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Ethics Week in DCU
Ethics Week in DCU - a great success

DCU Ethics and Privacy Week 2021

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For the second year running, DCU hosted a successful series of lunchtime lectures for Ethics and Privacy Week. Dr Rob Brennan, ADAPT and DCU School of Computing, and Dr Fiachra O'Brolchain, Institute of Ethics, DCU, organised four virutal, cross-disciplinary lunchtime lectures and brought together a variety of experts to discuss the current issues and concerns in the area of ethics and privacy. 

Areas of discussion included the growth of the digital economy and widespread use of AI and personal data processing. Events like the Cambridge Analytica scandal have highlighted the impacts and the need for heightened awareness of data ethics, privacy and data protection. These are interdisciplinary concerns cross-cutting both the social sciences, law, ethics as well as computing, engineering, maths, health and business domains. There is a clear need to raise awareness, debate the issues and share best practice.

 

Data Ethics in Data Science, the SSIX Project Experience.

Lecture with Dr Brian Davis (ADAPT, School of Computing, DCU)

Moderated by Dr Rob Brennan (ADAPT, School of Computing, DCU)

Watch here 

 

Seek and ye shall find bias: ethical issues in social science research employing big data.

Lecture with Michał Wieczorek & Mohammad Hosseini (School of Theology, Philosophy and Music, DCU) 

Moderated by Dr Fiachra O'Brolchain (Institute of Ethics, School of Theology Philosophy and Music, DCU)

Watch here 

 

Panel discussion: Ethical Data Design for Older People.

Prof Britt Ostlund (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Health) Dr Tim Jacquemard (Researcher in Residence the Oireachtas Library & Research Services/Researcher eHealth Governance and Regulation in FutureNeuro)

Dr Jonathan Lewis (School of Theology, Philosophy and Music, DCU)

Moderated by Dr Fiachra O'Brolchain (Institute of Ethics, School of Theology Philosophy and Music, DCU)

Watch here

 

Genetic Data Collection and Analysis: Privacy implications for society based on individual rights decisions.

Lecture with Dr Roisin Costello (School of Law and Government, DCU)

Moderated by Dr Rob Brennan (ADAPT, School of Computing, DCU)

Watch here  

 

For more information about DCU Ethics and Privacy Week 2021 please contact:  rob.brennan@dcu.ie