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07 December 2022

Behnam Taebi en Sabine Roeser bij NEMO Kennislink over burgers betrekken bij het debat over kernenergie

Terwijl de politiek nieuwe kerncentrales plant, is het publieke debat over kernenergie nog steeds niet goed van de grond gekomen. Argumenten tegen kernenergie worden vaak weggezet als ‘emotioneel’, maar juist die emotie kan het debat verder helpen, zeggen onderzoekers Sabine Roeser en Behnam Taebi.'

18 November 2022

Udo Pesch op Delta.nl over klimaatrechtvaardigheid

Klimaatrechtvaardigheid is één van de thema’s van de klimaattop in Egypte. Delta sprak met TU-ethicus Udo Pesch over de vraag: gaat er compensatie voor klimaatschade komen?

04 October 2022

Filippo Santoni de Sio bij Verenigde Naties over responsible use of AI in the military domain

Filippo Santoni de Sio talks about responsible use of AI in the military domain in a talkshow that launches the international summit on responsible AI that will be held in The Hague in February 2023. TU Delft will contribute to this summit. Video fragment starts at 15.53.

30 September 2022

Neelke Doorn in H2O waternetwerk over ethiek, techniek en water

Als kind had Neelke Doorn al een fascinatie voor techniek en water. Maar ze ontdekte gauw dat ingenieurswerk meer is dan rekenen. Inmiddels is ze hoogleraar Waterethiek aan de TU Delft. ‘Achter de grote wateropgaven gaan allerlei ethische kwesties schuil.’

12 April 2022

Janna van Grunsven receives Veni grant

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant worth up to 280,000 euros to Janna van Grunsven, a scientists of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management. The grant provides her with the opportunity to further elaborate her own research idea during a period of three years. Janna explains what her Veni research entails.

10 March 2022

Neelke Doorn in Het Waterschap over rioolwater en privacy

Rioolwatersurveillance levert belangrijke informatie op, bijvoorbeeld over de verspreiding van infectieziektes als corona of het gebruik van drugs.

InDetail: how algorithms work up to their use in society

How can a computer drive a car or write a news story? What will the impact of all these new techniques be on our lives? And how can we steer those techniques in the right direction? At InDetail, researcher Stefan Buijsman looks at all these questions, from the functioning of algorithms to their use in society.

Kun je algoritmes wel of niet vertrouwen?

reading time: 7 min

Algorithms: can you trust them or not? - TU Delft Story - Technology, Policy & Management

“Algorithms do not discriminate inherently; the human factor is key – what data we put in, at what point we find an algorithm good enough, when we intervene, and how easy we make it to lodge objections to it.” Assistant professor Stefan Buijsman is exploring how we can use artificial intelligence responsibly. His attitude is positive: “I think that good interaction between AI and people can make our word fairer, cleaner, healthier, and safer.”

Events

22 July 2024 09:00 till 26 July 2024 17:00

Summer School on The Ethics of Influence

The Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW) and TU Delft invite PhD candidates in philosophy to register for the Summer School The Ethics of Influence to take place on July 22– 26, 2024.

04 June 2024 09:00 till 18:00

Share Fair: Design for Justice

18 April 2024 14:30 till 17:30

Online Book Symposium on Sungmoon Kim’s 'Confucian Constitutionalism: Dignity, Rights, and Democracy' (OUP 2023)

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Section Ethics / Philosophy of Technology