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…