Talk at the Groupe de travail ARC (Actuariat et Risques Contemporains), in Paris

This Friday, I will give a talk in Paris, on using optimal transport to mitigate unfair predictions, at the ARC Seminar. The insurance industry is heavily reliant on predictions of risks based on characteristics of potential customers. Although the use of said models is common, researchers have long pointed out that such practices perpetuate discrimination based on sensitive features such as gender or race. Given that such discrimination can often be attributed to historical data biases, an elimination or at least mitigation is desirable. … <a href=“https://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org …