Lab 5

Introduction

In this lab, you will read a scientific article about a Machine Learning system that is (somewhat) related to your project. You should read the article critically, and particularly pay attention to any potential ethical issues like the ones we discussed in class. In the report for this lab you should provide a short summary of the article (1 paragraph), and provide an analysis of the questions stated below. Do not concentrate on the details of the algorithm; for the purpose of this lab, we are more interested in the data and the application of the work, rather than its inner workings. At the end of the lab, send an email with the names and carnés of the students in the group as well as the report you wrote to the two professors (markus.eger.ucr@gmail.com, marcela.alfarocordoba@ucr.ac.cr) with the subject “[PF-3115]Lab 5, carné 1, carné 2” before the start of class on 30/6. Do not include the article in this zip file or email.

Questions

Make sure to answer the following questions.

Regarding Data:

  • What is the source for the data used by your article?
  • What biases does this data source have?
  • Would there be a better way to collect the data?
  • Do you think the obtained results generalize to the target population (and what is the target population)?

Regarding Use:

  • What is the stated use/benefit of the work?
  • What other potential use-cases could the work be applied to? Which of them could be ethically problematic?
  • Do the authors consider the potential for misuse? How do they propose to address it?

Regarding Reproducibility:

  • Is the data and/or implementation freely available?
  • Could you (with the resources you have) reproduce the results?

Articles