Technological responses to COVID-19: the need for responsible innovation
The COVID-19 pandemic occurs at a time when there is also a massive availability of ICT tools and technologies. As a result, all over the world, programmers, engineers, computer scientists…
Academic Rebellion OR: why we needed a carbon-neutral conference, and how we did it
Evidence of the climate emergency is all around us. It was therefore one of the earliest considerations in our 2019 Women in AI & Ethics conference that we wanted to…
ORBIT delivered its first Ethical Hackathon at Royal Holloway
The ORBIT team has successfully delivered its first Ethical Hackathon on 05/06/19 and 06/06/19. The event was held for PhD students in Cyber Security at Royal Holloway. An Ethical Hackathon…
Elsevier’s AI report released today. ORBIT among the contributors
A few months ago, ORBIT was approached by Elsevier with regards to contributing to their report on AI. In particular the data analytics company valued the expertise of the ORBIT…
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics launches landmark enquiry into data and technology ethics
Data’s role in our lives has increased but regulators are struggling to keep up with the pace of change. It’s clear that the UK, like many other countries, is facing…
Building low-cost lab equipment in Zimbabwe
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in Africa is often held back by shortages of laboratory equipment in teaching institutions. Even very basic pieces of equipment can be very…
Highlights of one of ORBIT’s Foundations workshops
In the past months, a new paper by Wolovick & Moore was published which focused on mitigating sea level rise. The work done by the authors is in the field of…
ORBIT contributes to moving the global technological agenda towards social good at the Web Summit
With more than 70,000 attendees over a four-day period, the Web Summit in Lisbon brought together politicians, technologists, and NGOs to think together, exchange views and set priorities. With more…
Professor Marina Jirotka secures EPSRC Established Career Fellowship in Digital Economy
Professor Marina Jirotka, Oxford University’s Professor of Human-Centred Computing, has secured an EPSRC five-year Established Career Fellowship to investigate the development of responsible robots within the context of Responsible Innovation…