The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,182,881 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant supports the development of new methods to ensure that machine learning models assigned to decisions such as lending and hiring can be changed through individual actions, protecting the right to access these services. The project will create techniques for (1) detecting regions where individuals cannot change model features, (2) verifying that a model can provide recourse, and (3) training models whose predictions can be altered through defined actions. The research will draw on UCSD's expertise in promoting fairness, robustness, and reliability in machine learning, and will be refined through applications in lending and hiring. The award runs from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026.
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