6 papers
On the Complexity of Finding a Diverse and Representative Committee using a Monotone, Separable Positional Multiwinner Voting Rule
Kunal Relia
Fairness in multiwinner elections, a growing line of research in computational social choice, primarily concerns the use of constraints to ensure fairness. Recent work proposed a m…
Fairly Allocating Utility in Constrained Multiwinner Elections
Kunal Relia
Fairness in multiwinner elections is studied in varying contexts. For instance, diversity of candidates and representation of voters are both separately termed as being fair. A com…
Algorithmic Techniques for Necessary and Possible Winners
Vishal Chakraborty, Theo Delemazure, Benny Kimelfeld +3
We investigate the practical aspects of computing the necessary and possible winners in elections over incomplete voter preferences. In the case of the necessary winners, we show h…
Race, Ethnicity and National Origin-based Discrimination in Social Media and Hate Crimes Across 100 U.S. Cities
Kunal Relia, Zhengyi Li, Stephanie H. Cook +1
We study malicious online content via a specific type of hate speech: race, ethnicity and national-origin based discrimination in social media, alongside hate crimes motivated by t…
From the User to the Medium: Neural Profiling Across Web Communities
Mohammad Akbari, Kunal Relia, Anas Elghafari +1
Online communities provide a unique way for individuals to access information from those in similar circumstances, which can be critical for health conditions that require daily an…
Socio-spatial Self-organizing Maps: Using Social Media to Assess Relevant Geographies for Exposure to Social Processes
Kunal Relia, Mohammad Akbari, Dustin Duncan +1
Social media offers a unique window into attitudes like racism and homophobia, exposure to which are important, hard to measure and understudied social determinants of health. Howe…