{"id":1701,"date":"2026-09-16T11:01:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/idt\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:02:10","slug":"poster-presentation-on-fairness-washing-at-the-fifth-european-conference-on-algorithmic-fairness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/idt\/2026\/09\/16\/poster-presentation-on-fairness-washing-at-the-fifth-european-conference-on-algorithmic-fairness\/","title":{"rendered":"Poster presentation on fairness washing at the Fifth European Conference on Algorithmic Fairness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our researcher Anna Capell\u00e0 i Ricart presented a poster on &#8220;<strong>Technical fairness interventions under review:<\/strong> <strong>are we falling into the \u201cfairness washing\u201d trap?<\/strong>&#8221; at the Fifth European Conference on Algorithmic Fairness (Formerly EWAF) held at University of Ghent (Belgium) between 2-4 september of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The poster showcased what can we learn from discriminatory AI systems, as discrimination is not punctual, but structural and systemic, while exploring the main applicable legal frameworks . Parting from this considerations, the intervention explored how <strong>Fairness washing<\/strong> refers to companies using fairness research to improve the public perception of their AI systems, while the <strong>proportionality test<\/strong> can be used to justify that they have taken all available or reasonable measures to make an algorithm as fair as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can learn more about the conference by following the next link: <a href=\"https:\/\/2026.ecafconference.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/2026.ecafconference.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/idt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/09\/Pastel-Earthy-Clean-Grid-Photography-Mood-Board-Photo-Collage-682x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/idt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/09\/Pastel-Earthy-Clean-Grid-Photography-Mood-Board-Photo-Collage-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/idt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/09\/Pastel-Earthy-Clean-Grid-Photography-Mood-Board-Photo-Collage-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/idt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/09\/Pastel-Earthy-Clean-Grid-Photography-Mood-Board-Photo-Collage-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/idt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/09\/Pastel-Earthy-Clean-Grid-Photography-Mood-Board-Photo-Collage-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/idt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/09\/Pastel-Earthy-Clean-Grid-Photography-Mood-Board-Photo-Collage-1200x1800.png 1200w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/idt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/09\/Pastel-Earthy-Clean-Grid-Photography-Mood-Board-Photo-Collage.png 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our researcher Anna Capell\u00e0 i Ricart presented a poster on &#8220;Technical fairness interventions under review: are we falling into the \u201cfairness washing\u201d trap?&#8221; at the Fifth European Conference on Algorithmic Fairness (Formerly EWAF) held at University of Ghent (Belgium) between 2-4 september of 2026. 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