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Across the FieldActive listener. Always has a song stuck in his head.
Mingwei Hsu is a Senior Quantitative Analyst at Upturn. Based in Washington D.C., Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology.
Before Upturn, Mingwei was the V.P. of Enterprise Data and Analytics for Special Olympics, where he founded the data team and crafted the data strategy for the organization. Prior to Special Olympics, Mingwei was a data scientist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he worked on a wide portfolio of projects, ranging from data analysis on enforcement cases to developing search tools for analysts at the agency.
Mingwei has a B.S. in Psychology and M.S. in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
Active listener. Always has a song stuck in his head.
Less Discriminatory Algorithms
Our paper on how entities that use algorithmic systems in traditional civil rights domains like housing, employment, and credit should have a duty to search for and implement less discriminatory algorithms (LDAs).
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All work by MingweiOur empirical assessment of racial inference methodologies, using self-reported demographic information from Uber riders.
Across the FieldIn this report, we investigate how large hourly employers are using technology to hire for low-wage hourly jobs. We scrutinize 15 online application processes, raise concerns with selection procedures like personality tests, and offer recommendations for employers and policymakers.
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