Elizabeth O’Neill will receive a Veni grant awarded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to outstanding researchers who have recently obtained their Ph.D. Elizabeth’s project, entitled “The Artificial Ethicists”, investigates what we should do with the advice of AI that can reason about ethics. This personal award will allow Elizabeth to conduct independent research...
By John Danaher Friday, June 29, 2018 In this episode I talk to Sven Nyholm about self-driving cars. Sven is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at TU Eindhoven with an interest in moral philosophy and the ethics of technology. Recently, Sven has been working on the ethics of self-driving cars, focusing in particular on the ethical...
Sex robots are coming. We might even fall in love with them. A philosophy professor explains why. By Sean Illing@seanilling sean.illing@vox.com May 11, 2018, 8:10am EDT Is mutual love with a robot possible? And if it is possible, would it make relationships between human beings less desirable? Those are the questions examined by...
The Philosophy and Ethics group at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands seeks a full professor in Ethics of Technology, with specific interests in ethical issues concerning smart systems, robotics and artificial intelligence. Institutional Setting The position is embedded in the Philosophy & Ethics (P&E) group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). The...
The Department of Philosophy and Ethics at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands invites applications for the position of assistant professor in Ethics of Technology, commencing August 15th 2018. Candidates will have earned a PhD in philosophy by the date of application and demonstrate evidence of excellence in both teaching and research....
The Research group Philosophy & Ethics of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences (IE &IS) seeks a postdoctoral fellow for an appointment of 2,5 years full time (or 3 years 0,8 FTE). The Department engages in research and teaching in the areas of industrial engineering, management science, and innovation science. The mission...
The PhD project is part of the Horizon 2020 Science with and for Society project ‘SCALINGS – Scaling up Co-creation: Avenues and Limits for Integrating Society in Science and Innovation’. This is a joint program of the Philosophy and Ethics group at TU/e, together with 8 other universities across Europe as Technical University Munich,...
The PhD project is part of the Horizon 2020 Science with and for Society project ‘SCALINGS – Scaling up Co-creation: Avenues and Limits for Integrating Society in Science and Innovation’. This is a joint program of the Philosophy and Ethics group at TU/e, together with 8 other universities across Europe as Technical University Munich,...
Tutorial Teacher Philosophy / Applied Ethics, April – July 2018 (part time), Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands The University of Eindhoven seeks to appoint Junior Lecturers in philosophy (ethics) (part time) for the period from April 9th to July 9th 2018. The lecturer will be expected to assist in teaching a...
I am hiring a postdoctoral researcher for 18 month to join my NWO-MVI project “robots in the warehouse”. Postdoctoral fellow: the ethics of human-robot collaboration in logistic warehouses (0,7fte) Intended starting date: preferably April 1, 2018 (but no later than June 1, 2018) Deadline: please apply as soon as possible, and at latest March...
The Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences (IE&IS) Eindhoven University of Technology Vacancy ID: V39.3017 Starting date: Preferably November or December 2017 The Research group Philosophy & Ethics of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences (IE &IS) seeks a postdoctoral fellow for an appointment of one year (0,5 fte). The...
The Challenge The Philosophy Department of Eindhoven University of Technology is responsible for the daily management of the Centre as of January 1st 2018. The Centre has a Graduate School with currently 19 PhD students enrolled. Together with the Scientific Director and the Managing Director, the Assistant Director forms the daily board of the...
