Joy Buolamwini

Joy Buolamwini
Buolamwini at Wikimania 2018
Born
Joy Adowaa Buolamwini

(1990-01-23) 23 January 1990
EducationCordova High School
Alma materGeorgia Institute of Technology (BS)
Jesus College, Oxford (MS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
Known forAlgorithmic Justice League
Scientific career
FieldsMedia Arts & Sciences
Computer science
Algorithmic bias
InstitutionsMIT Media Lab
Theses
Doctoral advisorEthan Zuckerman
Websitewww.poetofcode.com

Joy Adowaa Buolamwini is a Canadian-American computer scientist and digital activist formerly based at the MIT Media Lab. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League (AJL), an organization that works to challenge bias in decision-making software, using art, advocacy, and research to highlight the social implications and harms of artificial intelligence (AI).