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Algorithms can decide your marks, your work prospects and your financial security. How do you know they’re fair?

Kalervo Gulson, University of Sydney; Claire Benn, Australian National University; Kirsty Kitto, University of Technology Sydney; Simon Knight, University of Technology Sydney, and Teresa Swist, University of Sydney

A UK controversy about school leavers’ marks shows algorithms can get things wrong. To ensure algorithms are as fair as possible, how they work and the trade-offs involved must be made clear.
It’s important to get the research across to and understood by decision-makers. Shutterstock/Rawpixel.com

Listen up: a plan to help scientists get their research heard by decision‑makers

Mark Quigley, The University of Melbourne; Adrien Ickowicz, CSIRO; Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, Monash University; Ben Galton-Fenzi, Australian Antarctic Division; Christopher J White, University of Tasmania; Gery Geenens, UNSW ; Keith Gerard Pembleton, University of Southern Queensland; Kirsty Kitto, Queensland University of Technology; Kyra Hamilton, Griffith University; Luke Bennetts, University of Adelaide; Madhura Killedar, Monash University; Mark Lindsay, The University of Western Australia; Melanie Roberts, The University of Melbourne; Patricia Durance, Monash University, and Petra Kuhnert, CSIRO

Research comes with risk and uncertainty so getting the right message across to the people who matter can be a challenge for scientists. A new plan out today hopes to change that.

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