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Saturday, October 24, 2026

Research aims to create fairness in AI-assisted hiring systems - University of Florida

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Professor Mo Wang of the Warrington College of Business is in the early stages of a research project looking at how to design trustworthy, transparent and fair AI-assisted hiring systems – work funded by a grant of nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation and Amazon. Wang talks about the project, why it is needed and what the team hopes to achieve in this episode of From Florida.

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Transcript

Nicci Brown: Welcome to From Florida where you'll learn how minds are connecting, great ideas are colliding and groundbreaking innovation is becoming a reality because of the University of Florida. I'm your host, Nicci Brown.

Today we are joined by Professor Mo Wang, the Lanzillotti-McKethan Eminent Scholar in UF’s Warrington College of Business. Dr. Wang is in the early stages of a research project about fairness in AI hiring practices, an issue that is being widely discussed across our economy and workforce.

First, a little more about Dr. Wang. His work focuses on older worker employment and retirement, occupational health psychology, human resource management and quantitative methods. In addition to his role as a professor, Dr. Wang is the director of the Human Resource Research Center and chair of the Management Department. He is...



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