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Surya Mattu

Surya Mattu is a contributing researcher at ProPublica.

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Surya Mattu is a contributing researcher at ProPublica. He was a fellow at Data&Society and has worked as an engineer at Bell Labs. He is a graduate from the New York Universityâs Interactive Telecommunications Program. He has a degree from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

Machine Bias

Machine Bias

There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks.

Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Lauren Kirchner and Surya Mattu,

Machine Bias

How We Analyzed the COMPAS Recidivism Algorithm

Jeff Larson, Julia Angwin, Lauren Kirchner and Surya Mattu,

Machine Bias

Uber's Surge Pricing May Not Lead to a Surge in Drivers

Uber’s surge pricing doesn’t necessarily increase the availability of rides. It just makes them more expensive.

by Lauren Kirchner and Surya Mattu,

Machine Bias

The Tiger Mom Tax: Asians Are Nearly Twice as Likely to Get a Higher Price from Princeton Review

by Julia Angwin, Surya Mattu and Jeff Larson,