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Rights</a></li> <li class=""><a href='/warfare'>EC Statement on AI Warfare </a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <!--/.navbar-collapse --> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="page-header"> <h1>ACM FAT<span class="highlight">*</span> Conference 2018</h1> </div> <div class="alert alert-success text-center" role="alert"> <b>Historical Note:</b> In 2018, the conference's name was FAT<span class="highlight">*</span> and the proceedings were published in the Journal of Machine Learning Research. The conference affiliated with ACM in 2019, and changed its name to ACM FAccT immediately following the 2020 conference. </div> <p>The FAT<span class="highlight">*</span> Conference 2018 is a two-day event that brings together researchers and practitioners interested in fairness, accountability, and transparency in socio-technical systems. This inaugural conference builds on success of prior workshops like <a href="http://www.fatml.org">FAT/ML</a>, <a href="https://piret.gitlab.io/fatrec/">FAT/Rec</a>, <a href="http://datworkshop.org/">DAT</a>, <a href="http://ethicsinnlp.com/">Ethics in NLP</a>, and others.</p> <p>The inaugural 2018 FAT<span class="highlight">*</span> Conference will be held <span class="bold">February 23 and 24th, 2018 at New York University, NYC</span>.</p> <ul> <li><a href='/2018/attending'>Attending and Registration</a></li> <li><a href='/2018/livestream'>Event Livestreams</a></li> <li><a href='/2018/press'>Information for Press</a></li> <li><a href='/2018/program'>Program</a></li> <li><a href='/2018/tutorials'>Tutorials</a></li> <li><a href="https://proceedings.mlr.press/v81/" target="_blank">Proceedings <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li> <li><a href='/2018/committees'>Committees</a></li> <br/> <li><a href='/2018/cfp'>Call For Papers</a></li> <li><a href='/2018/camera_ready'>Camera Ready Instructions</a></li> <li><a href='/2018/cftutorials'>Call For Tutorials</a></li> <li><a href='/2018/scholarships'>Attendance Scholarships</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="container"> <h2>Announcements</h2> <ul> <li><span class="label label-primary">March 8, 2018</span> Recordings of the 2018 conference are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs16j6ot-CYq-ZqYpO-vqMg/videos">available on YouTube</a>.</li> <li><span class="label label-primary">February 20, 2018</span> FAT<span class="highlight">*</span> 2018 begins in just a few days! For those interested in attending virtually, livestreams of the event are <a href='/2018/livestream'>available here</a>!</li> <li><span class="label label-primary">January 30, 2018</span> Our <a href='/2018/press_release'>official press release</a> is now available!</li> <li><span class="label label-primary">January 30, 2018</span> The <a href="http://proceedings.mlr.press/v81/">proceedings</a> are now online!</li> <li><span class="label label-primary">January 4, 2018</span> Students can now <a href='/2018/scholarships'>apply</a> for registration fee waivers and a limited number of scholarships to help cover travel and lodging costs!</li> <li><span class="label label-primary">January 1, 2018</span> The <a href='/2018/program'>program</a> for the 2018 conference has been announced! Congratulations to all the authors of accepted papers! Also, we are thrilled to announce that <a href="http://www.latanyasweeney.org/">Latanya Sweeney</a> and <a href="https://content.law.virginia.edu/faculty/profile/dh9ev/2299809">Deborah Hellman</a> will be keynoting at FAT<span class="highlight">*</span> 2018!</li> <li><span class="label label-primary">December 6, 2017</span> The <a href='/2018/camera_ready'>camera ready instructions</a> for accepted papers have been released. Camera ready versions are due December 17th.</li> <li><span class="label label-primary">November 14, 2017</span> The <a href='/2018/cftutorials'>call for tutorials</a> for FAT<span class="highlight">*</span> 2018 has been released. If you are interested in presenting software tools or bridging topics across disciplines, consider sending a proposal. 1-2 page proposals are due December 11.</li> <li><span class="label label-primary">October 4, 2017</span> Accepted papers at FAT<span class="highlight">*</span> 2018 will appear in the <a href='http://proceedings.mlr.press/faq'>Proceedings of Machine Learning Research</a>. Details for camera ready manuscripts will be announced at a later date.</li> <li><span class="label label-primary">September 22, 2017</span> The paper submission site for FAT<span class="highlight">*</span> 2018 is <a href="https://fatconf18.ccs.neu.edu/">now available</a>.</li> <li><span class="label label-primary">August 31, 2017</span> The <a href='/2018/cfp'>CFP</a> for the 2018 conference is available! Submissions are due <strong>October 6, 2017</strong>.</li> <li><span class="label label-primary">August 5, 2017</span> The 2018 conference webpage is live. The <a href='/2018/cfp'>CFP</a>, <a href='/2018/committees'>program committee</a>, and <a href='/2018/attending'>details for attending</a> will be announced soon.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="container"> <h2>Press</h2> <p>For media inquiries or to apply for a press pass, please contact <a href="mailto:press@fatconference.org">press@fatconference.org</a>.</p> </div> <div class="container"> <h2>Financial Support</h2> <p>FAT<span class="highlight">*</span> 2018 was made possible by grants and unrestricted gifts from the following organizations.</p> <div class="row vertical-align"> <div class="col-lg-4 text-center"> <a href="https://www.knightfoundation.org/aifund-faq"><img width="275px" src="/static/images/aifund-2-transparent.png"/></a> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 text-center"> <a href="https://www.macfound.org/"><img width="275px" src="/static/images/MacArth_primary_logo_stacked.jpg"/></a> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 text-center"> <a href="https://www.google.com/"><img width="275px" src="/static/images/new-google-logo-png.png"/></a> </div> </div> <div class="row vertical-align"> <div class="col-lg-4 text-center"> <a href="https://research.fb.com/"><img width="275px" src="/static/images/facebook-research.png"/></a> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 text-center"> <a href="https://www.h2o.ai/"><img width="200px" src="/static/images/h2o-ai-logo-plain.png"/></a> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 text-center"> <h3><a href="http://www.law.nyu.edu/academics/clinics/semester/technologylawandpolicy">NYU School of Law鈥檚 Technology Law and Policy Clinic</a></h3> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="footer navbar-inverted"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-6"> Sponsored by: <img src="/static/images/acm_logo_tablet.svg" alt="Association of Computing Machinery"> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 text-right"> <p>CC-BY 2024 ACM FAccT Conference.</p> <p>Updated Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:28:15 +0000.</p> </div> </div> </div> </footer> <script src="/static/js/vendor/jquery-1.10.1.js"></script> <script src="/static/js/vendor/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script src="/static/js/main.js"></script> </body> </html>