Simisola Akintoye The Human Brain Project (HBP) is a data-driven project, based on comprehensive use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and cloud technology for strategic research and theoretical studies. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regulates the processing and free movement of personal data by data controllers and processors and is directly applicable in…
How do new technological developments influence security in Europe? What role do drones, artificial intelligence and social media play in contemporary European society and security? And what to expect from recent trends in European Union’s (EU) security policy such as plans to fund defence research? These were some of the questions addressed at the workshop…
How does compliance process work in the Human Brain Project and what are the main challenges for compliance management for the next years? We continue our Question & Answer series with Ethics Support task leaders. This time it is William Knight, task leader for Compliance Management. Q1: What are the aims of Compliance Management?…
What is neurorobotics and how does it differ from ‘classical robotics’? What are potential future developments in this field? What social and ethical questions might they pose and how do we address them? These were some of the topics discussed at the Ethics and Neurorobotics joint workshop bringing together researchers from the Human Brain Project’s…
Bernd Stahl I recently had the honour of being invited to contribute the conference on “Healthcare in the Era of Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges”, organised by the New York Academy of Sciences on 24 and 25 October 2018. The event brought together about 150 stakeholders from groups including academia, industry, regulators and patient representatives.…
Tyr Fothergill As part of my work on the Human Brain Project (HBP) in the Ethics and Society Subproject (SP12), I take part in external and internal outreach events for the HBP Data Governance Working Group (DGWG), a collaborative cross-SP group dedicated to supporting innovation and infrastructure development through data governance and management. Several months…
Last week the Ethics Support team was at the annual Human Brain Project (HBP) Open Day and Summit in Maastricht (Netherlands). This event was the halfway mark for the HBP which was started in October 2013 as a ten-year FET Flagship Project funded by the European Commission. The Open Day on 15th October brought…
Ethics Dialogues is a new blog of the Ethics Support work package of the Ethics and Society Subproject in the Human Brain Project (HBP). Our blog aims to facilitate sharing and exchange of good practices, research results and reflections on ethics support issues within and beyond the HBP. Our first post is Q&A with the…
