Machine Learning group

The (probabilistic) machine learning group is led by Isabel Valera, Professor of Machine Learning at Saarland University, Adjunct Faculty of the MPI-SWS and research fellow of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS).

We develop cutting-edge trustworthy machine learning methods to be deployed in the real-world.  Our research can be broadly categorized in three main topics: fair, interpretable and robust machine learning. We are an active and diverse research team, with interests in a wide range of ML approaches including deep learning, probabilistic modeling, causal inference, time series analysis, and many more.

Our research has a strong societal component and can be applied in a broad range of application domains, from medicine and psychiatry to social and communication systems. As an example, our recent research has focused on algorithmic decision making in several domains, including hiring processes, pre-trial bail, or loan approval.

 

 

 

Auf Deutsch:

Die Machine Learning Gruppe wird von Isabel Valera geführt, die sowohl Professorin für Machine Learning and der Universität des Saarlandes (UdS), auch zur Fakultät des MPI-SWS gehört, und Research Fellow des European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) ist.

Die Gruppe entwickelt innovative und vertrauenswürdige Machine Learning Methoden für den Einsatz in der echten Welt. Unsere Forschung kann grob in drei Hauptbereiche eingeteilt werden: faires, interpretierbares, bzw. robustes maschinelles lernen. Wir sind ein aktive und diverses Forschungsteam, und unsere Interessen umfassen eine große Auswahl von Herangehensweisen an das Maschinelle Lernen, wie etwa Deep Learning, probabilistische Modellierungen, Causal Inference, time series analysis, und weitere.

Unsere Forschung hat eine starke gesellschaftliche Komponente und kann in einer großen Auswahl an Anwendungsgebieten eingesetzt werden. Beispielsweise befasst sich unsere Forschung mit dem algorithmischen Treffen von Entscheidungen das in Gebieten wie dem Einstellungsprozess oder Darlehnsantragsbewilligungen stattfindet.

News

Paper accepted to workshop

The paper "Fairness Beyond Binary Decisions: A Case Study on German Credit", co-authored by our PhD student Deborah Kanubala, was accepted to the Third European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness. --- Paper title: Fairness Beyond Binary Decisions: A Case Study on German...

Paper accepted at ACM FaccT 2024!

The paper "CARMA: A practical framework to generate recommendations for causal algorithmic recourse at scale", authored by our members Ayan Majumdar and Isabel Valera, was accepted to ACM FAccT 2024! Link to the conference: https://facctconference.org/2024/ Paper DOI:...

Members

Prof. Dr. Isabel Valera
Prof. Dr. Isabel Valera
Saarland Informatics Campus
Building E1.1, Room 2.25
T:+ 49(0) 681 302 70171
Batuhan Koyuncu
Batuhan Koyuncu
Saarland Informatics Campus
Building E1.1, Room 2.27
Kavya Gupta
Kavya Gupta
Saarland Informatics Campus
Building E1.1, Room 2.26
Ayan Majumdar
Ayan Majumdar
Saarland Informatics Campus
Building E1.5, Room 538
Deborah Kanubala
Deborah Kanubala
Saarland Informatics Campus
Building E1.1, Room 2.21
Nektarios Kalampalikis
Nektarios Kalampalikis
Saarland Informatics Campus
Building E1.1, Room 2.21
Dr. Amir Karimi
Dr. Amir Karimi
Saarland Informatics Campus
Building
MSc. Jonas Klesen
MSc. Jonas Klesen
Saarland Informatics Campus
Building
Dr. Pablo Sánchez
Dr. Pablo Sánchez
Saarland Informatics Campus
Building
Dr. Adrián Javaloy
Dr. Adrián Javaloy
Saarland Informatics Campus
Building