The Research Center on Values in Emerging Science and Technology

Panel discussion: a collective questioning about quantum ethics

Click here to hear a recording (podcast) of the event! Event time: Thursday, September 26, 2024 – 4:00pm to 5:00pm Audience: Faculty, students, staff, researchers, community members, general public. Location: Southern Connecticut State University – Engleman Hall – Room A120 See map Panelists Colleen Bielitz Assoc. VP for Strategic Initiatives & Outreach, SCSU Florian Carle Managing Director, Yale Quantum Institute Matthew Enjalran Professor of Physics, SCSU Rye Howard-Stone Lecturer of Contemporary Issues in Computer Science and Engineering, UConn Sarah M. Roe (moderator) Director, Research Center on Values in Emerging Science and Technology, SCSU The panel will be followed by a reception to continue the conversation. As quantum technology advances rapidly, it is crucial to consider its ethical implications. While quantum applications hold the potential to transform industries, they also pose significant moral challenges. Quantum computers, for instance, could dismantle current encryption methods, jeopardizing data privacy and cybersecurity. Their ability to solve complex problems at unprecedented speeds might create unfair advantages in sectors like finance or defense, further deepening existing inequalities. By addressing these ethical concerns early, we can ensure that quantum technology develops in ways that uphold fairness, privacy, and security for all. Join us for a discussion hosted by the Research Center on Values in Emerging Science and Technology and the Yale Quantum Institute, with co-sponsorship Details
RC-VEST Discussion: Race & Medicine

April 10th 1:10-1:50pm EN C008 Free lunch bring your friends! Discuss and reflect about how race, medicine, and healthcare coverage are connected. A panel of students, staff and faculty will start the conversation! Please email Dr. Roe (roes1@southernct.edu) if you have any questions. Thank you to our panel and all who attended!
RC-VEST Documentary Screening “The Color of Care”

April 3rd 1-2:20pm (pop in any time) EN 121 A&B Free lunch! Bring your friends! Learn about race, medicine, and healthcare coverage in our communities. Contact Dr. Roe (roes1@southernct.edu) if you have any questions.

Does social computing help professional social networks ? An experiment on web 2.0 to promote quality of working life.

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Emmanuel Martin ABSTRACT There can be many positive effects of social computing, and the use of so-called ‘social media’. For example, it can be used beyond socialising to seek advice and professional development as well as offering new business uses. It creates a collective intelligence across society through interactive collaboration across fast communication networks.” […]

Probability and problems of ICT outsourcing from advanced nations to the poorest country: the case of Nepal

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Michiko Matsushita ABSTRACT The outsourcing may be the last method of cost cutting for the advanced nations which suffer from depression. In these countries, many big companies in manufacturing industries move their producing bases from their nations to the outside, the foreign counties where the cost of land and labors is quite cheaper. Especially […]

The Ethics of the Hackers

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Giulia López ABSTRACT In present days, many software programmes are being developed and this gives an ever increasing range of options to all kind of users. Yet, many of these users are not fully aware that they are being spied by hackers. Ethical hacking, one of the reactions to this situation, tries to increase […]

Facebook: Providing a Service to Members or a Platform to Advertisers?

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Stephen Lilley, Ph.D., Frances S. Grodzinsky, Ph.D. and Andra Gumbus, Ed.D. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Facebook has over 500 million members (22% of all Internet users) who spend over 500 billion minutes a month on the site each sharing roughly 70 pieces of content a month (Rosen, 2010). With these staggering numbers it is not surprising […]

Social Media, the Power of Inference and the Case for Digital Interdependence

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Dr Ann Light ABSTRACT As a world, we have never had such effective tools for showing cause and effect and the impact of activity in one place in terms of social, environmental or economic change elsewhere. This ability to trace actions and manage attribution is particular to the applications we have become able to […]

Navigating the Ethical Minefield of Assessment in Higher Education

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Mike Leigh and Lucy Mathers ABSTRACT Context: The ethical dimension in the assessment of student performance has been recognised for some time. Rowntree (1977), for example, states that effective assessment must be valid, reliable, feasible and fair and that the interrelationships between these factors must be understood. In this context the concept of fairness […]