Algorithmic Impact Assessment: Gianclaudio Malgieri at FTC and US Senate (Washington DC, 6 February 2020)
[Talk] On 6 February, Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) 2019 award winners Gianclaudio Malgieri and Margot Kaminski were invited to speak about Algorithmic Impact Assessment at the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Nemesis: Marco Giacalone awarded MSCA Individual Fellowship for his research on Online Dispute Resolution
[Project] Marco Giacalone has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship for his research project 'Nemesis' on Online Dispute Resolution.
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New PhD Vacancy on e-Health and human enhancement
[Vacancy] The HALL team is looking for a researcher who has a strong interest in human enhancement. A particular focus on cognitive enhancement (brain sciences and law) is especially welcome.
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The exposed psyche and the constitutional ambiguities of mind-reading: István Böröcz @LAILEC 2020 (Leuven, 18 February)
[Talk] István Böröcz will participate at the 2020 Leuven AI Law & Ethics Conference (LAILEC), which will take place on 18 February 2020 at Leuven. This year's theme is 'The Good, the Bad and the Regulated In Search of a Common Denominator for AI in Business and Society'.
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LSTS present at ACM FAT*2020 Conference in Barcelona (27-30 January 2020)
[Conference] From 27 to 30 January 2020, the ACM FAT* conference takes place in Barcelona. FAT* is a premier conference on fairness, accountability, and transparency in the tech sector, and has recently widened its scope to include more social science research.
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Legal and technical challenges of explainable AI: Gianclaudio Malgieri at CERRE Executive Seminar (Brussels, 21 January 2020)
[Talk] On 21 January 2020, Gianclaudio Malgieri participates as discussant in the Executive Seminar on Legal & Technical Challenges of Explainable AI. The event is organised by the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) and takes place from 14:00 to 17:00, at L...
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New PhD Position on Democratic Governance of Surveillance [extended deadline]
[Vacancy] The VUB Research Chair in Surveillance Studies, which is based at the Law, Science, Technology and Society Research Group, is supported by the research groups CRiS and imec-SMIT, and is coordinated by Prof. Dr.
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Fairness, Computation and the GDPR | ALTEP-DP Kick-off event (Brussels, 20 January 2020)
[Event] Marking the public launch of the project Articulating Law, Technology, Ethics and Politics: Issues of Enforcement and Jurisdiction of EU Data Protection Law under and beyond the General Data Protection Regulation (ALTEP-DP), a kick off event on Fairness, Computation and the...
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Prof Hildebrandt speaks on 'Consequences of artificial intelligence and blockchain for the law'
Prof Mireille Hildebrandt will join the illustrious Bitburger Gespräche in Mainz, organised by the Institut für Rechtspolitik of Trier University on 9-10 January 2020, to give a dinner speech on the subject of AI, Blockchain and the law.
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Irene Kamara holds seminar on Data Protection certification (TILT, 15 January 2020)
[Seminar] Researcher Irene Kamara will give a seminar on data protection certification, presenting the results of the European Commission study on Arts.
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New research project on surveillance and transnational repression
[Project] LSTS hosts a new two-year research project funded by a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship.
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LSTS Books of the year 2019
Every year, the members of the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) Research Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) are invited to reflect on the books that have influenced the most their (academic) lives and/or have been inspirational.
As per tradition, here are our best re...
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