Public Governance and Emerging Technologies: Values, Trust, and Compliance by Design

Between 11 – 12 January I attended the Public Governance and Emerging Technologies: Values, Trust, and Compliance by Design Conference held in Utrecht, Netherlands. The conference was hosted by the Chain Project, a Dutch Research Council (NWO) funded initiative that focuses on blockchain in the network society. From the project website: Governments are developing blockchain ... Public Governance and Emerging Technologies: Values, Trust, and Compliance by Design

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PhD Position in Design for Values and RRI for Quantum Technologies

This position is in the philosophy of quantum technologies group of Pieter Vermaas, Department of Ethics & Philosophy of Technology at TU Delft Section Ethics/Philosophy of Technology, VTI – TPM Faculty, TU Delft, and positioned in the ELSA research tracks part of the national Dutch Quantum Delta project on quantum technologies. This PhD position aims ... PhD Position in Design for Values and RRI for Quantum Technologies

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Philosophy and Ethics of AI, Waggeningen. 2 Post-doc positions

There are two vacancies for post-doc positions at Vincent Blok’s team in Wageningen in the area of philosophy and ethics of AI. 1) The group researches Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of AI (from the perspective of the relation between human agents and digital technologies) in a fundamental philosophical research project and a European project. ... Philosophy and Ethics of AI, Waggeningen. 2 Post-doc positions

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PhD at the University of Hamburg in Ethics in Information Technologies

The research group “Ethics in Information Technologies” at the University of Hamburg, Germany have an opening for a new colleague. The are offering a fully funded PhD position for initially 3Y (TVL-13/100%, which is a highly competitive payment) and the contract can be extended. The deadline for the application is April 24th, with all details ... PhD at the University of Hamburg in Ethics in Information Technologies

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OECD Conference on Technology in and for Society, December 2021

In this post I would like to offer some take-aways and personal thoughts on the recent OECD Conference on Technology in and for Society, held on the 6th and 7th of December 2021. Innovating Well for Inclusive Transitions The conference rationale was Innovating Well for Inclusive Transitions, based upon the supposition that the world faces ... OECD Conference on Technology in and for Society, December 2021

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Open Rank Positions at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

The Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy (STP) at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is seeking to hire tenure-track faculty members (open rank) in two research clusters: AI Policy and Infrastructure Policy. Applications are welcome from scholars who are trained in any disciplinary and methodological traditions within humanities and social ... Open Rank Positions at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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Ninth Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies: Accelerating Impactful Scholarship

The Ninth Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies: Accelerating Impactful Scholarship supported by The National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure and run by the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University will take place between 3-10 January. THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS MONDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2021. The Winter School will give junior ... Ninth Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies: Accelerating Impactful Scholarship

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Research Assistant (PostDoc) Berliner Hochschulen

Stellenticket Technische Universität Berlin Research Assistant (PostDoc) Berliner Hochschulen Working field: Research in the project “Methodology of the Synthetic Approach”, which investigates the collaboration between natural scientists and engineers in the Clusters of Excellence “Science of Intelligence”: – Preparation, carrying out and analysis of expert interviews and field observations – Content analysis of text documents ... Research Assistant (PostDoc) Berliner Hochschulen

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Recent Publications on Artificial Intelligence

European Commission Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence Last week (7 December 2018) saw the release of the Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, The European Council, The Council, The European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. The aim of the Commission’s strategy on Artificial ... Recent Publications on Artificial Intelligence

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VIRI 2018, a short report

As mentioned in a previous post, this year’s Annual Meeting of the Virtual Institute for Responsible Innovation (VIRI) was held in Szeged in Hungary. The event was hosted by the First Hungarian Responsible Innovation Association EMFIE and as a founding institutional affiliate member the Bassetti Foundation once again participated. Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins was present, ... VIRI 2018, a short report

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