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Celebrating Ángel Pavón Pérez’s Success: A Milestone in Fair and Responsible AI Research

Nancy Pontika, Friday 31 Jan 2025

KMi is thrilled to announce that Ángel Pavón Pérez has successfully passed his viva on 28 January 2025. His groundbreaking research, titled “Enhancing Fairness in Machine Learning: Identifying and Mitigating Bias with a Focus on Gender Bias in Finance”, marks a significant contribution to the field of responsible AI.

Ángel’s work addresses critical challenges in Machine Learning (ML) by developing innovative methods to identify and mitigate bias, particularly gender bias in financial systems. His research introduces novel approaches to uncover hidden biases, even when sensitive data is unavailable, and balances multiple fairness constraints in ML models. These advancements pave the way for more equitable AI applications particularly in high-risk domains for bias, such as finance.

Supervised by Miriam Fernandez, Gregoire Burel, Harith Alani, and Hasan Al-Madfai, Ángel’s work was examined by an esteemed committee, including Paul Piwek (internal) and Danica Greetham (external). His achievements reflect KMi’s commitment to cutting-edge research with real-world impact.

Looking ahead, Ángel will continue his journey as a Research Associate at the Centre for Protecting Women Online, where he will further explore responsible AI. Congratulations, Ángel, on this remarkable achievement! We look forward to seeing your continued contributions to the field.

Stay tuned for more updates on KMi’s pioneering research in AI and beyond!