Project Grant 2202699

This $346,500 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will fund research at The Ohio State University examining the long-term impacts of fair machine learning under strategic individual behavior. The researchers will establish an analytical framework to characterize complex sequential interactions between individuals and machine learning systems over repeated interactions. This framework aims to enable rigorous analysis of how population dynamics evolve and be leveraged to develop effective policy interventions improving social welfare and long-term equity. The researchers will address key questions regarding how to model individual strategic behavior's impact on machine learning development, validate and analyze behavioral models, and identify approaches to enhance long-term human well-being. The award will support analyses and experiments evaluating the proposed framework's robustness and accuracy.