🏆 Best Paper Awards

Best Paper Award🏆
“You Cannot Sound Like GPT": Signs of language discrimination and resistance in computer science publishing
H. Lepp, D. Smith
For explicating how generative AI language technologies shape the construction of scientific knowledge by mediating the expression of language ideologies in peer review.
Best Paper Award🏆
External Evaluation of Discrimination Mitigation Efforts in Meta's Ad Delivery
B. Imana, Z. Shen, J. Heidemann, A. Korolova
For independent evaluation demonstrating how interventions intended to prevent discrimination in ad delivery reduce utility for users and advertisers without improving individuals' access to opportunity.
Best Paper Award🏆
A Framework for Auditing Chatbots for Dialect-Based Quality of Service Harms
E. Harvey, R. Kizilcec, A. Koenecke
For introducing an extensible framework that supports external audits of whether LLM-based systems work equally well for speakers of different dialects.

🏅 Honorable Mention Awards

Honorable Mention Award🏅
Auditing the Audits: Lessons for Algorithmic Accountability from Local Law 144's Bias Audits
M. Gerchick, R. Encarnación, C. Tanigawa-Lau, L. Armstrong, A. Gutiérrez, D. Metaxa
For in-depth mixed-methods analysis that demonstrates the inadequacy of bias audits conducted pursuant to audit-mandating legislation.
Honorable Mention Award🏅
WEIRD Audits? Research Trends, Linguistic and Geographical Disparities in the Algorithm Audits of Online Platforms - A Systematic Literature Review
A. Urman, M. Makhortykh, A. Hannak
For rigorous literature review that deepens our understanding of the coverage of existing algorithm audits and highlights key gaps.
Honorable Mention Award🏅
The World Wide recipe: A community-centred framework for fine-grained data collection and regional bias operationalisation
J. Magomere, S. Ishida, T. Afonja, A. Salama, D. Kochin, Y. Foutse, I. Hamzaoui, R. Sefala, A. Alaagib, S. Dalal, B. Marchegiani, E. Semenova, L. Crais, S. Hall
For introducing a community-centred data collection framework to help address representational gaps in data.