Syllabus

Title
2100 Interdisziplinäres Research Seminar Law, Ethics and Data
Instructors
Univ.Prof. Dr. Axel Polleres, Univ.Prof. Dr. Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff
Type
PI
Weekly hours
2
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
10/02/17 to 10/08/17
Registration via LPIS
Notes to the course
Dates
Day Date Time Room
Monday 10/09/17 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM TC.4.16
Wednesday 10/11/17 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM D1.1.074
Monday 10/16/17 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM TC.5.16
Thursday 11/09/17 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM D2.2.094
Wednesday 11/15/17 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM TC.3.11
Monday 11/27/17 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM TC.4.18
Wednesday 11/29/17 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM TC.4.12
Wednesday 12/06/17 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM TC.5.12
Wednesday 12/06/17 02:00 PM - 08:00 PM Ort nach Ankündigung
Wednesday 12/13/17 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM D2.1.062
Contents

Mo,09.10.2017 14:00-16:00 Introduction: Students' 5min presentations: background, motivation, Topic they work on and how it relates to the topic of the Seminar.

Mi 11.10.2017 14:00-16:00 Sarah Spiekermann: P7000: IEEE’s first standard on Ethical Systems Engineering

Mo,16.10.2017 12:00-14:00 Christiane Wendehorst: The ALI-ELI Principles for a Data Economy: Investment protection, data protection, and other challenges

Thu 9.11 12:00-14:00 Jeffrey Sachs: Automation implications for society

Mi, 15.11.2017 13:00-15:00 Bernadette Kamleitner: Data Ownership

Mo, 27.11.2017 12:00-14:00 TBA

Mi, 29.11.2017 13:00-15:00 TBA 

Mo, 06.12.2017 12:00-14:00 Uhr - Ben Wagner: Governing Automation and Algorithms responsibly

Learning outcomes

Students will learn of core subject matters debated in the research field of private & sustainable computing.

Teaching/learning method(s)

This seminar will see presentations by major experts in their field of privacy & sustainable computing. The experts invited to speak at this seminar are are mostly external experts from other unversities and research institutes. But the seminar also sees some presentations from our own staff to ensure everyone is 'a-jour' on what the Privacy & Sustainability Lab is currently doing.

Assessment

50%  in-class participation

50%  reflection & readings

Prerequisites for participation and waiting lists

Anyone who is interested in private & sustainable computing can participate in this seminar. That is: We also welcome students from the law school, from business ethics, from computer science, etc.

The research staff of WU's Privacy & Sustainability Lab is expected to be present in this seminar.

Readings
1 Author: EU Parliament and the Councial
Title:

REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEANPARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of naturalpersons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movementof such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data ProtectionRegulation)


Publisher: Official Journal of the European Union, EU Parliament and the Councial, Editor: Brussels
Year: 2016
2 Author: S. Spiekermann
Title:

Ethical IT Innovation - A Value-based System Design Approach 


Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, New York, London and Boca Raton
Year: 2016
3 Author: S. Spiekermann, J. Korunovska
Title:

Towards a Value Theory for Personal Data


Publisher: Journal of Information Technology (JIT)
Remarks: forthcoming
Year: 2016
Last edited: 2017-09-29



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