Ángel Pavón Pérez

Identifying and Addressing Bias in AI: Towards Fair and Ethical Systems 

Ángel Pavón Pérez began his academic journey at the University of Córdoba, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering. He then pursued a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, where he researched radicalised online communities, particularly the manosphere. His work examined how extremist narratives spread online and the factors that drive hostile discussions towards women. 

  

In 2021, Ángel joined the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) at The Open University as a PhD researcher in collaboration with VISA Europe. His research focused on bias in AI systems, particularly gender bias in financial services, investigating how these systems may unintentionally disadvantage minoritised groups, identifying biases within the data used to train Machine Learning models and exploring ways to mitigate these harms. 

  

Now, as a Research Associate at the Centre for Protecting Women Online, Ángel continues his work in Responsible AI, focusing on developing AI technologies that enhance online safety for women. His research is dedicated to ensuring AI systems are designed and deployed ethically, with a strong commitment to using responsible AI to protect minoritised communities. 

Melete Foundation

We founded Melete in 2019 because our life experience told us that motivated and inspiring people are absolutely the basis of positive change in the world. Our vision is to seek out such people and help them create the credibility that will enable the realisation of their talents.

We are looking for people with ideas that they can put into practice to create self-sustaining social good, to nurture ideas that have the potential to benefit those who are disadvantaged in any way and give an opportunity for exceptional people to have the extra financial freedom that a scholarship provides to create a space to realise their talents.

Our aim is to seed innovative approaches which have the potential to take root and blossom into self-sustaining enterprises. We also want to encourage the networking of amongst an innovative community dedicated to social good such that each member gains insights from fellow collaborators ad together have the potential of being far more than the sum of their parts.

John and Kitty Chisholm

https://melete.foundation/