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ND TEC Launches Undergraduate Minor in Tech Ethics

What are the ethical responsibilities associated with developing artificial intelligence systems? What about the moral obligations of the companies and other entities that...

On Personal Data, Hyper-Targeting, and Privacy

Kirsten Martin is a faculty member in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business and a faculty affiliate of the Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center. Recognized nationally for her...

Technology Ethics Center Conference – Algorithmic Bias: Sources and Responses

The Technology Ethics Center at the University of Notre Dame convenes global thought leaders in academia, industry, non-profit organizations, and governmental agencies to develop...

Numbers Can Lie: When algorithms work perfectly but fail miserably

The famous saying, “numbers don’t lie,” might work when reporting the score of a football game, but even then, the numbers don’t tell the whole story. In the three...

New College of Science, ThinkND multimedia series covers algorithms and ethics

The famous saying “numbers don’t lie” might work when reporting the score of a football game, but even then, the numbers don’t tell the whole story.  Algorithms...

Firms perceived to fake social responsibility become targets for hackers, study shows

Data breaches have become daily occurrences. Research firm Cybersecurity Ventures reveals that in 2018 hackers stole half a billion personal records — a 126 percent jump from...

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Ten Years Hence 2020: Andrew Borene

Control Freak: Maintaining Privacy and Security in the Quantum Era Andrew Borene, President & CEO, Cipherloc Corporation Andrew Borene has been the Chief Executive Officer...

Data Privacy

On ‘How Charts Lie’ and Increasing Graphicacy

Alberto Cairo is an associate professor and the Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at the University of Miami’s School of Communication. The former director for infographics and...

The Case Against Idealising Control

With growing concerns over data breaches and privacy, some argue that control over one’s data is necessary, but that might not be the most practical solution, argues Professor...

Fighting to Uncover the Evidence

When recent Notre Dame graduate Christina Casino started as an intern in the Cyber Crimes Unit three years ago, she did not expect the stark reality she confronted in her second...