Muhammad Ali
(he/him/his)
PhD Student
Education
- MS in Computer Science, Saarland University – Germany
- BS in Computer Science, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences – Pakistan
Biography
Ali is a doctoral student at Northeastern University’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences. Advised by Alan Mislove and Christo Wilson, Ali's research focuses on algorithm auditing, and how black box machine learning algorithm can harm their users. His research involves using large-scale data collected from black box commercial algorithms to answer questions about their interaction with, and impact on, users.
Recent Publications
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Ad Delivery Algorithms: The Hidden Arbiters of Political Messaging
Citation: Muhammad Ali, Piotr Sapiezynski, Aleksandra Korolova, Alan Mislove, Aaron Rieke. Ad Delivery Algorithms: The Hidden Arbiters of Political Messaging. Proceedings of the 14th ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM '21), Virtual, March 2021. -
Discrimination through Optimization: How Facebook’s Ad Delivery can Lead to Skewed Outcomes
Citation: Muhammad Ali, Piotr Sapiezynski, Miranda Bogen, Aleksandra Korolova, Alan Mislove, Aaron Rieke. Discrimination through Optimization: How Facebook's Ad Delivery can Lead to Skewed Outcomes. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW '19) Austin, TX, USA, November 2019. -
Potential for Discrimination in Online Targeted Advertising
Citation: Till Speicher, Muhammad Ali, Giridhari Venkatadri, George Arvanitakis, Krishna P. Gummadi, Patrick Loiseau, and Alan Mislove. Potential for Discrimination in Online Targeted Advertising. Proceedings of the 1st Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT*), New York City, New York, February 2018.