Ethics in IT : Department of Informatics : Universität Hamburg

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This is the homepage of the research group Ethics in Information Technology at Universität 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

"Taming the Machines" takes a Christmas break and will be back with three more lectures in January 2023. Prof. Dr. Steffen Mau kicks off the new year on Jan 10, 2023 with his lecture "Scores as Status Marker. On the Quantification of the Social". This winter term, "Taming the Machines" focusses on "Artificial Intelligence, Digital Technologies, and the Future of Human Sociality". Find the complete program here.

Now available on Lecture2Go: last summer term's program with lectures by Sabina Leonelli, Mirko Tobias Schäfer, Katja Mayer, Geoffrey Bowker, Shannon Vallor and Fred Turner. Please also browse our past programs and stream previous talks.

News

Michael Nagenborg in the foreground and two Star Wars Storm Troopers in the background

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29 November 2022|Event

Public Lecture: Cities and Numbers

In the upcoming “Taming the Machines” lecture “Cities and Numbers” on Nov 29, 2022, Prof. Dr. Michael Nagenborg (University of Twente, NL) would like to raise the awareness of the mundane and more fundamental acts of counting and measuring urban spaces. We cordially invite you to join us for this hybrid lecture.

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22 November 2022|Event

Webinar: On the Digital Transformation of Care. An Ethical Reflection

The lecture by Dr. Janina Loh (Stabsstelle Ethik bei der Stiftung Liebenau, Meckenbeuren) on Nov 22, 2022 deals with the digital transformations that we can currently observe in healthcare and especially in the care sector. Through four categories – manufacturing and design, autonomy and task, data and security, and context...

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1 November 2022|Event

Public Lecture: Imagining Democracy through the Lens of Learning Machines

Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) & FU Berlin) kicks off this winter term's "Taming the Machines" lecture series. Her talk "Imagining Democracy through the Lens of Learning Machines" is an on-site event but will also be broadcasted at the same time as a Zoom Webinar.

journal cover of "AI and Ethics" published by Springer

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27 October 2022|Publication

Newly published: Reexamining computer ethics in light of AI systems and AI regulation

This paper by Mattis Jacobs and Judith Simon was published on October 24, 2022 in "AI and Ethics".

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25 October 2022|Event

Keynote at ECSS 2022: "IT for Good? Ethics in Computer Science Education & Practice"

The 18th European Computer Science Summit (ECSS) 2022 in Hamburg, Germany, is going to address the topic “Workforce for the Digital Transformation” from different perspectives. One of the keynote speakers will be Prof. Dr. Judith Simon. Digital technologies are permeating and thereby affecting almost every aspect of our...

seminar announcement dli cornell tech: 975 minutes and 13 speakers

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20 October 2022|Event

Talk at Digital Life Seminar, Cornell Tech: "Dis/Trusting AI?"

Prof. Dr. Judith Simon is one of the speakers at this seminar series, which offers students and guests an opportunity to engage actively with leading scholars and practitioners researching and responding to the development and application of digital technologies. In her talk on October 20, 2022 at 19:00 CEST, Judith Simon...

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