Activities
Knowledge sharing is an integral part of Algorithm Audit’s mission. Members of our team speak at events. An overview can be found below. Get in touch to discuss contributions.
Guest speaker lunch seminar 'Risks of detection algorithms'
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Guest speaker during lunch seminar ‘Risks of detection algorithms’ organized by the Ministery of van Justice and Security
Masterclass 'Algorithm validation'
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Masterclass ‘Algoritmevalidatie’ voor de Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten (VNG)
Guest speaker in-depth session 'Bias, fairness and non-discrimination'
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Guest speaker during symposium ‘Profiling in the public sector’ organized by the Commission Personal Data Amsterdam (CPA) together with Thijs Teisman of Dutch Executive Agency for Education (DUO) on research into the College Grant Check process
Guest speaker symposium 'Profiling in the public sector'
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Guest speaker during symposium ‘Profiling in the public sector’ organized by the Commission Personal Data Amsterdam (CPA) together with Thijs Teisman of Dutch Executive Agency for Education (DUO) on research into the College Grant Check process
Lunch lecture on DUO case Dutch National Office of Statistics (CBS)
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Presenting data analysis of the DUO Grant College Check case.
Report: https://algorithmaudit.eu/algoprudence/cases/aa202402_preventing-prejudice_addendum/
Github: https://github.com/NGO-Algorithm-Audit/DUO-CUB
European Academy for Standardisation Annual Conference
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Event on Reinforcing European Presence in the International Standardisation Landscape – Impact and highlights from the StandICT.eu 2026 project
Organised by
- European Academy for Standardisation (EURAS)
- The Royal Netherlands Standardization Institute (NEN)
- TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, Rotterdam School of Management, Tilburg University
MozFest Amsterdam 2024 Funders' Summit
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Meeting ground for both technical and non-technical funders to explore the impacts of AI on key justice issues – climate, gender, race, democracy, and beyond. Hosted by Mozilla Foundation, European AI&Society Fund and Global Philanthropy Project.
https://globalphilanthropyproject.org/gpp-events/ai-philanthropy-summit-at-mozfest/
Sharing days: Future of democracy – Utrecht University
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Event on the future of democracy and digitalisation during dies natalis of Utrecht Unviersity
Interview SIDN Fund
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Interview about project Open Source AI Auditing Interview: https://www.sidnfonds.nl/nieuws/niet-elke-beslissing-is-te-kwantificeren
Outvie: The National AI Congress Compliance & Update
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During the National AI Congress Compliance & Update, the following theme was examined in the breakout session: Bias, Ethics & Compliance - the DUO case: indirect discrimination through risk profiling.
Points of discussion were:
- Unique analysis based on CBS data
- Analysis of migration background of 300,000+ students
- Seemingly neutral algorithms can have discriminatory consequences
- Preventing indirect discrimination in organizations
https://outvie.nl/conferenties/artificial-intelligence-impact-update/
SPUI25: The Meta Case - challenging discriminatory algorithms through legal means
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Panel discussion on The Meta Case with Jurriaan Parie (Algorithm Audit), Rosie Sharpe (Global Witness), Naomi Appelman (PhD Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam and co-founder Racism and Technology Center) and Berty Bannor (Bureau Clara Wichmann).
The panelists discussed whether Facebook is potentially violating Dutch equality laws. The origins of this Meta Case was elaborated upon, especially regarding how technological developments can reflect, identify, and address societal issues such as sexism, racism, and other types of discrimination.
https://clara-wichmann.nl/nieuws/discriminerende-algoritmes-bestrijden-via-het-recht/
CPDP 2024 Brussels: Decentralizing AI fairness decisions
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Panel discussion on decentralizing AI fairness decisions with Laurens Naudts (UvA AI, Media & Democracy Lab), Karolina Iwanska (European Centre for Not-for-profit Law) and Francien Dechesne (Center for Law and Digital Technologies, University Leiden).
- From the perspective of both individual and institutional legal protection, what are the implications of decentralizing decisions regarding fundamental rights, and what issues might it resolve or introduce?
- How can normative disputes be settled when performing Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments (FRIAs) in AI development?
- What is the role of regulatory bodies in providing guidance for resolving normative challenges regarding AI fairness?
- What is “algoprudence” and how can it contribute to more fair AI decisions?
Interview Volkskrant
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Interview with Dutch news paper de Volkskrant about research with Dutch Executive Education Agency (DUO).
Seminar algorithm validation
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Algorithm Audit hosted a public seminar on algorithm validation and algoprudence in The Hague. Anne Meuwese shared insights on the value of algoprudence in contextualizing legal norms. Floris Holstege shed light into statistical hypothesis testing which plays an important role in our recent techincal audits.
We appreciated the interactive Q&A with the participants, especially the curious and critical questions which enables us to clarify our work, but also contributes to the further development and refinement of our activities as an NGO.
Presentation at UvA AI, Media & Democracy lab
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Presentation on our article How ‘algoprudence’ can contribute to responsible use of ML-algorithms at UvA AI, Media & Democracy lab
Interview The Netherlands Human Rights Institute
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Interview with The Netherlands Human Rights Institute about the work of NGO Algorithm Audit
Knowledge sharing event Court of Auditors Municipality of The Hague
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Knowledge sharing event on auditing algorithms from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective
Speaker during debate city council Amsterdam
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Contribution during city council debate on final evaluation of ML-driven risk profiling method. Illustrating risks of both algorithmic- and human-driven decision-making processes. See also:
Justice in AI workshop at TU Delft Design for Values Institute
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Workshop on normative dimensions of balanced random forest model as used in practice, e.g., balancing (hyper)parameter selection, recall/precision
Presentation Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments (FRIAs) and inclusive, deliberative stakeholder panels for responsible AI – plenary JTC21 CEN-CENELEC Dublin
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Presentation Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments (FRIAs) and inclusive, deliberative stakeholder panels for responsible AI – plenary JTC21 CEN-CENELEC Dublin
Algorithm seminar Dutch Data Protection Authority – Auditing algorithms
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Sharing bottom-up auditing experience during panel discussion
University of Groningen (RUG) AI Act event
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Sharing buttom-up experience on auditing AI during panel discussion.
Presentation Bias Detection Tool study association Christiaan Huygens TU Delft
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Presentation Bias Detection Tool study association Christiaan Huygens TU Delft
Presentation on inclusive, deliberative stakeholder panels – Working Group 1 Inclusiveness JTC21 CEN-CENELEC
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Presentatie about inclusive, deliberative normative advice commissions as convened by NGO Algorithm Audit for members of WG1 Inclusiveness of JTC21 CEN-CENELEC