Special Issue on RecSys in HR at Frontiers in Big Data

During the opening of our 4th Workshop on Recommender Systems for Human Resources, Mesut Kaya announced our Research Topic (~ Special Issue) on Recommender Systems for Human Resources at the Frontiers in Big Data Journal. Authors at the workshop, past and present, are particularly invited to (re-)submit their extended paper to this Journal issue. The… Continue reading Special Issue on RecSys in HR at Frontiers in Big Data

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“Fairness and Bias in Algorithmic Hiring” Survey Paper published in ACM TIST

The aforementioned survey paper on fairness and bias in algorithmic hiring, in which I contributed a section on bias measurement and mitigation in practice, has been accepted for publication in ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (TIST)! The paper is published open access, and is currently to be found in the “Just accepted” section… Continue reading “Fairness and Bias in Algorithmic Hiring” Survey Paper published in ACM TIST

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joined AIQUITY’s advisory board

Happy to announce I’ve joined the advisory board of AIQUITY, “At AIQUITY we are convinced that the active use of inclusive algorithms and AI in systems, processes and institutions will accelerate the building and establishment of an equal and fair society.” Read more about AIQUITY here.

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Featured in “ING Sector” on Artificial Intelligence

I was interviewed for the ING Sector; a quarterly magazine for corporate Netherlands, on (generative) AI. In it, I express my cautious skepticism around enterprise generative AI applications, with the quote: we have not yet seen the big killer application of generative AI My 2 cts: While startups, cloud providers, and consultants have been tumbling… Continue reading Featured in “ING Sector” on Artificial Intelligence

Invited talk on “algorithms; who is behind the wheel?” at inspiration day for vocational teachers

I gave an invited talk at the Inspiration Day for ICT and Creative Industry teachers, organized by the MBO Raad, the council for Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the Netherlands. In my talk I answered the question: “Algorithms, who is behind the wheel?” TL;DR: my answer? All of us 💪. The program further included… Continue reading Invited talk on “algorithms; who is behind the wheel?” at inspiration day for vocational teachers

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RecSys in HR 2024 CFP published

We have published the call for papers for our Fourth Workshop on Recommender Systems for Human Resources (RecSys in HR 2024), to be held at the 18th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems in October in Bari 🇮🇹! Do you work in AI, HR, and/or RecSys? Please consider submitting your work to our workshop! We accept… Continue reading RecSys in HR 2024 CFP published

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“Fairness and Bias in Algorithmic Hiring: a Multidisciplinary Survey” preprint available

Together with some of the researchers in FINDHR we have authored and submitted an extensive survey on algorithmic hiring. The preprint is available here: In this multidisciplinary work we bring together different perspectives from computer science, law, and practitioners to extensively survey literature and classify so-called “bias conducive factors,” i.e., factors that contribute to bias… Continue reading “Fairness and Bias in Algorithmic Hiring: a Multidisciplinary Survey” preprint available

The 4th Workshop for RecSys in HR at RecSys2024!

We received notification that our workshop for recommender systems in human resources (RecSys in HR) will be included in the workshop program of the ACM RecSys 2024 Conference which will be held in Bari, Italy 🇮🇹! This will be the fourth consecutive edition of our workshop at the RecSys conference, following Amsterdam in 2021, Seattle… Continue reading The 4th Workshop for RecSys in HR at RecSys2024!

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Talk on RecSys, NLP, and bias in hiring at the NLP4HR Workshop at EACL2024

I was honored to give the opening talk at the NLP4HR workshop in ☀️ sunny St. Julians, Malta! (bit bummed out I got to do it remotely from 🌧️ overcast and rainy Diemen, The Netherlands 🥸). I gave a talk on recommender systems, bias, and bias mitigation in hiring with a focus on NLP challenges and solutions, where… Continue reading Talk on RecSys, NLP, and bias in hiring at the NLP4HR Workshop at EACL2024

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“Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis for Open-Ended HR Survey Responses” accepted at NLP4HR workshop at EACL2024

Lois Rink, our former MSc data science intern at Randstad Groep Nederland, has published her thesis at the 1st Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Human Resources (NLP4HR), to be held at EACL 2024. Lois’ thesis is titled Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis for Open-Ended HR Survey Responses, and was written under supervision of Job Meijdam and… Continue reading “Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis for Open-Ended HR Survey Responses” accepted at NLP4HR workshop at EACL2024

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guest speaker at NLP4HR workshop

Looking forward to giving an invited talk at the first NLP4HR workshop, to be held at EACL 2024 in St. Julians, Malta!

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