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Fairness Through Controlled (Un)Awareness in Node Embeddings

29 Jul 2024arXiv:2407.20024links table onlyarchive 2025-07-28

Dennis Vetter, Jasper Forth, Gemma Roig, Holger Dell

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Graph representation learning is central for the application of machine learning (ML) models to complex graphs, such as social networks. Ensuring `fair' representations is essential, due to the societal implications and the use of sensitive personal data. In this paper, we demonstrate how the parametrization of the \emph{CrossWalk} algorithm influences the ability to infer a sensitive attributes from node embeddings. By fine-tuning hyperparameters, we show that it is possible to either significantly enhance or obscure the detectability of these attributes. This functionality offers a valuable tool for improving the fairness of ML systems utilizing graph embeddings, making them adaptable to different fairness paradigms.

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