Art offers a unique lens through which to critically examine the technology we build, and (re)evaluate its meaning and function in the world. These projects bring artists, engineers, and other academics and makers into contact with one another in the ...
Healthcare Robotics & AI
Projects Global Pandemic App Watch Publications Scassa, T., Millar, J., Bronson, K. (2020). “Privacy, Ethics, and Contact-tracing Apps.” In Co ...
Autonomous Weapons and Military Robotics
Publications Kerr, I., Millar, J., Burkell, J. (2018). “Targeting Trust: A Workshop on the Nature and Role of Trust in Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) Policy Development.” Report to Defence Research and Development Canada. ...
Ethical Design Tools for Robotics & AI
Exploring and explicating various ethical concepts, principles and issues are only the starting point when it comes to ethical engineering. Empowering engineers, computer scientists, data scientists (and other technologists) to engage in meaningful e ...
Robotics & AI Policy and Governance
Publications Bronson, K., Millar, J. (2020). “Peer Review for Automated Decision-Making Tools Under Canada’s Directive on Automated Decision-Making: A Model Peer Review Process and Recommendations for Best Practice.” Report to the Canad ...
Social Robotics & AI
Publications Millar, J. (2020). “Social Failure Modes in Technology and the Ethics of AI: An Engineering Perspective.” In Markus Dubber, Frank Pasquale and Sunit Das (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI. (N ...
Automated Vehicles and the Future of Mobility
Automation technologies are fundamentally changing mobility and our relationship with driving, raising new and challenging ethical and legal questions. How should engineers, city planners, and policymakers respond to these new technologies? What tool ...
COVID-19 Contact-Tracing: Ethics, Society, and Law
Drs. Jason Millar (Canada Research Chair in the Ethical Engineering of Robotics and AI), Teresa Scassa (Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy), and Kelly Bronson (Canada Research Chair in Science and Society) are studying the et ...
From Nuclear Weapons to Killer Robots: A Conversation on Science and Responsibility
On Thursday, March 19th the University of Toronto’s Hart House will host From Nuclear Weapons to Killer Robots: A Conversation on Science and Responsibility. Dr. Jason Millar (CRAiEDL Director) will be joining Dr. John Polanyi for a con ...
We (the North!) Robot 2020
The Center for Law, Technology, and Society (CLTS) at the University of Ottawa will be hosting We Robot 2020, North America’s premiere international conference on law and policy relating to Robotics and AI. We Robot 2020 is co-chaired ...