Arbitration Committee
The Eins Arbitration Committee rules independently on the parts of the index regime that call for human judgment. This page sets out what the committee does, how it is constituted, who may join, what members are entitled and obliged to do, and how to take part.
Why the Committee Exists
Almost all of the calculation in Eins is carried out by rules and code, and the values it produces can be traced back. A few categories of decision cannot be settled by automation alone:
- Admission to and scoring within the academic output ledger (ACD). The type tier T and the verification tier V of each output are fixed by human ruling before the entry is admitted, and their product determines the score that output contributes.
- Recognition of major risk items (R). Whether an event amounts to a verified material incident, such as a large-scale data breach, a core security vulnerability or a regulatory penalty confirmed by an official source, has to be judged against public evidence, and kept strictly apart from negative attention, which moves heat only and does not enter this deduction.
- Changes to hyperparameters and to the method. Moving a parameter among its frozen, initial and retired states, or revising the method notes, alters the calculation basis and therefore the comparability of the history.
- Changes to the inclusion roster. Admission, suspension and reinstatement of members, and the handling of coverage warnings.
If these were left to the discretion of one party, fairness could not be evidenced. Eins therefore routes them to the Arbitration Committee: matters requiring human judgment are discussed and voted on by the committee, the outcome is published as a notice, and the change is recorded in the corresponding version number (parameters, roster and method notes each carry their own), so that the basis before and after can be checked from outside. See the operations and governance chapter of the white paper for the details.
Form of the Committee
To keep the committee independent, its composition is not disclosed for now. What is public is the outcome of its decisions: hyperparameter changes, roster changes and method changes are published as notices and written into version numbers, so anyone can check how the basis moved.
Composition and rules of procedure may be disclosed later if circumstances call for it.
Conditions for Membership
- A solid understanding of AI technology and of the industry, sufficient to judge the real influence of those assessed in terms of technical route and position in the ecosystem
- Understanding of, and agreement with, the Eins methodology, and a willingness to argue within its framework
- Time, capability and the willingness to take part in maintaining the theoretical system over the long term
- Able to take part in written discussion in Chinese or English
- Disclosure of conflicts of interest: a member who holds an employment, shareholding or advisory relation with any organization covered by the indices must declare it and abstain from the ruling concerned
Entitlements and Obligations
Entitlements and obligations are balanced. Members take part in the governance and ruling of the Eins index system, which covers:
- Discussing and voting on hyperparameter changes, roster changes and method changes
- Ruling on admission to and scoring within the ACD academic output ledger
- Ruling on the recognition of major risk items (R) and on the size of the deduction
- Deciding on the suspension and reinstatement of members
- Keeping the discussion and the votes confidential until an outcome is published
The committee is voluntary and unpaid. There is no fixed number of seats and no fixed term.
Development and operation of the Eins website and of the index engine are outside the remit of the committee.
Joining and Leaving
During the trial run, membership is by invitation and there is no open recruitment.
If you have a strong interest in the system, you may write to recruit@einsindex.com, setting out your reason for wanting to join, your own qualifications (anonymously if you prefer; a statement of how you meet the conditions above is enough), and any suggestions for Eins. Current members discuss such letters and decide whether to admit the writer. If you receive no reply, your letter was not taken up in this round and it is not retained.
Membership ends in one of two ways: by choice, or by being treated as ended after prolonged absence or continued failure to meet the obligations above, which current members discuss and determine.