Gemma Galdón-Clavell (born 1976) is a Spanish technology policy analyst who specializes in ethics and algorithmic accountability. She is a senior adviser to the European Commission and she has also provided advice to other international organisations. Forbes Magazine described her as “a leading voice on tech ethics and algorithmic accountability”.[1][2]
Gemma Galdón-Clavell | |
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_Re_publica_2015_-_Tag_2_(16766735164)_(cropped).jpg) Gemma Galdón at Re publica in 2015 | |
| Born | 1976 Mataró (Barcelona) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | technology policy analyst |
| Known for | Founder and CEO of Eticas Foundation & Eticas Consulting |
Biography
editGaldón was born in Mataró in 1976.[3]
After completing a BA in Contemporary History and a MA in Public Management at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Galdón also completed her PhD there concerning surveillance, security and urban policy.[4] She was also appointed Director of the Security Policy Programme and MA in Security Policy at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). In 2008 she was the coordinator of the Barcelona office of the United Nations' Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).[4]
She is the founder and CEO of Eticas Foundation and Eticas.ai, organisations focused on identifying black box algorithmic vulnerabilities and retrain AI-powered technology with better source data and content.[5] In 2017 she was a finalist for the EU's prize for women innovators.[6]
In 2020, Galdón was elected to the Ashoka Fellowship. According to this organization she is “changing the way technology is created through her innovative algorithms audit methodology”. She is working to ensure that there is an ethical consideration when algorithmic tools are used.[7] She is concerned with how security, resilience, policing and privacy are considered in smart cities.[4] The BBC selected her as one of the “people changing the world” in 2020.[8] Forbes Magazine described her as “a leading voice on tech ethics and algorithmic accountability”. She noted that "I'm just the tech guy" is not a valid excuse for algorithm's behaving unfairly and that audits of algorithms should be a regular and essential safety procedure.[1]
Galdón is the co-author of several books and book chapters and she is also a frequent columnist in the Spanish media.[9] In May 2021, she and colleague Emma Lopez,[10] were addressing the Response-ability Summit which aimed to "champion socially responsible tech"[11] on their approach to making Artificial Intelligence accountable using audits.[12]
In 2021, her Eticas Foundation has launched a database of governmental algorithms called Observatory of Algorithms with Social Impact (OASI).[13]
Gemma Galdon was a finalist for the 2017 European Union Women Innovators Award[14] and was selected by Ashoka as a 2020 Social Entrepreneur.[15] In 2023 she received one of the Hispanic Star Awards, awards for agents of change in the Spanish-speaking community given to people who are having a transformative impact in different sectors of society.[16] In 2024 she was honored by Mozilla in the Rise25 awards in the entrepreneurship category for her role in Eticas.ai.[17]
References
edit- ^ a b Frischen, Konstanze. "'Make Algorithmic Audits As Ubiquitous As Seatbelts'—Why Tech Needs Outside Help To Serve Humanity". Forbes. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Gemma Galdon Clavell | COST". Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ "Gemma Galdón | Barcelona Metròpolis | Barcelona City Council". Barcelona Metropolis. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ a b c "Speaker of the Inauguration: Gemma Galdón - UAB Barcelona". www.uab.cat. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ "Gemma Galdón". Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona.
- ^ "EU Prize for Women Innovators". 2017.
- ^ "Gemma Galdon: Everyone a Changemaker". www.ashoka.org (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ ""La inteligencia artificial es muy poco inteligente"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Grupo Godó. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "11689846". viaf.org. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ Walter, Dawn (2021-03-12). "Emma Lopez". Response-ability Summit. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ Taha, Mo. "Response-ability Summit". Response-ability Summit. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ FM, Player, Building Trust with Algorithmic Audits. With Gemma Galdon-Clavell (in Hindi), retrieved 2021-08-20
- ^ release, Press. "OASI, the first search engine to find the algorithms that governments and companies use on citizens". Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "2017 - European Commission". research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "GEMMA GALDON - Ashoka España". 2021-11-19. Archived from the original on 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ Querol, Ricardo de (2023-12-11). "Gemma Galdón, auditora de algoritmos: "La inteligencia artificial es de muy mala calidad"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "Rise25 - 2024 Honorees - Meet the Entrepreneurs". Mozilla Rise25. Retrieved 2024-09-10.