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Unceta Mendieta, Irene

Assistant Professor, Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at Esade
Contracted Doctoral Professor URL
Directora Académica BAIB, Bachelor en Inteligencia Artificial para los Negocios
Investigador, ESADE D3 - Institute for Data-Driven Decisions

Education
  • Doctora en Matemáticas y Informática. Universidad de Barcelona
  • MSc in Computational Science. Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • Licenciatura en Física. Universidad de Barcelona

Areas of interest
  • machine learning','accountability','AI ethics','algorithmic justice
  • Other mathematical specialities specify
  • Other specify
  • Other specialities relating to ethics specify
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Algorithms
  • Ethics in social sciences
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Biography
Irene Unceta obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Physics from the University of Barcelona in 2012 and graduated from the MSc in Computational Science from the University of Amsterdam in 2021. She obtained her Industrial PhD from the University of Barcelona and BBVA Data & Analytics for a work on adaptation of machine learning systems in company production environments.Equal parts a Social Scientist and a Data Scientist, her professional career has been a journey through the intersection of both worlds, with a main focus on the social impact on automated decision making systems, in terms of transparency, fairness and accountability. 

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Tel: +34 932 806 162
Ext. 2412
Fax: +34 932 048 105