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

Intellectual property rights in community based video games

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Andrew Reynolds (UK) ABSTRACT Introduction Massively Multiplayer On-line Role Playing Games (MMORPG) have developed from simple goal oriented games into complex networks of social, economic and legal relationships between players and the organizations that design, develop, market and maintain these worlds. At present the web of rights and responsibilities that do, and potentially should, […]

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Ethics of ICT

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Byron Kaldis (Greece) ABSTRACT The overall question this paper has in view is whether we should expect that the transformation of organizations due to information technology may turn out to be an enhancement of our ethical power to define corporate responsibility with the required sharpness. In terms of its primary orientation and general methodology, […]

Surgical Strikes: Ideological Weaponry

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Andy Bissett (UK) ABSTRACT Some ethical dimensions of the synergy between high technology and warfare have been discussed previously [Bissett, 1997; 1999] in the specific context of the 1990s. The evolution of this close relationship between military imperatives and high technology poses a number of issues for computer ethicists. This paper updates the main […]

Reinventing Collaborative Learning using Blackboard

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Frances Grodzinsky (USA), Joe Griffin (Ireland) and Pat Jefferies (England) ABSTRACT Many organizations within society have reinvented themselves using Information Communication Technology (ICT). Consequently their internal operations and the potential global reach of their activities have dramatically changed. This has been particularly evident in the field of education. ICT, with its web-based resources, has […]

ICT Professionalism

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR David Gleason (USA) ABSTRACT I. Introduction ICT development and implementation continues to be extremely problematic, and many observers have recommended a professionalization, even licensing of its practitioners. This paper argues that a move to professionalism is needed, but that careful attention must be paid to the risks involved. The paper will review the challenges […]

Considering the societal implications in the adoption of e-business models

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Nancy Pouloudi and Konstantina Vassilopoulou (Greece) ABSTRACT A large amount of work within current funded European projects concerns e-business-based models for work and business. Therefore, a common theme underlying these projects is the existence of experiences on developing and implementing e-business models. At the same time, however, there is a common limitation across most […]