Spurious correlations in machine learning: A survey
Machine learning systems are known to be sensitive to spurious correlations between non-
essential features of the inputs (eg, background, texture, and secondary objects) and the …
essential features of the inputs (eg, background, texture, and secondary objects) and the …
What could go wrong? discovering and describing failure modes in computer vision
Deep learning models are effective, yet brittle. Even carefully trained, their behavior tends to
be hard to predict when confronted with out-of-distribution samples. In this work, our goal is …
be hard to predict when confronted with out-of-distribution samples. In this work, our goal is …
Efficient Bias Mitigation Without Privileged Information
M Espinosa Zarlenga, S Sankaranarayanan… - … on Computer Vision, 2025 - Springer
Deep neural networks trained via empirical risk minimization often exhibit significant
performance disparities across groups, particularly when group and task labels are …
performance disparities across groups, particularly when group and task labels are …
Leveraging CLIP for Inferring Sensitive Information and Improving Model Fairness
Performance disparities across sub-populations are known to exist in deep learning-based
vision recognition models, but previous work has largely addressed such fairness concerns …
vision recognition models, but previous work has largely addressed such fairness concerns …
[HTML][HTML] Where, why, and how is bias learned in medical image analysis models? A study of bias encoding within convolutional networks using synthetic data
Background Understanding the mechanisms of algorithmic bias is highly challenging due to
the complexity and uncertainty of how various unknown sources of bias impact deep …
the complexity and uncertainty of how various unknown sources of bias impact deep …
Fairness and Bias Mitigation in Computer Vision: A Survey
Computer vision systems have witnessed rapid progress over the past two decades due to
multiple advances in the field. As these systems are increasingly being deployed in high …
multiple advances in the field. As these systems are increasingly being deployed in high …
LADDER: Language Driven Slice Discovery and Error Rectification
Error slice discovery associates structured patterns with model errors. Existing methods
discover error slices by clustering the error-prone samples with similar patterns or assigning …
discover error slices by clustering the error-prone samples with similar patterns or assigning …
Visual Data Diagnosis and Debiasing with Concept Graphs
The widespread success of deep learning models today is owed to the curation of extensive
datasets significant in size and complexity. However, such models frequently pick up …
datasets significant in size and complexity. However, such models frequently pick up …
Efficient Bias Mitigation Without Privileged Information
ME Zarlenga, S Sankaranarayanan… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Deep neural networks trained via empirical risk minimisation often exhibit significant
performance disparities across groups, particularly when group and task labels are …
performance disparities across groups, particularly when group and task labels are …
Navigating Shortcuts, Spurious Correlations, and Confounders: From Origins via Detection to Mitigation
Shortcuts, also described as Clever Hans behavior, spurious correlations, or confounders,
present a significant challenge in machine learning and AI, critically affecting model …
present a significant challenge in machine learning and AI, critically affecting model …