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Deb Raji

Fellow
Mozilla
Connect with Deb

Deb Raji is a 2020 Mozilla Fellow who has worked closely with the Algorithmic Justice League initiative, founded by Joy Buolamwini of the MIT Media Lab, on several projects to highlight cases of bias in computer vision. Her first-author work with Joy has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, The Verge, Venture Beats, National Post, EnGadget, Toronto Star and won the Best Student Paper Award at the ACM/AAAI Conference for AI Ethics & Society.

An enthusiastic student eager to make constructive contributions to society, while heavily investing in self improvement along the way. A self-starter, personally responsible for projects with a notable impact on the local, regional, national and global scale. A determined social entrepreneur and volunteer, committed to helping her surrounding community.

Feel free to contact me about internship and full time opportunities : deborah.raji@mail.utoronto.ca

Conference Sessions

Fairness and Bias in AI
TWIMLfest  2020
Join Shalini Kantayya, Meredith Broussard, and Deb Raji for a screening of the film Coded Bias. Panelists will discuss the societal implications of the biases embedded within AI algorithms, examples of AI systems with disparate impact across industries and communities, and what can be done about it.