Case study: Your Data Stories
Project Title: YourDataStories Project Description: The proposed solution refers to a web platform for re-purposing data into news and vice versa based on Web 3.0 technologies. The underlying Data as a Service (DaaS) architecture will enable professional and simple users to discover, remix, publish and monitor their digital content under the same or different context. … Continue reading "Case study: Your Data Stories"
Read MoreHow can we ensure robots share our values? Deepmind investigates
DeepMind launches new research team to investigate AI ethics With each passing week more investment is directed towards the pursuit of ethical AI development. For years there has been a worrying lag between technology development and human engagement with the moral and human rights issues that these technologies will surface. Google’s Deepmind is the latest … Continue reading "How can we ensure robots share our values? Deepmind investigates"
Read MoreData Ethics’ future is cross-disciplinary: the US science foundation is willing to bet on it
October 2, 2017 The National Science Foundation in the US has just granted $3m to a study on data ethics designed to develop guidelines and other resources for researchers and industry. The University of Maryland is part of a six-institution collaboration called Pervade – over the next four years, Pervade wants to put together a clearer … Continue reading " Data Ethics’ future is cross-disciplinary: the US science foundation is willing to bet on it"
Read MoreCase Study: Obesity in Children
Project Title: The Big O Project Description: The BigO project allows European citizens to engage in the collection of data that will throw light on obesity in children. It will be facilitated through the development of a platform, allowing the quantification of behavioural community patterns through Big Data provided by wearables and eHealth- devices. … Continue reading "Case Study: Obesity in Children"
Read MoreCase Study: Smart Stadiums
Project Title: Smart Stadium Project – ethics study Project Description: The Smart Stadium project is a collaboration between Dublin City University, Intel, Microsoft and Croke Park (the third largest sports stadium in Europe). The project seeks to harness existing Internet of Things technologies to develop new smart city technologies and to validate these in a … Continue reading "Case Study: Smart Stadiums"
Read MoreCase Study: Where Virtual Reality and Social Networks Converge
Project Title: Reverie Project Description: This three and a half year EU project, called Reverie (now concluded), was designed to examine the convergence of virtual reality and social networks. The work was accompanied by an ethical scan of the virtual reality/social network horizon, conducted in DCU and resulting in two publications in ethics journals. The … Continue reading "Case Study: Where Virtual Reality and Social Networks Converge"
Read MoreCase Study: A crisis management system
Project Title: Crisis Management System Project Description: Social media can be a source of vital information during crisis situations but the sheer amount of information available and the accuracy of that information presents a significant challenge. The aim of this project is to provide an intelligent system that can assist relief organisations, emergency services, journalists, … Continue reading "Case Study: A crisis management system"
Read MoreCase study: Insight4News
Project Title: Insight4news Project Description: Insight4News is a system that connects news articles to social conversations, as echoed in microblogs such as Twitter. Insight4News tracks feeds from mainstream media, e.g., BBC, Irish Times, and extracts relevant topics that summarize the tweet activity around each article, recommends relevant hashtags, and presents complementary views and statistics on … Continue reading "Case study: Insight4News"
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