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Digital humanism in practice — How is AI implemented ethically? | Thursday, June 27th 2024, 17:00 – 19:00, D3.0.225, WU Vienna
by Soheil Human 18 Jun '24

18 Jun '24

Dear Colleagues, You might have heard about or be working on Digital Humanism and are curious about how ethical considerations regarding AI can be addressed in practice. Our upcoming event, co-organized with the Institute for Information Systems & Society (WU Wien), might be of great interest to you. Participation is free of charge. Due to limited capacity, we kindly ask that you register as soon as possible (by June 23, 2024) at the following link: https://www.wu.ac.at/ec/events Title: Digital humanism in practice — How is AI implemented ethically? Abstract: AI poses enormous challenges for our society. How can our organizations benefit from AI, but at the same time introduce IT systems in a more human-centric, participatory and democratic way than has been the case in the past 20 years? In other words: How can we really build technology FOR humanity? Value-based engineering was standardized in 2022 in the first globally ratified standard for ethical system design (ISO/IEEE 24748-7000). Now this can be the way to realize digital humanism in practice. We would like to invite you to find out what is happening here in Vienna, in Austria, in organizations that use AI. And how can you become part of this movement yourself? This event will inform you. When? Where? Thursday, June 27th 2024, 17:00 – 19:00 Room: Hörsaal D3.0.225, Building D3 WU Wien Welthandelsplatz 1 A-1020, Vienna Map: https://campus.wu.ac.at/?q=D3.0.225 Agenda: 17:00, Welcome, Sarah Spiekermann, WU Vienna 17:15, Value-based Engineering at the City of Vienna, RightmindedAI (CEO Mario Tokarz) & Martin Giesswein 17:30, Value-based Engineering for AI at ibis acam, MSG Plaut (Svenja Schröder, Florian Wurzer) 17:45, Value-based dialogue analysis for the AMS Berufsinformat, Aschauer IT (CEO Lukas Rohm & Sarah Spiekermann) 18:00, Value-based Engineering for Data Hub Tirol, Sophisticated Simplicity GmbH (CEO Sabine Singer) 18:15, The new person certification scheme of Austrian Standards, The “VBE Ambassador” (Gisela Krenn, Austrian Standards) 18:30, Farewell and announcements We look forward to your participation. Best regards, Soheil Human -- Director Sustainable Computing Lab https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu <https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/> Institute for Information Management and Control Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) Lecturer of Human-centric Digital Sciences University of Vienna Kindly note that I’m sending this email at a time that is convenient for me. Please reply at a convenient time for you. I appreciate your work/life balance.

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Our meetings today
by Soheil Human 17 Aug '23

17 Aug '23

Dear all, I had a meeting with Alenka now and as I am not in Vienna it seems that my connection is very poor. It was almost impossible to have a constructive conversation with her. Here are my suggestions regarding our meetings today: Our lab meeting will be shifted to next Monday that I am back to Wien. If you dont have an urgent matter, you can reserve a slot on next Thursday (https://www.termino.gv.at/meet/en/p/06853cd70456c1f185a5211f631c4e98-59186). If you have an urgent matter which is not sensitive, please leave me voice messages via Signal (or write via Signal) and let's have a asynchronous simulated meeting. If you have an urgent matter that is very sensitive and urgent and cannot wait 2 working days, please write me on signal so that I call you via normal phone (not internet-based) => I am not sure if this works but we can try. Sorry for any inconvenience.... Best regards, Soheil -- Director Sustainable Computing Lab https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu <https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/> Institute for Information Systems and New Media, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) https://nm.wu.ac.at/human Lecturer of Human-centric Digital Sciences University of Vienna Kindly note that I’m sending this email at a time that is convenient for me. Please reply at a convenient time for you. I appreciate your work/life balance.

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Office Hours and Lab Meeting, This Thursday
by Soheil Human 08 Aug '23

08 Aug '23

Dear all, Hope all is well. We will have a lab meeting this thursday at 16:00. Please let me know if you like to present your work. I also offer office hours this thursday at 14:00 => https://www.termino.gv.at/meet/en/p/06853cd70456c1f185a5211f631c4e98-59186 Looking forward to it, Best, Soheil -- Director Sustainable Computing Lab https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu <https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/> Institute for Information Systems and New Media, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) https://nm.wu.ac.at/human Lecturer of Human-centric Digital Sciences University of Vienna Kindly note that I’m sending this email at a time that is convenient for me. Please reply at a convenient time for you. I appreciate your work/life balance.

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Online Lab Meeting, tomorrow Wed June 21st at 16:00 - 17:00
by Soheil Human 21 Jun '23

21 Jun '23

Dear all, Hope all is well. I’m back to office and we will have an online one hour lab meeting tomorrow at 16:00. Looking forward to it, Best, Soheil -- Director Sustainable Computing Lab https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu <https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/> Institute for Information Systems and New Media, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) https://nm.wu.ac.at/human Lecturer of Human-centric Digital Sciences University of Vienna Kindly note that I’m sending this email at a time that is convenient for me. Please reply at a convenient time for you. I appreciate your work/life balance.

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TODAY, May 4th 15:00 – 17:00 | Sarah Spiekermann and Niina Zuber | Value-based Engineering and Ethical Software Development | Sustainable Computing Lecture Series
by Soheil Human 04 May '23

04 May '23

Dear colleagues, Just a quick reminder that today is the day for our Sustainable Computing Lectures on “Ethics in Agile Software Development” by Niina Zuber and “Value-based Engineering (VBE) with IEEE 7000: The New Ethical Model Process for Value-based System Design” by Sarah Spiekermann. > Time: Thursday, 04.05.2023, 15:00 - 17:00 > > Location: WU Wien, TC.5.01 Auditorium, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Wien > Map: https://campus.wu.ac.at/?campus=1&q=TC.5.01 > > You can also participate online via Zoom: https://wu-ac-at.zoom.us/j/94811049273?pwd=djhJMTJYOUR5REZJaHZ2RXQyVExndz09 We hope you can join us. Looking forward to a lively and engaging event together! Best regards, Soheil -- Director Sustainable Computing Lab https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu <https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/> Institute for Information Systems and New Media, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) https://nm.wu.ac.at/human Lecturer of Human-centric Digital Sciences University of Vienna Kindly note that I’m sending this email at a time that is convenient for me. Please reply at a convenient time for you. I appreciate your work/life balance. > On 02.05.2023, at 12:07, Soheil Human <soheil.human(a)wu.ac.at> wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > It's my pleasure to extend to you an invitation to our upcoming Sustainable Computing Lecture centered around Value-based Engineering and Ethical Software Development as we all strive to deepen our understanding and commitment to responsible practices. > > This is a hybrid event that will include two talks: > > Talk 1 by Niina Zuber (Bavarian Institute for Digital Transformation) [15:00 - 15:45] > Title: Ethics in Agile Software Development > > Abstract - Recent advances in the development and application of software systems are triggering a wide-ranging ethical discourse. Among the much discussed topics are bias, data security, privacy, and the low explainability of algorithms. However, ethical concerns must also be considered in the context of software development in general. Enriching the software development process with ethical deliberation promises to be beneficial and purposeful. > > The ethical Deliberation proves thereby as triad: > > 1. as an identification of values, norms and rules, which is systematically carried out in a disclosive ethics. > 2. as a process of consideration that leads to a justified prioritization. > 3. as an implementation of values, norms and rules in technical settings. > > Ethical deliberation will assist developers to systematically address ethical issues related to specific IT concerns. The implementation of ethical deliberation in agile development practice seems particularly constructive, as agile processes are a widespread standard in software development and provide a favorable basis for ethical deliberation in the development process due to the empowerment of the individual through flat hierarchies or functioning team structures. > > Bio: > Dr. Niina Zuber is a scientific officer in the research department at bidt. The ethicist was a research consultant at Cognostics AG (start-up in the field of software development). She focuses on the topics of application-oriented rationality theory, ethical software design, and normative conceptualization of platforms for digital citizen participation. Before joining bidt, she worked for many years at LMU Munich and at the Center for Digitalization Bavaria (ZD.B). > > Talk 2 by Sarah Spiekermann (WU Wien) [15:45 - 16:30] > Title: Value-based Engineering (VBE) with IEEE 7000: The New Ethical Model Process for Value-based System Design > > Abstract - This talk is going to give the audience an overview of the new ISO/IEEE 24 748-7000 standard, which is the world’s first standardized approach to build ‘ethical machines’. The talk will summarize the 10 principles of VBE and the 3 phases of system development necessary to build a new IT system in a transparent way, informed by moral philosophy, discourse ethics and risk logic. For more information on Value-bade Engineering, see here: https://www.wu.ac.at/value-based-engineering/ > > Bio: > Since 2009 Sarah Spiekermann is chairing the Institute for Information Systems & Society at Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna). She is a well-regarded scientist, author, speaker and advisor on digital ethics. She published several books, including “Value-based Engineering – A guide to building ethical technology for humanity” (DeGruyter, 2023), “Digital Ethics – A Value System for the 21st Century” (Droemer, 2019) and “Ethical IT Innovation: A Value-based System Design Approach” (Taylor & Francis, 2015), as well as over 100 articles in leading academic journals such as “Communications of the ACM”, JIT, “IEEE Transactions” or “Science, Technology and Values”. In 2016 Sarah co-founded the “Sustainable Computing Lab”. In the same year she also started vice-chairing IEEE’s “P7000” project, leading the development of the first model process for ethical system design (or what is called “VBE – Value-based Engineering”) published in 2021 (also referenced as ISO/IEC/IEEE 24 748-7000). > > Collective discussions and networking [16:30 - 17:00] > > Time: Thursday, 04.05.2023, 15:00 - 17:00 > > Location: WU Wien, TC.5.01 Auditorium, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Wien > Map: https://campus.wu.ac.at/?campus=1&q=TC.5.01 > > You can also participate online via Zoom: https://wu-ac-at.zoom.us/j/94811049273?pwd=djhJMTJYOUR5REZJaHZ2RXQyVExndz09 > > > Looking forward to meeting you on Thursday, > Best regards, > Soheil > > -- > > Director > Sustainable Computing Lab > https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu <https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/> > Institute for Information Systems and New Media, > Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) > https://nm.wu.ac.at/human > > Lecturer of Human-centric Digital Sciences > University of Vienna > > > > Kindly note that I’m sending this email at a time that is convenient for me. Please reply at a convenient time for you. I appreciate your work/life balance. >

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Thursday, May 4th 15:00 – 17:00 | Sarah Spiekermann and Niina Zuber | Value-based Engineering and Ethical Software Development | Sustainable Computing Lecture Series
by Soheil Human 03 May '23

03 May '23

Dear colleagues, It's my pleasure to extend to you an invitation to our upcoming Sustainable Computing Lecture centered around Value-based Engineering and Ethical Software Development as we all strive to deepen our understanding and commitment to responsible practices. This is a hybrid event that will include two talks: Talk 1 by Niina Zuber (Bavarian Institute for Digital Transformation) [15:00 - 15:45] Title: Ethics in Agile Software Development Abstract - Recent advances in the development and application of software systems are triggering a wide-ranging ethical discourse. Among the much discussed topics are bias, data security, privacy, and the low explainability of algorithms. However, ethical concerns must also be considered in the context of software development in general. Enriching the software development process with ethical deliberation promises to be beneficial and purposeful. The ethical Deliberation proves thereby as triad: 1. as an identification of values, norms and rules, which is systematically carried out in a disclosive ethics. 2. as a process of consideration that leads to a justified prioritization. 3. as an implementation of values, norms and rules in technical settings. Ethical deliberation will assist developers to systematically address ethical issues related to specific IT concerns. The implementation of ethical deliberation in agile development practice seems particularly constructive, as agile processes are a widespread standard in software development and provide a favorable basis for ethical deliberation in the development process due to the empowerment of the individual through flat hierarchies or functioning team structures. Bio: Dr. Niina Zuber is a scientific officer in the research department at bidt. The ethicist was a research consultant at Cognostics AG (start-up in the field of software development). She focuses on the topics of application-oriented rationality theory, ethical software design, and normative conceptualization of platforms for digital citizen participation. Before joining bidt, she worked for many years at LMU Munich and at the Center for Digitalization Bavaria (ZD.B). Talk 2 by Sarah Spiekermann (WU Wien) [15:45 - 16:30] Title: Value-based Engineering (VBE) with IEEE 7000: The New Ethical Model Process for Value-based System Design Abstract - This talk is going to give the audience an overview of the new ISO/IEEE 24 748-7000 standard, which is the world’s first standardized approach to build ‘ethical machines’. The talk will summarize the 10 principles of VBE and the 3 phases of system development necessary to build a new IT system in a transparent way, informed by moral philosophy, discourse ethics and risk logic. For more information on Value-bade Engineering, see here: https://www.wu.ac.at/value-based-engineering/ Bio: Since 2009 Sarah Spiekermann is chairing the Institute for Information Systems & Society at Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna). She is a well-regarded scientist, author, speaker and advisor on digital ethics. She published several books, including “Value-based Engineering – A guide to building ethical technology for humanity” (DeGruyter, 2023), “Digital Ethics – A Value System for the 21st Century” (Droemer, 2019) and “Ethical IT Innovation: A Value-based System Design Approach” (Taylor & Francis, 2015), as well as over 100 articles in leading academic journals such as “Communications of the ACM”, JIT, “IEEE Transactions” or “Science, Technology and Values”. In 2016 Sarah co-founded the “Sustainable Computing Lab”. In the same year she also started vice-chairing IEEE’s “P7000” project, leading the development of the first model process for ethical system design (or what is called “VBE – Value-based Engineering”) published in 2021 (also referenced as ISO/IEC/IEEE 24 748-7000). Collective discussions and networking [16:30 - 17:00] Time: Thursday, 04.05.2023, 15:00 - 17:00 Location: WU Wien, TC.5.01 Auditorium, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Wien Map: https://campus.wu.ac.at/?campus=1&q=TC.5.01 You can also participate online via Zoom: https://wu-ac-at.zoom.us/j/94811049273?pwd=djhJMTJYOUR5REZJaHZ2RXQyVExndz09 Looking forward to meeting you on Thursday, Best regards, Soheil -- Director Sustainable Computing Lab https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu <https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/> Institute for Information Systems and New Media, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) https://nm.wu.ac.at/human Lecturer of Human-centric Digital Sciences University of Vienna Kindly note that I’m sending this email at a time that is convenient for me. Please reply at a convenient time for you. I appreciate your work/life balance.

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Brown-bag Event: "Privacy Is Hard And Seven Other Myths", Prof. Jaap-Henk Hoepman | Monday, 20.03.2023, 12:00 — 13:30; WU's EA.6.032 Auditorium
by Soheil Human 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

Dear Colleagues, As you might remember, we canceled prof. Hoepman's talk in January, because of a personal matter that hindered him from traveling to Vienna. Once again, we apologize for any inconvenience that this caused some of you. The good news is that prof. Hoepman will be on WU campus next Monday (20.03.2023), and therefore, we are happy to invite you to a brown-bag event** as a part of our Sustainable Computing Lecture Series. Title: Privacy Is Hard And Seven Other Myths Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jaap-Henk Hoepman Radboud University, Karlstad University, and University of Groningen We invite our colleagues who are in Vienna to participate in the talk on WU Wien’s campus. The below Zoom link can also be used to join the lecture online. Date/Time: Monday, March 20th, from 12:00 — 13:30 Location: WU's Executive Academy, EA.6.032 Auditorium Map: https://campus.wu.ac.at/?campus=1&q=EA.6.032 Address: EA.6.032 Auditorium WU Executive Academy, 6th floor Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria Abstract: In this talk Jaap-Henk Hoepman will discuss some of the myths surrounding privacy (like "I have nothing to hide" and "We are not collecting personal data" or "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it."). All to show that technological developments have had a tremendous impact on our privacy, but also can be used to protect our privacy. He will talk about the legal protection of privacy through the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and discuss how relying on purely legal measures is not enough. The systems themselves should be designed in a privacy friendly manner, through privacy by design. He will explain the privacy by design philosophy, and make it concrete by describing eight privacy design strategies. Bio: Jaap-Henk Hoepman is an associate professor in IT Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen, an associate professor at the Dept. of Computer Science of Radboud University, and a guest guest professor in PRISEC - Privacy And Security at the Karlstad University. He studied computer science at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and obtained his PhD at the University of Amsterdam based on work done at the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI). His research interests focus on privacy by design and privacy-friendly protocols for identity management and the Internet of Things. Zoom Link (we appreciate it if you try to join us in person if you are in Vienna): https://wu-ac-at.zoom.us/j/94811049273?pwd=djhJMTJYOUR5REZJaHZ2RXQyVExndz09 Meeting ID: 948 1104 9273 Passcode: 561188 ** “Brown-bag events are usually held during lunchtime. Participants are allowed or even encouraged to bring their own lunch/drink since the organizers will not cater food." The event is hosted by the Sustainable Computing Lab in collaboration with the Institute for Information Systems & Society. Looking forward to it, Yours, Soheil -- Director Sustainable Computing Lab https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu <https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/> Institute for Information Systems and New Media, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) https://nm.wu.ac.at/human Kindly note that I’m sending this email at a time that is convenient for me. Please reply at a convenient time for you. I appreciate your work/life balance.

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Lab Meeting; Monday 13th, at 14:30
by Žumer, Alenka 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

Hi everyone, hope this email finds you well. Today's meeting will be at 14:30 online, and not hybrid as said in the first email. Hope this suits everybody. Wishing you a nice day, Alenka

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Lab Meeting; Monday 13th, at 14:30
by Soheil Human 09 Mar '23

09 Mar '23

Dear all, We will have a “hybrid" lab meeting on Monday 13th at 14:30. Looking forward to it, Best, Soheil -- Director Sustainable Computing Lab https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu <https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/> Institute for Information Systems and New Media, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) https://nm.wu.ac.at/human Lecturer of Human-centric Digital Sciences University of Vienna Kindly note that I’m sending this email at a time that is convenient for me. Please reply at a convenient time for you. I appreciate your work/life balance.

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My office hours this week
by Soheil Human 08 Feb '23

08 Feb '23

FYI https://www.termino.gv.at/meet/en/p/06853cd70456c1f185a5211f631c4e98-59186 Looking forward to it, Soheil -- Director Sustainable Computing Lab https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu <https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/> Institute for Information Systems and New Media, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) https://nm.wu.ac.at/human <https://nm.wu.ac.at/human> Lecturer Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna Kindly note that I’m sending this email at a time that is convenient for me. Please reply at a convenient time for you. I appreciate your work/life balance.

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