Ruta Binkyte is a postdoctoral researcher in Machine Learning Ethics at the Helmholtz Centre for Information Security (CISPA). Her research focuses on AI ethics, fairness, privacy, causality, and leveraging prior knowledge to enhance AI performance and trustworthiness.
Ruta earned her Ph.D. from Inria Saclay-Ile-de-France, LIX École Polytechnique, and IP Paris. She also holds an MSc with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh and both MA and BA degrees from Vilnius University. Her diverse background in cultural anthropology, history, and data science enables her to tackle complex interdisciplinary questions in ethical AI.
Her work has been published in top journals and conferences such as NeurIPS, ACM FaCCT, and CLeaR. She is a recipient of the Google WTM Scholar Award for 2020-2021 and has been listed among 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics, Award y by Women in AI Ethics (WAIE) initiative. Ruta serves as an Advisory Board Member at Savannah Digital Research Institute which focuses on empowering Africa through AI.
Ruta has contributed to the education and coaching in AI. She co-designed and taught a course on ML Fairness at Aivancity, an interdisciplinary AI and business school in Paris. She is also the author of educational material on Algorithmic Media, a project in partnership with the NGO Meno Avilys and the British Council Lithuania, aimed at high school students. Additionally, she serves as a Data Science coach for primary schools in Lithuania in collaboration with Teachers Lead Tech.
Ruta is active in organizing and chairing AI-related events that emphasize interdisciplinary, diversity and inclusion. She co-organized the Interdisciplinary Workshop on Fairness in AI, bringing together over 50 researchers from social sciences, computer sciences, and legal studies. She also co-organized the AI Ethics Workshop at LIX, École Polytechnique, and chaired the Diversity and Inclusion committee at the ECML PKDD 2024 in Vilnius.
Ruta earned her Ph.D. from Inria Saclay-Ile-de-France, LIX École Polytechnique, and IP Paris. She also holds an MSc with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh and both MA and BA degrees from Vilnius University. Her diverse background in cultural anthropology, history, and data science enables her to tackle complex interdisciplinary questions in ethical AI.
Her work has been published in top journals and conferences such as NeurIPS, ACM FaCCT, and CLeaR. She is a recipient of the Google WTM Scholar Award for 2020-2021 and has been listed among 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics, Award y by Women in AI Ethics (WAIE) initiative. Ruta serves as an Advisory Board Member at Savannah Digital Research Institute which focuses on empowering Africa through AI.
Ruta has contributed to the education and coaching in AI. She co-designed and taught a course on ML Fairness at Aivancity, an interdisciplinary AI and business school in Paris. She is also the author of educational material on Algorithmic Media, a project in partnership with the NGO Meno Avilys and the British Council Lithuania, aimed at high school students. Additionally, she serves as a Data Science coach for primary schools in Lithuania in collaboration with Teachers Lead Tech.
Ruta is active in organizing and chairing AI-related events that emphasize interdisciplinary, diversity and inclusion. She co-organized the Interdisciplinary Workshop on Fairness in AI, bringing together over 50 researchers from social sciences, computer sciences, and legal studies. She also co-organized the AI Ethics Workshop at LIX, École Polytechnique, and chaired the Diversity and Inclusion committee at the ECML PKDD 2024 in Vilnius.