CS5720 - Week 13
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Algorithmic Auditing

What is Algorithmic Auditing?

Algorithmic Auditing is the systematic examination of AI systems to assess their fairness, accuracy, compliance, and potential for harmful outcomes before and after deployment.
Why Audit Algorithms?

• Detect and mitigate bias and discrimination
• Ensure regulatory compliance
• Verify performance claims
• Build stakeholder trust
• Identify security vulnerabilities
  • ⚖️
    Fairness Audits
    Assess discriminatory impact across different groups
  • 📊
    Performance Audits
    Verify accuracy and reliability claims
  • 📋
    Compliance Audits
    Check adherence to laws and regulations

Audit Methods

Different auditing approaches reveal different aspects of algorithmic behavior and potential issues.
  • 📈
    Statistical Analysis
    Quantitative assessment of outcomes across groups
  • 🎯
    Adversarial Testing
    Deliberate attempts to find system vulnerabilities
  • 🔍
    Interpretability Analysis
    Understanding how algorithms make decisions
  • 👥
    Stakeholder Review
    Input from affected communities and experts

Comprehensive Audit Process

1
Scoping & Planning
Define audit objectives, scope, and methodology
2
Data Collection
Gather system documentation, test data, and performance metrics
3
Technical Analysis
Apply statistical, adversarial, and interpretability methods
4
Stakeholder Input
Engage affected communities and domain experts
5
Synthesis & Findings
Compile results and identify key issues
6
Recommendations
Develop actionable improvement strategies
7
Follow-up
Monitor implementation and conduct re-audits

Auditing Tools & Frameworks

🛠️
Fairlearn
Microsoft's open-source toolkit for assessing and improving fairness
🔧
AI Fairness 360
IBM's comprehensive fairness metrics and bias mitigation algorithms
💡
LIME & SHAP
Explainability tools for understanding model decisions
🔍
What-If Tool
Google's interactive tool for probing ML models
🎯
Adversarial Testing
Tools like Cleverhans and Foolbox for robustness testing
📋
Audit Frameworks
Structured approaches like MAAF and Deon for systematic auditing
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Prepared by Dr. Gorkem Kar