Surya Mattu is a Brooklyn-based investigative journalist, artist, and engineer who looks at the ways in which algorithmic systems perpetuate systemic biases and inequities in society. Currently Mattu works as an investigative data journalist at The Markup. Previously, he was a contributing researcher at ProPublica, where he worked on Machine Bias, a series that aims to highlight how algorithmic systems can be biased and discriminate against people. Machine Bias was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Explanatory Journalism. Mattu has also worked at Gizmodo’s Special Projects Desk and been a visiting scholar at the MIT Media Lab. Mattu has shown work at The Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Museum of Art & Design, The Whitney Museum, V&A Museum, and Bitforms Gallery.