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Brandon Fain

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Computer Science
Computer Science

Overview


Research focuses on algorithmic fairness in artificial intelligence, computational economics, and multi-agent systems. Research interests include computer science education, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of the Practice of Computer Science · 2020 - Present Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


Fairness in the Assignment Problem with Uncertain Priorities

Conference Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS · January 1, 2023 In the assignment problem, a set of items must be allocated to unit-demand agents who express ordinal preferences (rankings) over the items. In the assignment problem with priorities, agents with higher priority are entitled to their preferred goods with r ... Cite

Welfare and Fairness in Multi-objective Reinforcement Learning

Conference Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS · January 1, 2023 We study fair multi-objective reinforcement learning in which an agent must learn a policy that simultaneously achieves high reward on multiple dimensions of a vector-valued reward. Motivated by the fair resource allocation literature, we model this as an ... Cite

Auditing for Gerrymandering by Identifying Disenfranchised Individuals

Conference ACM International Conference Proceeding Series · June 21, 2022 Gerrymandering is the practice of drawing congressional districts to advantage or disadvantage particular electoral outcomes or population groups. We study the problem of computationally auditing a districting for evidence of gerrymandering. Our approach i ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


CUE: Collaborative Research: Effective Peer Teaching Across Computing Pathways

ResearchFaculty Associate · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2020 - 2023

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Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 2019 Ph.D.

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