Research by the ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ and the USPTO found that some simple interventions increased the probability that female inventors would get patents by 12%. For first-time applicants, that probability increased to 17%.


Research by the ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ and the USPTO found that some simple interventions increased the probability that female inventors would get patents by 12%. For first-time applicants, that probability increased to 17%.

Mike Teodorescu, a ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ assistant professor in the Information School, proposes that private enterprise standards for fairer machine learning systems would inform governmental regulation.