Entrepreneurship and Tech Ethics

Entrepreneurship and Tech Ethics

In this episode we’re joined by Kevin Bowyer, Ph.D., the Schubmehl-Prein Family Professor of Computer Science and Engineering University of Notre Dame for a conversation about artificial intelligence, technology ethics, and entrepreneurship. Kevin’s research is in the areas of computer vision and human biometrics, with an emphasis on practical applications. His work has been foundational to the recent renaissance in artificial intelligence.

Kevin has had a truly fascinating career in computer science, beginning with an early foray into computer vision and pattern recognition which led to big questions about where the technology was headed. Kevin will tell us about a book he authored on computer ethics in the 1990s, and how things have changed since he started teaching a course on ethics in Notre Dame’s Computer Science and Engineering department more recently. He’ll also share his experience teaching a course on technology entrepreneurship, including practical tips for aspiring founders and insider stories about start-up companies that have spun out of Notre Dame.

The Ethics at Work podcast is edited and produced by Nat Todaro and Megan Levis. To learn more about the ethics at work project you can find us at ethicsatwork.nd.edu.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023 8:00 am

In this episode we’re joined by Kevin Bowyer, Ph.D., the Schubmehl-Prein Family Professor of Computer Science and Engineering University of Notre Dame for a conversation about artificial intelligence, technology ethics, and entrepreneurship. Kevin’s research is in the areas of computer vision and human biometrics, with an emphasis on practical applications. His work has been foundational to the recent renaissance in artificial intelligence.

Kevin has had a truly fascinating career in computer science, beginning with an early foray into computer vision and pattern recognition which led to big questions about where the technology was headed. Kevin will tell us about a book he authored on computer ethics in the 1990s, and how things have changed since he started teaching a course on ethics in Notre Dame’s Computer Science and Engineering department more recently. He’ll also share his experience teaching a course on technology entrepreneurship, including practical tips for aspiring founders and insider stories about start-up companies that have spun out of Notre Dame. 

The Ethics at Work podcast is edited and produced by Nat Todaro and Megan Levis. To learn more about the ethics at work project you can find us at ethicsatwork.nd.edu.

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Meet the Speaker: Kevin Bowyer

Kevin Bowyer is the Schubmehl-Prein Family Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Professor Bowyer is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), for distinguished contributions to the field of computer vision and pattern recognition, biometrics, object recognition and data science, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), for contributions to algorithms for recognizing objects in images, and Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), for contributions to computer vision, pattern recognition and biometrics, and received an IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award for pioneering contributions to the science and engineering of biometrics. Professor Bowyer has served as Editor-In-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science and the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.

Interview with Kevin Bowyer

In this video, Prof. Walter Scheirer, Computer Science, interviews Dr. Kevin Bowyer, Schubmehl-Prein Family Professor, Computer Science and Engineering. Both are faculty at the University of Notre Dame.

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