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Ethics in IT

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Welcome!

This is the homepage of the research group Ethics in Information Technology at the Department of Informatics at University of Hamburg. Our team researches the ethical, legal, social and political implications of contemporary information technologies and big data practices.

Here you can learn more about our research group and interdisciplinary team, the research, and teaching we do within and beyond the department of informatics and find latest news about activities from members of the research group.

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EIT Public Lecture Series: TAMING THE MACHINES

Our winter term lecture series is completed. We are back on April 14, 21 with Paul Nemitz' talk "Power, Freedom and Democracy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and the Responsibility of Engineers". Have a look at the new programme, with "Ethics, Law & IT – From Theory to Practice" being the guiding theme.

If you missed a talk in winter term, watch it here: Joanna Bryson, Holger Lyre, John Danaher, Thi Nguyen,  Karen Yeung, and Natasha Tusikov & Blayne Haggart. Or browse our programmes and stream previous talks on Universität Hamburg's video platform Lecture2Go.

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CEPE/IACAP Joint Conference 2021: The Philosophy and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Submissions are now being accepted for the joint CEPE/IACAP conference from July 5-9, 2021. Given the continued uncertainty around Covid-19, the conference will now take place in a fully virtual format.

The philosophy and ethics of artificial intelligence will serve as a guiding theme for the CEPE/IACAP Joint Conference 2021. While submissions to this broad topic are encouraged, other topics within the field of philosophy of computing and computer ethics are also very welcome.

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11 February 2021|Event

Webinar: The Global Digital Economy Made Concrete: Unpacking the Smart City

The final lecture in this winter term's "Taming the Machines" is given by Prof. Dr. Natasha Tusikov and Prof. Dr. Blayne Haggart on February 11, 2021. In their presentation, Tusikov and Haggart use the example of the internationally controversial Quayside smart-city development (driven by a Google-affiliated company) in...

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4 February 2021|Event

Webinar: Myths and Misunderstandings About Responsibility for the Unintended Impact of Artificial Intelligence

Next up in our public lecture series is a talk by Prof. Karen Yeung (University of Birmingham). In her lecture she will discuss some of the findings emerging from a Council of Europe study she undertook in 2018-2019 to investigate the implications of advanced digital technologies (including AI systems) for the concept of...

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4 February 2021|Event

Datenschutz, KI und digitale Rechte in Mexiko – Europa als Referenzmodell?

Die EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung entfaltet Wirkungen über Europa hinaus, insbesondere weil sie auch für Unternehmen mit Sitz außerhalb der EU gilt, die Daten von EU-Bürger*innen verarbeiten. Dieser gerade veröffentlichte Beitrag von Prof. Dr. Ingrid Schneider diskutiert auf der Basis empirischer Forschungen der Autorin am...

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21 January 2021|Event

Webinar: Twitter is a Bad Game

We resume our “Taming the Machines” lecture series with Prof. Dr. C. Thi Nguyen’s talk “Twitter is a Bad Game” on January 21, 2021. Prof. Nguyen will speak about the gamification of our communication on Twitter via Likes, Retweets, and Follower counts and how this increases our motivation to communicate while changing the...

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3 December 2020|Event

Webinar: The Robotic Disruption of Morality: Revolution or Evolution?

We cordiallly invite you to the next talk in our public lecture series “Taming the Machines”. Prof. Dr. John Danaher, Senior Lecturer in Law at the National University of Ireland Galway, will talk about "The Robotic Disruption of Morality: Revolution or Evolution?". John Danaher is the author of Automation and Utopia...

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3 December 2020|Event

Big Data, Artificial Intelligence & Ethics

On Dec 3rd, 2020 Prof. Dr. Judith Simon will give the first lecture in the new Data Science Colloquium, which is an event jointly organized by DASHH, the Center for Data and Computing in Natural Sciences (CDCS), the clusters of excellence CUI - Advanced Imaging of Matter and Quantum Universe of the Universität Hamburg...

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19 February 2021|Publication

Stellungnahme des MIN-Dekanats: Nichtwissenschaftlicher Aufsatz anstelle von Studie

"Das MIN-Dekanat stellt fest, dass es sich bei der gestern von der Universität Hamburg als Pressemitteilung unter der Bezeichnung „Studie“ veröffentlichten Ausarbeitung nicht um eine wissenschaftliche Studie mit qualitätsgesicherten...

19 February 2021|International

New Yorker: „Inside the Making of Facebook’s Supreme Court“

"The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook."

3 February 2021|International

TAZ: „Den Werbemarkt verändern“

"Die EU will Onlineplattformen neu regulieren. Eine Gruppe von EU-Parlamentarier:innen will ein Verbot trackingbasierter Online-Werbung."

12 January 2021|International

Financial Times: Algorithms and the coronavirus pandemic

"Backlash grows over governments’ use of automated decision making tools"

12 January 2021|International

NYT: He Created the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World.

"Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed?"

16 December 2020|International

European Commission: Digital service act and digital market act

Short version of the digital service act and digital market act, proposals presented yesterday by the EU commission

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Under "Bits and Pieces" we share reads, podcasts or videos which we find interesting. Please note that the viewpoints expressed in the shared content do not represent the position of the Ethics in Information Technology working group, any of its members, nor of the University of Hamburg.

Last update: 21 July 2020

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