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Data governance: Organizing data for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

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Janssen, Marijn, Brous, Paul, Estevez, Elsa, Barbosa, Luis S., Janowski, Tomasz·2020·Government Information Quarterly

Abstract

The rise of Big, Open and Linked Data (BOLD) enables Big Data Algorithmic Systems (BDAS) which are often based on machine learning, neural networks and other forms of Artificial Intelligence (AI). As such systems are increasingly requested to make decisions that are consequential to individuals, communities and society at large, their failures cannot be tolerated, and they are subject to stringent regulatory and ethical requirements. However, they all rely on data which is not only big, open and linked but varied, dynamic and streamed at high speeds in real-time. Managing such data is challenging. To overcome such challenges and utilize opportunities for BDAS, organizations are increasingly developing advanced data governance capabilities. This paper reviews challenges and approaches to data governance for such systems, and proposes a framework for data governance for trustworthy BDAS. The framework promotes the stewardship of data, processes and algorithms, the controlled opening of data and algorithms to enable external scrutiny, trusted information sharing within and between organizations, risk-based governance, system-level controls, and data control through shared ownership and self-sovereign identities. The framework is based on 13 design principles and is proposed incrementally, for a single organization and multiple networked organizations.

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  • The paper relies on this without support.

    There is limited understanding of what constitutes data governance for BDAS in general and AI-based BDAS in particular, even less how to carry out system-level data governance between different organizations.

    “Yet there is limited understanding of what constitutes data governance for BDAS in general and AI-based BDAS in particular, even less how to carry out systemlevel data governance, between different organizations.”
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    Data governance has been given scant attention and is often overlooked by organizations in their efforts to realize BDAS and create Fair, Accountable and Transparent (FAT) algorithms.

    “Data governance has been given scant attention and is often overlooked by organizations in their efforts to realize BDAS and create Fair, Accountable and Transparent (FAT) algorithms.”
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    Often the focus is on experimenting with AI, but acquiring and preparing data for AI, which often consumes most of the time, is given less consideration.

    “Often the focus is on experimenting with AI, but acquiring and preparing data for AI, which often consumes most of the time, is given less consideration.”
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    Data is often fragmented over many organizations which implement different data policies.

    “While data governance should help lower the cost of data management and create value from data, data is often fragmented over many organizations which implement different data policies.”
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    BDAS rely heavily on the use of data combined from various sources, some controlled by the organization itself, others controlled by partner organizations, yet others controlled by unknown entities.

    “However, BDAS rely heavily on the use of data combined from various sources, some controlled by the organization itself, others controlled by partner organizations, yet others controlled by unknown entities.”
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    Most BDAS are based on a type of machine learning algorithms that identify patterns in data, which they use for descriptive, predictive or prescriptive goals.

    “Most BDAS are based on a type of machine learning algorithms that identify patterns in data, which they use for descriptive, predictive or prescriptive goals.”
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    AI algorithms are often opaque.

    “Although these controls are needed, AI algorithms are often opaque, controls alone are insufficient, and additional governance mechanisms may be required.”
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    Perfect data quality does not exist.

    “While applying BDAS in consequential decision-making is conditional on data quality, perfect data quality does not exist.”
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    Data collection and sharing has become easier over the last decade, partly due to interoperability solutions.

    “Data collection and sharing has become easier over the last decade, partly due to interoperability solutions.”
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    Vast volumes of data complicate entity resolution.

    “Besides, vast volumes of data complicate entity resolution -identifying the same real-world entity like e.g. a person, within a single database (de-duplication) or in multiple databases (record linkage).”
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    BDAS are typically crossing departmental boundaries, not bound to any single function or process, and have to deal with data originating in multiple departmental silos.

    “This is particularly the case for BDAS, which are typically crossing departmental boundaries, not bound to any single function or process, and have to deal with data originating in multiple departmental silos.”
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    AI may violate privacy, discriminate, avoid accountability, manipulate and misinform public opinion, and be used for surveillance.

    “It may violate privacy, discriminate, avoid accountability, manipulate and misinform public opinion, and be used for surveillance.”
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    BDAS enable automatic decision-making within public institutions.

    “BDAS enable automatic decision-making within public institutions.”
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    AI algorithms and their implementations can range from black-box to white-box approaches.

    “AI algorithms and their implementations can range from black-box to white-box approaches.”
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    BDAS are often opaque, and their working is difficult to understand.

    “BDAS are often opaque, and their working is difficult to understand.”
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    The foundation of trustworthy BDAS is sound data governance, but this area is often overlooked.

    “Although the foundation of trustworthy BDAS is sound data governance, this area is often overlooked.”
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    There are hardly any good practices for successful adoption and application of data governance for BDAS.

    “There are hardly any good practices for successful adoption and application of data governance for BDAS.”
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    Scarce research exists about trusted frameworks and SSIs, and there is no consensus yet about how they should be realized in BDAS.

    “Scarce research exists about trusted frameworks and SSIs, and there is no consensus yet about how they should be realized in BDAS.”
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    The model assumes that data, algorithms and processes will be opened to controlled groups for scrutiny.

    “Hence, the model assumes that data, algorithms and processes will be opened to controlled groups for scrutiny.”
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  1. European Parliament and European Council, 2016, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing directive 95/46, Official Journal of the European Union, 59, 294

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Authors
Janssen, M., Brous, P., Estevez, E., Barbosa, L. S., & Janowski, T.
Affiliations
  • Delft University of Technology (NL)
  • Universität für Weiterbildung Krems (AT)
Corresponding author
Janssen, Marijn
Venue
Government Information Quarterly
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-07
Volume
37
Issue
3
Pages
101493
ISSN
0740-624X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3036911563
Cited by
811
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 239 · 2025: 170 · 2024: 159 · 2023: 99 · 2022: 95 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 5
FWCI
82.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Government Information Quarterly (publishedVersion)
  • UNU Collections (United Nations University) (submittedVersion)
  • Lirias (submittedVersion)
  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Research Repository (Delft University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
European Commission
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Social Sciences › Law › Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Data Quality and Management
Keywords
data governance, trustworthy AI, algorithmic decision-making, data stewardship, algorithmic transparency, risk-based governance, self-sovereign identity, data ownership, networked organizations, design principles

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