On Wednesday, March 6 at 4pm (Amphi RT), Edson Prestes, professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil and international expert in AI, Robotics and Ethics, will give a presentation on the theme : « Ethics: the New Frontier of Technology ».
Title : Ethics: the New Frontier of Technology
Abstract : Nowadays, Ethics is considered the New Green. Several Companies, NGOs and Governments already understood how important is to put the human being in the center of our technological development. This implies in understanding not only the human values but also incorporating them in all technological products which may be software or hardware. If technology is developed without this consideration, certainly it will impact negatively people's daily lives. In fact, we are already witnessing this impact in current technology. There are several examples of human rights violation. This trend tends to increase if we, as a global society, do not have a wide conversation and reach on a global agreement. Fortunately, organisations like IEEE and UN are playing a proactive role in this discussion. In this talk, I intend to give an overview about the IEEE and UN initiatives and also provide information about how to join these global efforts. My main message is we need to be protagonists of our lives!
Short bio : Edson Prestes received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Science(CS) from the Federal University of Pará (UFPa), Brazil, in 1996 and M.Sc. and Ph.D. in CS from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, in 1999 and 2003, respectively. Currently, he is Professor and Leader of the Phi Robotics Research Group at Institute of Informatics/UFRGS. He is IEEE Senior Member and Member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS) and IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA). Over the past years, he has been working in different international initiatives related to Standardisation, Humanitarian Activities, Robotics and Ethics. In these groups, Edson has been served in various roles. For instance, he is Associate Vice-President in Industrial Activities Board at IEEE RAS; vice-chair of IEEE RAS Standing Committee for Standards Activities; chair of the IEEE RAS/SA P7007 - Ontological Standard for Ethically Driven Robotics and Automation Systems Working Group; member of the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems; member of the IEEE RAS Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology; member of the MIT/IEEE CXI - Global Council on Extended Intelligence; Academic Committee Member of the Zhejiang University Robotics Institute, China; Fellow at EP3 Foundation and Member of the European AI Alliance. Recently, The UN Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres invited Edson to be member of the UN High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation co-chaired by Ms. Melinda Gates and Mr. Jack Ma.