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Spring 2023
We introduce "optimization through protocol selection" (OPS) as a technique to improve bulk-data transfer on shared wide-area networks (WANs). Instead of tuning the parameters of a network protocol, our empirical results show that the selection of the protocol itself can result in up to four...
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Beyond Static Classification: Long-term Fairness for Minority Groups via Performative Prediction and Distributionally Robust Optimization
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In recent years machine learning (ML) models have begun to be deployed at enormous scales, but too often without adequate concern for whether or not an ML model will make fair decisions. Fairness in ML is a burgeoning research area, but work to define formal fairness criteria has some serious...
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Fairness and Utilitarianism in Allocating Energy to EVs during Power Contingencies Using Modified Division Rules
Download2022-03-25
Hussain, Akhtar, Musilek, Petr
In order to maximize utilitarianism and fairness in allocating energy to electric vehicles (EVs) during outages, this study proposes an optimization method based on modified division rules. The idea of essential energy demand is introduced in this paper to maximize the number of EVs that are...
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The Role of Fairness and Basic Psychological Needs in Understanding Dyslexic Students’ Emotions in Classroom Assessment
Download2023-10-30
Lia M. Daniels, Lauren D. Goegan, and Patti C. Parker
Post-secondary students with learning disabilities like dyslexia experience a wide range of emotions related to classroom assessment, perhaps in part because assessment may feel unfair and undermine principles related to wellbeing. To mitigate negative emotions, researchers tend to focus on...