Duration: 01-10-2021 → 30-09-2023
Law enforcement and privacy
Pop AI aims at fostering trust in the application of AI and AI-enable mechanisms in the security domain, by increasing awareness, social engagement and gathering knowledge and expertise from multiple sectors (e.g. academic and non-academic actors). This approach will offer a unified European view across LEAs (Law Enforcement Agencies), while encouraging the creation of...
Duration: 01-02-2021 → 31-01-2024
Explain Yourself! The scope of understanding and explanation from machine learning models
Machine learning models influence impactful decisions. However, such models are increasingly complex and opaque, challenging current philosophical theories of explanation and understanding. This project develops a new framework for identifying whether understanding from machine learning models is possible, and the impact these models have on theories of explanation. More information can be found here....
Duration: 01-09-2018 → 31-08-2023
Anthropocene Ethics: Taking animal agency seriously
Recent advances in scientific research on animal consciousness and the philosophy of animal minds have called into question the sharp division between human and animal minds, showing that animals have more agency – the capacity for self-willed action – than has been presumed. Ironically, whereas on the one hand science and technology have led...
Duration: 01-11-2019 → 31-12-2023
Framework for responsible and accountable deprivation area mapping in support of pro-poor policies (FRAME-PRO)
Locational data (“geo-data”) has become increasingly available due to technological innovation. This innovation has improved the capability of capturing, storing and processing vast amounts of geo-data, producing results which have commercial and administrative value. For example, such data are essential in the SDG agenda. While there is a growing awareness of the ethical challenges...