The Research Center on Values in Emerging Science and Technology

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Join Us: September 23rd at 4pm!
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

Social and ethical aspects of the Y2K problem

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR László Ropolyi Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eötvös University 1518 Budapest, Pf. 32. Hungary ABSTRACT According to several analyses the Year 2000 computer problem (the Millennium Bug, Y2K Crisis, Time Bomb 2000, etc.) has been the most significant and enormously dangerous technological difficulty in the history of mankind. In spite of this, […]

Ethics in Computer Engineering

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Wade L. Robison Ezra A. Hale Professor in Applied Ethics Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623 ABSTRACT The intellectual core of engineering is a design solution to a particular kind of problem, and ethical issues are internal to that intellectual core. Teaching ethics to computer engineering students thus requires an understanding only of […]

Protecting the electronic participant: ethical codes and cyber-research gone awry

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Paula Roberts University of South Australia ABSTRACT On-line discussion groups represent a rich data repository for social scientists, as is reflected in rapidly increasing activity in cyber-research. Existing research ethics codes for the protection of participants (for example, Commonwealth of Australia, 1999) rest on four major principles; integrity (the ethical conduct of research), respect […]

Virtuous hackers community of practice

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Paula Roberts and Jenny Webber University of South Australia ABSTRACT Losses due to computer break-ins by malicious outsiders or disgruntled employees are estimated to cost companies billions of dollars each year (Taylor 1999), but the detection and prosecution of these intruders is difficult because companies subjected to security break-ins are often oblivious to such […]

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Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Helen Richardson Information Systems Research Centre University of Salford ABSTRACT We are said to be living in a new economy, a virtual age where information is power and strategic use of Information Technology paramount. Electronic media can enable organisations to deliver products and services more efficiently and effectively allowing for competitive advantage through internal […]

Behind your back – dangers of untested code.

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Michal Ren Computer science student, Research associate at the Multimedia Laboratory of Institute of Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan,Poland ABSTRACT The main objective of my paper is to present arguments supporting the following thesis: the activities of certain software developers (including large, well-known companies such as Microsoft or Logitech) closely resemble crimes known […]