Embedded EthiCSTM @ Harvard Bringing ethical reasoning into the computer science curriculum
Embedded EthiCS @ Harvard Launches Exploratory Study
ReCompute
Embedded Ethics New Student Undergrad Group
TeχnēCon 2024
Tech Ethics eXchange NorthEast (teχnē), a collaboration between Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing at MIT, The Ethics Institute at Northeastern University, and The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics and Embedded EthiCS @ Harvard University, is pleased to announce the second TeXneCON, an interdisciplinary conference on research and teaching on the ethics of technology.
Harvard Thinking Podcast
A lawyer, computer scientist, and statistician debate ethics of artificial intelligence
Harvard Thinking host Samantha Laine Perfas, Sheila Jasanoff of HKS, Susan Murphy of the Kempner Institute, and Embedded EthiCS faculty member Martin Wattenberg discuss the perils and promise of AI.
Harvard Embedded EthiCS hosted Mozilla, its partners, and grantees for two days of community and critical engagement
Embedded EthiCS @ Harvard Hires Program Director and Lecturer Dr. Matthew Kopec
Tech Ethics eXchange NorthEast
May 18-19, 2023
Tech Ethics eXchange NorthEast (teχnē), a collaboration between Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing at MIT, The Ethics Institute at Northeastern University, and Embedded EthiCS @ Harvard University, is pleased to announce their first annual interdisciplinary conference on research and teaching on the ethics of technology.
Embedded Ethics Conference
Strategies for Teaching Responsible Computing Within the Computer Science Curriculum
How to Use a Repository Entry
We’re thrilled that so many educators are finding and using our open-source module repository! To make things a little easier, we’ve made an annotated version of one of our recent module write-ups, with tips on how to read the entries and how to adapt them to your context.
Fostering Responsible Computing Research: Foundations and Practices
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine recently issued the consensus study report “Fostering Responsible Computing Research: Foundations and Practices.”
Colby College student Alexandra Gillespie talks about her Viewpoint article on the importance of teaching computing ethics to intro to CS students. The article will appear in ACM Communications March 2023.
Teaching Responsible Computing Approach
A pedagogical collaboration between Computer Science and Philosophy that embeds the teaching of ethical reasoning directly into existing CS courses.
The embedding aims both to integrate ethical and CS content and to distribute the teaching of ethical reasoning across the CS curriculum.
Teaching Responsible Computing Playbook
A collaboration of an inaugural 32 authors and contributors across disciplines and computing programs.
This Playbook was made possible by the Responsible Computer Science Challenge, funded by Omidyar Network, Mozilla Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and Craig Newmark Philanthropies.
Conversation with Harvard Postdoctoral Fellow Trystan Goetze on ethics and technology
Joint CS and Philosophy Initiative, Embedded EthiCS, Triples in Size to 12 Courses
Embedded EthiCS: Integrating Ethics Across CS Education
“Students can learn to think not only about what technology they could create, but also whether they should create that technology. Learning to reason this way requires courses unlike those currently standard in computer science curricula.”
Ethical Issues in AI and Computing Conference
June 2-3, 2022
In partnership with Social & Ethical Responsibilities of Computing at MIT, Embedded EthiCS @ Harvard hosted our first conference on ethical issues in AI and computing (broadly construed). Meeting June 2-3, online and on the Harvard SEAS campus, we brought together scholars working on these issues from the Greater Boston area and beyond.
The Mozilla Blog
$2.4 Million in Prizes for Schools
Teaching Ethics Alongside Computer Science
Embedded EthiCS wins $150,000 grant
Program aims to make everyday technology more ethical
Embedding ethics in computer science curriculum.
Harvard initiative seen as a national model.
Follow-on to Harvard Initiative for Teaching and Learning’s 2021 Conference:
“Ethical Reasoning for Computer Scientists”
with Jeff Behrends, James Mickens, and Trystan Goetze
“Learn how Embedded EthiCS meets the challenge of making ethical reasoning integral to computer science education.”
Now that computers connect us all,
for better and worse, what’s next?
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