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Probing the Biases and Ethics of Machine Learning
Probing the Biases and Ethics of Machine Learning

Ethics Lab Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Mark Hanin presented a workshop on the ethics of machine learning in the Foundations of Machine Learning class at Vanderbilt University.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]December 9, 2020
Ethics Lab & CSET Lead Workshop on Ethics of Risk & AI in National Security
Ethics Lab & CSET Lead Workshop on Ethics of Risk & AI in National Security

Participants from four programs convened for a workshop on the ethics of artificial intelligence in a national security context, the second event of the Ethics in AI collaboration between Ethics Lab and the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET).

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]December 4, 2020
New CS Activity Focuses on Accessibility in HCI
New CS Activity Focuses on Accessibility in HCI

As one student reflected, “I’ve used Wikipedia for at least 10 years, and today was the first time I considered how a user with visual impairment would navigate the website.”

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Featured, MozillaEthics.Lab [Organization]November 19, 2020
Racial Reckoning: Intro to Ethics course examines systemic racism
Racial Reckoning: Intro to Ethics course examines systemic racism

Prof. Maggie Little’s Intro to Ethics class discusses systemic racism and moral repair in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.

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Featured, CoursesEthics.Lab [Organization]November 18, 2020
Public Interest Technology & Responsive Government
Public Interest Technology & Responsive Government

At a panel hosted by New America, Ethics Lab director Prof. Maggie Little discussed the powers and pitfalls of emerging technologies in solving ethical problems.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]November 16, 2020Spotlight
Ethics for Health Informatics
Ethics for Health Informatics

Ethics Lab director Prof. Maggie Little speaks to masters students about the ethical use of data in health informatics, and ways to combat existing social inequalities in their work.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]November 6, 2020
Examining Systems Changes As a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Examining Systems Changes As a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic

A team from Ethics Lab presents a workshop on frameworks of care and control at the ninth annual Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium (RSD9).

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]November 3, 2020
Ethics in the Details: Networked Systems
Ethics in the Details: Networked Systems

In the second ResponsibleCS session of the semester, students considered the ethical factors arising from their design choices as they learned about sequence diagrams.

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Featured, MozillaEthics.Lab [Organization]October 23, 2020Spotlight
Beyond Access: Flourishing in Sacred Spaces
Beyond Access: Flourishing in Sacred Spaces

In her Religion and Disability class last spring, Professor Julia Watts Belser’s students worked with Ethics Lab to address questions of accessibility in sacred spaces and how they might redesign these spaces to make them more inclusive.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]October 22, 2020Spotlight
Getting By With a Little Help From Our… Friends?: Researching Social Robots
Getting By With a Little Help From Our… Friends?: Researching Social Robots

Fritz Family Fellow, Dr. Mark Hanin, is conducting research on interactions with social robots and analyzing how these relationships might impact humans’ ability to form bonds with other people.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]October 22, 2020
Intro to Ethics: Narrative disruption in the COVID-19 pandemic
Intro to Ethics: Narrative disruption in the COVID-19 pandemic

Prof. Maggie Little’s Intro to Ethics class uses the theory of narrative disruption to reflect on the ethical and moral aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]October 16, 2020
Uncovering Ethical Concerns in Programming
Uncovering Ethical Concerns in Programming

For the first ResponsibleCS session of the semester, Ethics Lab worked with Professor Ray Essick to design an exercise examining how ethical dilemmas might materialize at any stage of software development.

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Mozilla, FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]October 9, 2020
Examining Relationships Between Data Ethics and Sociopolitical Dynamics
Examining Relationships Between Data Ethics and Sociopolitical Dynamics

In the Data Ethics course taught by Ethics Lab postdoctoral fellow Dr. Marcello Antosh, students are completing a semester-long research project related to the intersection of data ethics and one of three major issues: the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing challenges to democratic institutions, and racial injustice and inequity.

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Featured, CoursesEthics.Lab [Organization]October 5, 2020
Intro to Ethics: Speaking to this moment in history
Intro to Ethics: Speaking to this moment in history

Prof. Maggie Little’s Intro to Ethics class grapples with ethical questions raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, racial justice movement, and the upcoming November election.

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Featured, CoursesEthics.Lab [Organization]October 2, 2020Spotlight
Piloting a New Design Justice Course at Ethics Lab
Piloting a New Design Justice Course at Ethics Lab

New pilot from Ethics Lab reimagines interdisciplinary education through the lens of Design Justice

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Featured, CoursesEthics.Lab [Organization]September 25, 2020Spotlight
Strengthening Connections Between Ethics & Computer Science at Georgetown
Strengthening Connections Between Ethics & Computer Science at Georgetown

With two semesters of Mozilla-sponsored ResponsibleCS ethics engagements under their belts and the first stage of the grant substantially complete, Ethics Lab and the Computer Science Department are continuing to refine and test their approach to infusing ethics into Georgetown’s computer science curriculum.

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Mozilla, FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]September 4, 2020Spotlight
White Paper Publication: Ethics of Administrative Data Sharing
White Paper Publication: Ethics of Administrative Data Sharing

We’re excited to share a new paper from Ethics Lab and the Administrative Data Research Institute at Georgetown University.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]July 17, 2020
From Control to Care: Rethinking Smart Access
From Control to Care: Rethinking Smart Access

What happens when a technology designed to secure property is suddenly required to secure the health and well-being of people?

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]July 10, 2020
CS Students Explore the Ethics of Contact Tracing Apps
CS Students Explore the Ethics of Contact Tracing Apps

During the final sessions in Professor Essick’s Advanced Programing course, the Responsible CS Team challenged students to reflect on the ethical considerations at stake in the design and implementation of a contract tracing application that might be part of a broader public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mozilla, FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]April 27, 2020Spotlight
Adapting Interactive Learning to the Virtual World
Adapting Interactive Learning to the Virtual World

A happy surprise to come from this quarantine is the discovery that many Ethics Lab methods work well virtually in addition to in person.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]April 24, 2020ethics lab, virtual learning
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