Writing — Nandita Sampath

Current Work

Consumer Reports Advocacy

Check out my current advocacy work on algorithmic bias/harm at Consumer Reports, updated regularly. These include comments to federal and state agencies on proposed rulemakings and letters of support for various AI-related legislation across the country.

Whitepapers/Reports

Opening Black Boxes: Addressing Legal Barriers to Public Interest Algorithmic Auditing
Nandita Sampath, Consumer Reports’ Digital Lab, October 2022.
Algorithms and Child Welfare: The Disparate Impact of Family Surveillance in Risk Assessment Technologies
Emnet Almedom, Nandita Sampath, Joanne Ma. Berkeley Public Policy Journal. Fall 2020.
The Future of Public Sector Work: Human-Centered Technology and Policy Strategies
Brandie Nonnecke, Nandita Sampath, Maitreyi Sistla, Camille Crittenden. CITRIS Policy Lab at UC Berkeley. Sept 2020.
Masters Thesis - Policing Police Technology: A Policy Analysis of Emerging Police Technology on Law Enforcement Jobs
Nandita Sampath. UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy. May 2020.
Proposal to Investigate Regulation and Standardization of Continuous Data Collection in Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) the Ameliorate the Incidence of AV Accidents
Nandita Sampath. UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC). Fall 2018.

Blogposts

Racial Discrimination in Algorithms and Potential Policy Solutions
Nandita Sampath. Digital Lab at Consumer Reports. Feb 26, 2021.
We Can’t Let Silicon Valley Regulate Itself
Nandita Sampath. Berkeley Public Policy Journal Blog. Feb 4, 2019.