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

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Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Jonathan P. Allen ABSTRACT This paper will analyze the potential social impacts of what has been called ubiquitous IT: extremely low cost computing, communication, sensing, identification and location-aware technologies that make information available from almost any place, at almost any time. Already, over 90% of all microprocessors are not used in computers at all […]

ETHICOMP2004 – Island Of Syros, Greece

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

LOCATION: University of the Aegean, Syros, Greece DATES: April 14-16 2004 HOSTED BY: Department of Product and Systems Design University of the Aegean Department of Management Science and Technology Athens University of Economics and Business IN ASSOCIATION WITH: Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, UK Research Center on Computing and Society, Southern […]

Ethical Challenges to Citizens of “the Automatic Age”

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Terrell Ward Bynum ABSTRACT In the 1940s and early 1950s, MIT Professor Norbert Wiener perceptively foresaw the enormous social and ethical implications of information technology. “The choice between good and evil is knocking at our door”, he said. Remarkably, Wiener also foresaw many of today’s most pressing issues in ICT Ethics, even some of […]

E-democracy, Information and Contestation

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

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Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Antonio Marturano (UK) ABSTRACT According to Hardt and Negri (2000, p. 3), we have two different trends in the account of globalisation: one is seeing that phenomenon as rising up “spontaneously” out of the interactions of radically heterogeneous global forces, as if this order were a harmonious concert orchestrated by the natural and neutral […]

Responsibility in Software Engineering

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

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