IIT KGP faculty wins Facebook award for research in targeted media bias

An IIT Kharagpur professor has been named for Ethics in AI Research Award, which is part of Facebook’s initiative, for his project dealing with bias in Indian media.

Animesh Mukherjee, Associate Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering department, has been selected for the Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Award in the ‘operationalizing ethics’ category for his project “Targeted Bias in Indian Media Outlets”, an IIT KGP statement said on Saturday.