Trapped in the search box: An examination of algorithmic bias in search engine autocomplete predictions

C Lin, Y Gao, N Ta, K Li, H Fu - Telematics and Informatics, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This paper examines the autocomplete algorithmic bias of leading search engines against
three sensitive attributes: gender, race, and sexual orientation. By simulating search query …

" Get in Researchers; We're Measuring Reproducibility": A Reproducibility Study of Machine Learning Papers in Tier 1 Security Conferences

D Olszewski, A Lu, C Stillman, K Warren… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - dl.acm.org
Reproducibility is crucial to the advancement of science; it strengthens confidence in
seemingly contradictory results and expands the boundaries of known discoveries …

Scalable detection of promotional website defacements in black hat {SEO} campaigns

R Yang, X Wang, C Chi, D Wang, J He, S Pang… - 30th USENIX Security …, 2021‏ - usenix.org
Miscreants from online underground economies regularly exploit website vulnerabilities and
inject fraudulent content into victim web pages to promote illicit goods and services …

When are search completion suggestions problematic?

A Olteanu, F Diaz, G Kazai - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2020‏ - dl.acm.org
Problematic web search query completion suggestions-perceived as biased, offensive, or in
some other way harmful-can reinforce existing stereotypes and misbeliefs, and even nudge …

Detecting and measuring misconfigured manifests in android apps

Y Yang, M Elsabagh, C Zuo, R Johnson… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - dl.acm.org
The manifest file of an Android app is crucial for app security as it declares sensitive app
configurations, such as access permissions required to access app components …

FACTS-IR: fairness, accountability, confidentiality, transparency, and safety in information retrieval

A Olteanu, J Garcia-Gathright, M de Rijke… - ACM SIGIR Forum, 2021‏ - dl.acm.org
The purpose of the SIGIR 2019 workshop on Fairness, Accountability, Confidentiality,
Transparency, and Safety (FACTS-IR) was to explore challenges in responsible information …

A comparison of online search engine autocompletion in Google and Baidu

G Liu, P Pinoli, S Ceri, F Pierri - arxiv preprint arxiv:2405.01917, 2024‏ - arxiv.org
Warning: This paper contains content that may be offensive or upsetting. Online search
engine auto-completions make it faster for users to search and access information. However …

Auditing search query suggestion bias through recursive algorithm interrogation

F Haak, P Schaer - Proceedings of the 14th ACM Web Science …, 2022‏ - dl.acm.org
Despite their important role in online information search, search query suggestions have not
been researched as much as most other aspects of search engines. Although reasons for …

Fairness in Search Systems

Y Fang, A Singh, Z Tao - Foundations and Trends® in …, 2024‏ - nowpublishers.com
Search engines play a crucial role in organizing and delivering information to billions of
users worldwide. However, these systems often reflect and amplify existing societal biases …

Examining Racial Stereotypes in YouTube Autocomplete Suggestions

E Ha, H Kong, S Jhaver - arxiv preprint arxiv:2410.03102, 2024‏ - arxiv.org
Autocomplete is a popular search feature that predicts queries based on user input and
guides users to a set of potentially relevant suggestions. In this study, we examine how …