AI, Programming & Ethics: Do Ethical Questions Matter? Guest Presentation by Ville Vakkuri
Guest Speaker Ville Vakkuri, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Vakkuri’s research topic molds the AI community’s view towards ethically designed systems in artificial intelligence by embedding ethics to AI with a new practical approach.
Research Interests
- Ethical design and development of AI systems
- Practical implementation of ethics
- Machine ethics
- Conceptual ethics
- Philosophical conceptualization
He holds a MSc in Theology with a Social Ethics major from the University of Helsinki. Currently, he is a PhD student in computer science and information technology faculty member at the University of Jyväskylä.Vakkuri brings these research disciplinary areas together serving each other to provide a new level of true multidisciplinary applied research. For example, his unconventional background as an ethics professional in computer science also includes hands-on work experience on ML tools. He is also trained programmer in e.g. Java and C# as well as in Big Data. Vakkuri’s experience also includes advisory work in applied ethics in the OneSea autonomous maritime ecosystem
Event Information
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 9:00 am - 9:50 am
Oliver Hall Auditorium Room 112
The event is sponsored by the UL Lafayette School of Computing and Informatics and the Center for Visual and Decision Informatics.