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 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 […]

Open source produced encyclopedias: Towards a broader view of expertise

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Paul B. de Laat ABSTRACT Open source as a method of production has spread from software to other types of content like reference works. In previous work (De Laat 2011) 6 online encyclopedias of the kind were analyzed. The strongest clash of opinions concerned the role of experts and expertise in creating an encyclopedia. […]

Governance challenges and technology innovation for social use*

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Aygen Kurt and Penny Duquenoy ABSTRACT This paper takes as its theme the consideration of ethics in technology development and takes as its foundation work undertaken in the European Union?s (EU) Science in Society EGAIS Project (Framework 7) in which the authors are partners. The Ethical Governance of Emerging Technologies (EGAIS) project investigates the […]

Social Engineering: the Psychological Attack on Information Security

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Subrahmaniam Krishnan-Harihara, Vasanthi Nagappan and Prof Andrew Basden ABSTRACT It is widely recognized that technical security by itself does not offer sufficient protection against security breaches. Of all the different kinds of security breaches, technical security is perhaps least effective against social engineering because this form of attack depends on the manipulation of people. […]

Management of Cybercrime in Electronic Government: E-Awareness Training Model Implemented in India.

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Shalini Kesar, Ph.D. ABSTRACT Introduction The main motivation for this paper comes from previous presentation at ETHCOMP2010 where key challenges in the area of cybercrime and Electronic Government (EGov) in India were highlighted. It was seen that one of the main challenges faced by government officials at local level was their lack of awareness […]