ETHICS OF DATA FOR ENGINEERS

ECE/ISYE 570

Course Description

Introduction to ethical issues in data engineering and principled solutions. Algorithmic fairness (individual fairness, group fairness, counterfactual fairness), differential privacy and its applications, and robustness.

Prerequisties

(ISYE 521 , ISYE 562 , COMPSCI/ECE/ME 532 , or COMPSCI/ECE/ME 539 ) and (ECE 331 , MATH/STAT 309 , STAT 311 , MATH 331 , or MATH/STAT 431 ), or graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.5

No change from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

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A Rate

87.5%

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Class Size

No change from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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