Sorelle Friedler

Sorelle Friedler is the Shibulal Family Professor of Computer Science at Haverford College and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution. She previously served as Assistant Director for Data and Democracy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, co-authoring the AI Bill of Rights and shaping federal AI policy. Her research focuses on fairness, accountability, and transparency in machine learning, with applications to social networks and materials discovery. She co-founded the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT).

• Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Maryland, College Park; B.A. from Swarthmore College
• Grants: NSF, DARPA, Mozilla, Knight News Challenge

Her research bridges algorithmic fairness and societal impact, with work on

• Disparate impact in machine learning
• Responsible CS education
• Materials discovery via interpretable ML
• Social network fairness interventions
• Feedback loops in predictive policing
• Environmental accountability in ML

Key article themes include network equity, fairness formalization, and ethical algorithm design.

Scientific Awards:

• Data and Society Research Institute Fellow (2015-2016)

She has advised grants totaling over $14 million and co-developed tools for automated experimentation and data management in chemistry. Her teaching includes courses in algorithms, machine learning, and responsible computing.