACL System for In-Network Defense" (named PortCatcher) is accepted in CCS 2022 !. Trained machine learning models are increasingly used to perform high-impact tasks in areas such as law enforcement, medicine, education, and employment. FAccT is an ACM conference and as such, we will review papers in alignment with the conference, ACM FAccT requires a broad as well as deep set of expertise You can read more on any of the above points here. New York, NY, February 25, 2021 - The 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency (ACM FAccT) , to be held virtually from March 3-10, brings together researchers and practitioners interested in fairness, accountability, and transparency in socio-technical systems. paper is accepted, authors will have to reformat their paper in the ACM personal and professional concern, but also a perennial focus of FAccT Please provide an Overall Score for each submission. Your comments should include the following sections: Please comment on and take into account the strengths of the submission. As calls for fair and unbiased algorithmic systems increase, so too does the number of individuals working on algorithmic fairness in industry. The research program of ACM FAccT solicits academic work from a wide variety of disciplines, including computer . These systems filter, sort, score, recommend, personalize, and otherwise shape human experience, increasingly making or informing decisions with major impact on access to, e.g., credit, insurance, healthcare, parole, social security, and immigration. building, analysis, and practical impact alongside psychological, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT), 2020. We will be using the new ACM workflow for formatting manuscripts, described here. with the review process, authors are asked to select one or more of the Michael Kearns,University of Pennsylvania. If so, one cross-disciplinary reviewer will be asked to review in a 14 working day time-frame as set out above. The work is a novel combination of well-known research. FAccT: Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. In such applications, individuals should have the ability to change the decision of the model. A variety of programs are available to embed captions into your videos. These works may be submitted as-is or in an extended form. Those who do not pre-register And stay tuned for updates by following @facctconference. When consequential decisions are informed by algorithmic input, individuals may feel compelled to alter their behavior in order to gain a system's approval. (Acceptance rate: 24%) [C3] Charles Marx*, Richard Phillips*, Sorelle A. Friedler, Carlos Scheidegger, and Suresh Venkatasub-ramanian. present their work at the FAccT 2021 conference, regardless of whether Area chairs will be listed on the FAccT website prior to the paper submission deadline. formal proceedings. 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Despite vigorous debates about the technical characteristics of risk assessments being deployed in the U.S. criminal justice system, remarkably little research has studied how these tools affect actual decision-making processes. loans or police officers) amongst several groups, in order to maximize some objective (e.g. The claims/arguments are explored in sufficient depth. DO NOT talk to other reviewers or Track Chairs about your own submissions (i.e., submissions you are an author on) or submissions with which you have a conflict. and ethnic studies, migration studies, work on disability and other 2.556; the score needed to be in the top 25.7% (acceptance rate for CHI2019). from a wide variety of disciplines, including computer science, The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (or CHI as it's typically called) is the premier international conference for the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Authors unsure about topical fit or ethical Authors unsure about topical fit or ethical issues are welcome to contact the PC. Write thoughtful and constructive reviews. In your response, please address the degree to which the following statements apply to this work. Stability against changes in data distribution is an important mandate for responsible deployment of models. [Feb. [Feb. Search Search. Please describe and consider the strengths of the submission. The conference brings together researchers and practitioners interested in fairness, A shepherd will be assigned to such submissions for the purpose of overseeing the revision process and confirming that the requested revisions are all carried out. Though familiar at first blush, it lacks a single precise meaning. FAccT '21: Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency Fairness, Equality, and Power in Algorithmic Decision-Making. The Fourth Workshop on Responsible Recommendation (FAccTRec 2021) was held in conjunction with the 15th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems on September, 2021 at Amsterdam, Netherlands, in a hybrid format. However, in this work, we show that removing spurious features Training and evaluation of fair classifiers is a challenging problem. Papers got accepted to ACM CCS, IEEE ICC, IEEE CNS, IEEE Milcom, and. Submissions that have "placeholder" titles and abstracts (e.g., "TBA") or none at all at the abstract submission deadline may be deleted. We welcome submissions in the following areas: FAccT is an ACM conference about computing, dedicated to rigorous . Engage actively in the discussion phase for each of the submissions that you are assigned, even if you are not specifically prompted to do so by the corresponding track chair. The ACM Digital Library is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Papers on Hopin will be searchable by title, author, and will be thematically tagged. Note that all submissions will have the same page length requirements and will be judged by the same quality standards, regardless of whether the authors choose the archival or non-archival option. will shift to the new ACM workflow for article templates and publication When appropriate, authors are encouraged to ACM FAccT maintains the confidentiality of submitted material. 2021. FAccT is an Please avoid vague, subjective complaints, and make specific suggestions for improving the work where applicable. The ACM Digital Library is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. We unlock the potential of millions of people worldwide. When discussing a submission, try to remember that different people have different backgrounds and different points of view. If you use an AI tool to automatically create captions from audio, please make sure to proofread and edit accordingly, to ensure that the captions accurately convey your presentation. avoid influencing their evaluations. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register for, (virtually) attend, and present the work at the conference in order for the paper to appear in the conference proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. For media inquiries, please contact press@facctconference.org; FAccT '21: 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency Virtual Event Canada March 3 - 10, 2021 ISBN: 978-1-4503-8309-7 Published: 01 March 2021 Sponsors: ACM Recommend ACM DL ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER? Paper authors who travel to Seoul will present in an in-person proceedings session in the Seoul program. Conference-length (8-10 pages) versions of papers that are DO NOT talk to anyoneincluding other reviewers or Track co-Chairsabout submissions that are assigned to you without prior approval from the submissions Track Chair; other reviewers or Track co-Chairs may have conflicts with these submissions. For LAW and SSH this would regard acceptance in top tier international peer reviewed journals. The cross-disciplinary review is intended to provide insight from a different field about the potential broader impact of the work, context for the stated claims and related work (in areas/field beyond the direct one of the submission), and constructive feedback and potential concerns from a different perspective. Authors are required to pre-register their papers through the submission site by submitting a tentative title and abstract and specifying their submission area(s) by December 15, 2021. That said, if you think the other reviewers are not correct, you are not required to change your mind. Humans are the final decision makers in critical tasks that involve ethical and legal concerns, ranging from recidivism prediction, to medical diagnosis, to fighting against fake news. ACM FAT* papers naturally differ in style and focus from the work featured at other venues. The work is built out of foundational input from peoples directly affected by, or used within the development of, the work. avoid precluding the future submission of these papers to If the reviewers do come to a consensus, the Program Chairs will take it seriously. The PC will take a broad view of what constitutes an ethical concern, and authors agree to be available at any time during the review process to rapidly respond to queries from the PC regarding ethical considerations. You should NOT assume that you were assigned a representative sample of submissions, nor should you adjust your scores to match the overall conference acceptance rates. Using elasticities to derive optimal income tax rates. Reviewer consensus is valuable, but it is not mandatory. consider dimensions beyond individual decisions, including equity Note: ACM FAT* 2020 will allow authors to study the peer reviews/cross-disciplinary reviews of their paper and submit a short rebuttal within a one week period. work. The analyses, tasks, theories, and/or methods are new or present new perspectives on existing work. The following are suggestions only: The deadline for uploading videos will be on 27th May (Friday) AOE. Consequential decision-making typically incentivizes individuals to behave strategically, tailoring their behavior to the specifics of the decision rule. judged by the same quality standards, regardless of whether the authors A shepherd will be assigned to such submissions for the purpose of overseeing the revision process and confirming that the requested revisions are all carried out. Authors will be able to make changes to their titles FAccT22 is the first FAccT to run with both online and in-person components. preliminary title and abstract should be representative of the submitted Such Aida Rahmattalabi, Phebe Vayanos, Kathryn Dullerud, and Eric Rice. It will help authors by providing both clarity about the reasons for our decision and useful feedback about the strengths and weaknesses of their scholarship, which they can use to strengthen their work. Papers will be matched to reviewers with appropriate expertise based on these designations and the paper abstract. A huge amount of effort goes into reviews. The 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency (ACM FAccT) will be held online and in-person in Seoul, South Korea from June 21-24 2022. Further information on the expected format and At least one author of each accepted paper is required to https://facctconference.org/ GDPR 2016. an ethical concern, and authors agree to be available at any time during After all, risk Kearns, Neel, Roth, and Wu [ICML 2018] recently proposed a notion of rich subgroup fairness intended to bridge the gap between statistical and individual notions of fairness. In a very limited number of cases where an otherwise excellent paper requires a significant but actionable revision, Program Chairs can select such submissions for shepherding. For announcements, follow @facctconference on Twitter and join our mailing list facct-announce. FAccT* also welcomes full paper submissions that extend previously Each paper will be allocated to *one* proceedings session during the conference, either as part of the in-person program in Seoul. Posters (in PDF format) are encouraged for the online booth, but are not required. Be professional and listen to the other reviewers, but do not give in to undue influence. A computer science conference with a cross-disciplinary focus that brings together researchers and practitioners interested in fairness, accountability, and transparency in socio-technical systems. users, choose format=sigconf with a two-column format. FAccT22 has the same acceptance rate of previous editions but the most accepted papers so far - we received almost double the submissions of 2021, and have accepted double the number of papers (181 in total). Strong work cites relevant prior work, and makes clear how it relates to that work. You should NOT assume that you were assigned a representative sample of submissions, nor should you adjust your scores to match the overall conference acceptance rates. Authors are also responsible for ensuring that submitting to FAccT would not be in violation of the relevant journal's submission policies. #FAccT2023 ACM FAccT 2022 [Distinguished Paper Award] (acceptance rate: 25%) D. Fu, L. Fang, R. Maciejewski, V. Tovik, and J. FAccT (previously FAT*) is dedicated to the inherent risks that come with the increasing adoption of data-driven algorithmic decision making systems in socially consequential domains such as policing, criminal justice, health care and education. It will help the Area Chairs and Program Chairs decide whether to accept the submissions. In case you are not sure their submission by the stated deadline will be unable to submit their If you believe a paper requires significant revision, or that you would need to review the outcome of the revision in order to vote to accept the paper, you should generally vote to reject. These works may be submitted as-is or in an extended content. Q&A will be live in both cases. ACM FAccT (formerly known as ACM FAT*) solicits work May 3, 2021: I received Northeastern's 2021 Outstanding Graduate Student Award! For general conference information, see https://facctconference.org/2021/. Our results speak to a tension between the desire to keep a proprietary model secret and the ability to offer model explanations. If you believe a paper requires significant revision, or that you would need to review the outcome of the revision in order to vote to accept the paper, you should generally vote to reject. These include: respect for privacy, secure Anomaly detection aims to find instances that are considered unusual and is a fundamental problem of data science. The Review of Economic Studies, 68(1):205--229, 2001. The submission is clearly written and well organized. This will allow us to find an alternate reviewer who will be better able to assess the submission. subscribe to community norms. Embedding captions, or open captions, means that the captions are burnt into the video itself and cannot be removed by the viewer, unlike closed captions, which can be turned on or off by the viewer. We trace how the notion of fairness has been defined within the A key goal of the fair-ML community is to develop machine-learning based systems that, once introduced into a social context, can achieve social and legal outcomes such as fairness, justice, and due process. Your comments should be detailed, specific, and polite. 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