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

ICT and democratic values

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Göran Collste & Jan Holmqvist ABSTRACT Computer ethics studies how computerisation and information technology influence values in different parts of society. A presupposition is that technology in different ways, both directly and indirectly, intended and not intended influence society. This means that in order to investigate the value impact of technology one has, in […]

Towards Coherent Regulation of Law Enforcement Surveillance in the Network Society

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Serena Chan Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 L. Jean Camp Kennedy School of Government Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02139 ABSTRACT In this paper, we will study the evolution of telecommunications technology and its impact on law enforcement surveillance. Privacy and the need for law enforcement to […]

Teaching Ethics in Informatics: A Comparative Study

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Jesús Díaz del Campo, P. Barroso and John Weckert ABSTRACT In recent years, Schools of Informatics have begun to introduce studies in ethics, to the extent that this subject matter has become an essential part of the curriculum of students in this field. At this stage, the debate concerning the appropriateness of incorporating instruction […]

Are the Information Technologies the New Discrimination Tools? Results From a Study on Learning, Satisfaction and Technology

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Pedro Calderia Universidade do Algarve ABSTRACT The use of technology in educational settings is largely non-theoretical regarding to education theories and models, to educational psychology (namely individual differences on learning and information processing styles) and to didactics (in general, or science and literature, for instance). The introduction of computers in schools and classes is […]

Software Quality Management in Context of the Ethics of Values

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Anna Bobkowska ABSTRACT Goal of the paper is to provide reflection of deeper aspects of the quality systems. It means to look at things behind quality system rules and structures, human roles and activities. In this extended abstract, an approach, which is based on the ethics of values is briefly discussed in context of […]

Unintended Consequences: Computerising the UK’s Social Fund

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Andy Bissett, School of Computing & Management Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University, England S1 1WB ABSTRACT The UK Government has placed a great emphasis upon streamlining government processes and making government more open by the use of information technology. In fact, the UK Prime Minister has stated that all 457 individual government services are to […]