Q&A with Ethics Rapporteurs: Neurorobotics
What ethical and societal questions scientists, engineers and developers in the Human Brain Project (HBP) encounter in their work? How do they deal with them? To shed some light on these questions we have a Q&A series with Ethics Rapporteurs. The second rapporteur in the series to answer our questions is Dr. Francesca Irene Cavallaro…
Innovation in the Human Brain Project (HBP)
Guillermo Velasco & Bárbara Gasset As the HBP is entering its last phase, the relevance of innovation activities grows. Two years ago, the HBP created the Innovation & Technology Transfer Node (ITTN) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, in Spain. The ITTN team provides support to HBP researchers and developers for the better exploitation of their…
PhD Studentship in Responsible Research and Innovation
Another great opportunity to join the Human Brain Project (HBP), an EU funded Future and Emerging Technologies Flagship, as a PhD candidate has opened at De Montfort University (DMU). This fully-funded studentship is being offered by the university’s leading Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR), a research centre focusing on ethical and social issues…
Paving the Way for the Good Work of the HBP Ethics Advisory Board to roll on …
Shamim Patel The Human Brain Project’s (HBP) Ethics Advisory Board (EAB) has since January 2020 six new EAB members: Kristin Bergtora Sandvik; Michaela Th. Mayrhofer, Christine Mitchell, Sven Nyholm, Vicenç Torra and Blaise Yvert. They cover a wide geographical spread (Austria, France, Ireland, Norway, The Netherlands and the USA) and have a diverse range of…
Responsible AI Frontrunner Internship @ DMU
Are you a student at De Montfort University (DMU) interested in social, ethical and political aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? We are currently inviting applications for Responsible AI Frontrunner internship. This internship is based within the Human Brain Project’s (HBP) Ethics Support team at the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR). Application deadline is…
Ethics & RRI @ HBP Open Day and Summit 2020
Last week from 2nd to 6th February the Human Brain Project’s (HBP) Ethics Support team was at the HBP Open Day and Summit 2020 in Athens, Greece. These events provided great opportunities to reflect on the work done in the previous seven years of the HBP and plan the remaining three years of the project…
Two PhD scholarships in ethics & RRI of research infrastructures, AI & data
Would you like to do a PhD in ethics and Responsible Research and Innovation of research infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data? Our Human Brain Project’s (HBP) Ethics Support team has two fantastic PhD scholarships available. The deadline for applications is 24 February and applications can be submitted here. The PhDs will be based at…
Ethics Support at the HBP Open Day and Summit 2020
Next week the HBP Ethics Support team will be at the annual HBP Open Day (Monday, 3 February) and HBP Summit (Tuesday to Thursday, 4-6 February) which this time will take place in Athens (Greece). Join us for the HBP Open Day 2020 Everyone is warmly invited to join the HBP Open Day on Monday,…
Global Harmonization of Neurodata Sharing, Standards and Governance
Damian Eke On 12-13 January 2020, representatives from the major brain initiatives came together for the International Brain Initiative’s (IBI) Data Standards and Sharing Roundtable, in Tokyo, Japan. This was an initial opportunity to understand the best approaches of harmonizing brain data standards, governance and sharing and was organized by IBI Data Standards and Sharing…
The first international standard for responsible innovation in neurotechnology
How to ensure that societal benefits of neurotechnology are maximised and risks minimised? In December 2019, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) adopted the Recommendation on Responsible Innovation in Neurotechnology that provides some guidance in this respect. This is the first international standard in this domain and it aims to guide governments and…
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