{"id":803,"date":"2016-03-28T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robots.law.miami.edu\/2016\/?p=803"},"modified":"2016-03-28T15:15:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T19:15:27","slug":"we-robot-authors-day-one-april-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robots.law.miami.edu\/2016\/we-robot-authors-day-one-april-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"We Robot Authors: Day One \u2013 April 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"

We Robot 2016 is rooted\u00a0in\u00a0contributions by academics, practitioners, and others in the form of scholarly papers or demonstrations of technology or other projects. These presentations explore the increasing sophistication and decision-making capabilities of robots, which\u00a0disrupts existing legal regimes or requires rethinking of various policy issues.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Madeleine<\/a>

Madeleine Elish<\/p><\/div>Madeleine Elish will join We Robot 2016\u00a0to\u00a0present her paper Moral Crumple Zones: Cautionary Tales in Human Robot Interaction<\/a>\u00a0on Friday, April 1st\u00a0at 8:45 AM at the\u00a0University of Miami<\/a>\u00a0Newman Alumni Center in Coral Gables, Florida. Madeleine Claire Elish is an anthropologist focusing on the evolving role of humans in large scale automated and autonomous systems. Her\u00a0graduate study has focused on forms of physical work that are now being performed virtually, from controlling drones half-way around the world to telemedicine robotics. She\u00a0currently a PhD candidate in Anthropology at Columbia University and previously earned an S.M. in Comparative Media Studies at MIT. Much of her\u00a0work involves the intersection of the physical and digital worlds and the ways in which cultures change when the lines shift between the real and the virtual.\u00a0Madeleine Elish is also a research analyst at Data & Society Research Institute, a New York-based think\/do tank focused on social, cultural, and ethical issues arising from data-centric technological development.\u00a0Madeleine Elish has also worked as a freelance researcher, conducting qualitative research for firms interested in developing new strategies based on social science and ethnographic insights.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/a>

Matthew Rueben<\/p><\/div>Matthew Reuben and Bill\u00a0Smart will join We Robot 2016\u00a0to\u00a0present their paper Privacy in Human-Robot Interaction: Survey and Future Work<\/a> on Friday, April 1st\u00a0at 10:15 AM at the\u00a0University of Miami<\/a>\u00a0Newman Alumni Center in Coral Gables, Florida.\u00a0Matt is a PhD student in the Personal Robotics group at Oregon State University. He graduated from Oregon State University in 2013 with the H.B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering. His current research centers around securing personal privacy protection for people using mobile robots.\u00a0More information about Matthew Rueben may be found at his Oregon State University page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"William<\/a>

Bill\u00a0Smart<\/p><\/div>Bill Smart is an Associate Professor at Oregon State University, where he co-directs the Robotics program.\u00a0 He holds a Ph.D. and Sc.M. in Computer Science from Brown University, an M.Sc. in Intelligent Robotics from the University of Edinburgh, and a B.Sc. (hons) in Computer Science from the University of Dundee.\u00a0 Prior to moving to Oregon State in 2012, he was an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, with a courtesy appointment in Biomedical Engineering, at Washington University in St. Louis.\u00a0 His research interests cover the fields of human-robot interaction, machine learning, and mobile robotics.\u00a0 His recent work has focused on how robots and robotic technologies can be used for people with severe motor disabilities.\u00a0 He is particularly proud of his\u00a0Erd\u0151s (3), and his Bacon number (also 3).<\/p>\n

\"Jason<\/a>

Jason Millar<\/p><\/div>Jason Millar and AJung Moon will join We Robot 2016\u00a0to\u00a0present their paper How to Engage the Public on the Ethics and Governance of Lethal Autonomous Weapons<\/a>\u00a0on Friday, April 1st\u00a0at 11:45 AM at the\u00a0University of Miami<\/a>\u00a0Newman Alumni Center in Coral Gables, Florida.\u00a0Dr. Jason Millar (BScE, BA, MA, PhD) researches the design ethics and governance of robotics and automation\u00a0technologies. In addition\u00a0to teaching philosophy at Carleton University (Ottawa),\u00a0he is the Chief Ethics Analyst at the Open Roboethics\u00a0Initiative (ORi) and is a\u00a0member of the Organizing Committee of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics. He\u00a0has a degree in engineering physics, and worked for several years designing\u00a0telecommunications and\u00a0aerospace electronics before turning his full-time attention\u00a0to issues in applied ethics, philosophy and\u00a0technology. Jason has authored book\u00a0chapters, reports, and articles on robot ethics, design ethics, privacy, and\u00a0science and technology policy. His work on design ethics and autonomous cars\u00a0has been featured\u00a0internationally in the media. He is co-author of chapters in\u00a0the forthcoming books:\u00a0Robot Law,\u00a0edited by Ryan\u00a0Calo, Ian Kerr, and Michael Froomkin; and\u00a0The Oxford Handbook\u00a0on the Law and Regulation of Technology,\u00a0edited by Roger\u00a0Brownsword, Eloise Scotford and Karen Yeung.<\/p>\n

\"AJung<\/a>

AJung Moon<\/p><\/div>AJung Moon is a PhD candidate and a\u00a0Vanier Scholar\u00a0at the\u00a0University of British Columbia. She studies\u00a0human-robot interaction and\u00a0roboethics \/ robot ethics under the supervision of Drs.\u00a0Elizabeth Croft\u00a0and\u00a0Mike Van der Loos. Currently she is a visiting student at the\u00a0Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory\u00a0(LASA) at\u00a0EPFL.\u00a0Her research interest is focused on studying the intersection of human-robot interaction (HRI) and\u00a0roboethics. She specializes in designing\u00a0nonverbal communication cues (hand gestures, gaze cues) for robots for human-robot collaboration contexts. Currently, she is developing\u00a0ways for humans and robots to \u2018negotiate\u2019 a way out of conflicts using nonverbal gestures.\u00a0She is a co-founder of the\u00a0Open Roboethics initiative, an international roboethics think tank that\u00a0investigates ways in which stakeholders of robotics technologies can work together to influence how\u00a0robots should shape our future.\u00a0Outside her office, AJung blogs on her\u00a0Roboethics Info Database\u00a0blog, serves as one of the ethics bloggers and a panel of experts for the\u00a0Robohub.org<\/a>, tweets\u00a0@RoboEthics, and manages the facebook group on\u00a0roboethics.<\/p>\n

\"Harry<\/a>

Harry Surden<\/p><\/div>Harry Surden will join We Robot 2016\u00a0to\u00a0present\u00a0 his paper (co-authored with Mary-Anne Williams), Autonomous Vehicles, Predictability<\/a>\u00a0on Friday, April 1st\u00a0at 3:00 PM at the\u00a0University of Miami<\/a>\u00a0Newman Alumni Center in Coral Gables, Florida.\u00a0Harry Surden is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. He joined the faculty in 2008. His scholarship centers upon intellectual property law with a substantive focus on patents and copyright, information privacy law, legal informatics and legal automation, and the application of computer technology within the legal system.\u00a0Prior to joining CU, Professor Surden was a resident fellow at the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX) at Stanford Law School<\/a>. In that capacity, Professor Surden conducted interdisciplinary research with collaborators from the Stanford School of Engineering exploring the application of computer technology towards improving the legal system. He was also a member of the Stanford Intellectual Property Litigation Clearinghouse and the director of the Computer Science and Law Initiative.\u00a0Professor Surden was law clerk to the Honorable Martin J. Jenkins of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. He received his law degree from Stanford Law School with honors and was the recipient of the Stanford Law Intellectual Property Writing Award.\u00a0Prior to law school, Professor Surden worked as a software engineer for Cisco Systems and Bloomberg L.P. He received his undergraduate degree with honors from Cornell University.\u00a0Professor Surden is an Affiliated Faculty Member at\u00a0The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Mary-Anne<\/a>

Mary-Anne Williams<\/p><\/div>Mary-Anne Williams is the co-author\u00a0 of Autonomous Vehicles, Predictability<\/a>.\u00a0 She is the Director of the Innovation and Enterprise Research Laboratory (The Magic Lab) at UTS. Mary-Anne has a Masters of Laws and a PhD in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning with transdisciplinary strengths in AI, disruptive innovation, design thinking, data analytics, IP law and privacy law. Mary-Anne is a Faculty Fellow at Stanford University and a Guest Professor at the University of\u00a0Science\u00a0and Technology China where she gives intensive courses on disruptive innovation. Mary-Anne chaired the Australian Research Council’s Excellence in Research for Australia Committee that undertook a national evaluation of Mathematics, Information and Computing Sciences in 2012.\u00a0Mary-Anne has a passion for design led innovation.\u00a0 She works with her research team in the Magic Lab to bring\u00a0science\u00a0fiction\u00a0to reality; the research goal is to design autonomous technologies that can learn to delight and adapt in novel situations as they collaborate with people to achieve shared goals.<\/p>\n

\"Fran\u00e7oise<\/a>

Fran\u00e7oise Gilbert<\/p><\/div>Fran\u00e7oise Gilbert and Raffaele Zallone will join We Robot 2016\u00a0to\u00a0present their paper Connect Cars \u2013 Recent Legal Developments<\/a>\u00a0on Friday, April 1st\u00a0at 3:00 PM at the\u00a0University of Miami<\/a>\u00a0Newman Alumni Center in Coral Gables, Florida.\u00a0Fran\u00e7oise Gilbert is a partner at Greenberg Traurig, and practices in the firm\u2019s Silicon Valley office, located in East Palo Alto, California, where she advises public companies, emerging technology businesses and non-profit organizations, on the entire spectrum of domestic and international privacy and cyber security issues legal issues. Francoise has focused on information privacy and security for more than 25 years; she regularly deals with compliance challenges raised by cloud computing, connected objects, smart cities, big data, mobile applications, wearable devices, social media, and other cutting-edge developments. In 2015, she was named as a \u201cCybersecurity and Privacy Trailblazer\u201dby\u00a0 the National Law Journal.\u00a0 In 2014, she was named \u201cSan Francisco Lawyer of the Year\u201d by Best Lawyers for her work in information privacy and security.\u00a0 She has been listed in Chambers USA and Chambers Global since 2008, Best Lawyers in America since 2007, and Who\u2019s Who in Ecommerce and Internet Law since 1998 as one of the leady privacy and cybersecurity attorneys.\u00a0 She is accredited as a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP\/US, CIPP\/E) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).<\/p>\n

\"Raffaele<\/a>

Raffaele Zallone<\/p><\/div>Raffaele Zallone is the founding partner of Studio Legale Zallone, a niche Italian law firm highly specialized in Hi-Tech Law, Data Privacy, IT contracts, e-Commerce, Internet Law and Regulation, and Biotech issues.\u00a0Prior to founding Studio Legale Zallone, Raffaele was General Counsel for IBM in Italy. During his career at IBM he held several managerial and executive positions both in Italy and across the world. As a junior attorney he worked in the IBM GPD development lab in San Jose, California; later in his career he worked in IBM Europe as General Counsel for the Nordic region (all Scandinavian countries and Ireland).\u00a0From 2002 to 2008 Mr. Zallone taught IT Law at the University Luigi Bocconi of Milano, one of the most prestigious institutions in Italy.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan <\/a>

Ryan Calo<\/p><\/div>Ryan Calo will join We Robot 2016\u00a0to\u00a0present\u00a0his paper Robots In American Law<\/a>\u00a0on Friday, April 1st\u00a0at 4:30 PM at the\u00a0University of Miami\u00a0Newman Alumni Center in Coral Gables, Florida.\u00a0Ryan Calo is an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law and an assistant professor (by courtesy) at the Information School. He is a faculty co-director (with Batya Friedman and Tadayoshi Kohno) of the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab, a unique, interdisciplinary research unit that spans the School of Law, Information School, and Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Professor Calo is a CoMotion Presidential Innovation Fellow for the class of 2015.\u00a0Professor Calo\u2019s research on law and emerging technology appears or is forthcoming in leading law reviews (California Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, Stanford Law Review Online, University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online) and technical publications (MIT Press, IEEE, Science, Artificial Intelligence), and is frequently referenced by the mainstream media (NPR, New York Times, Wall Street Journal). Professor Calo has also testified before the full Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate and spoken at the Aspen Ideas Festival and NPR\u2019s Weekend in Washington. In 2014, he was named one of the most important people in robotics by Business Insider.\u00a0Professor Calo is an affiliate scholar at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society (CIS), where he was a research fellow, and the Yale Law School Information Society Project (ISP). He serves on numerous advisory boards, including the University of California\u2019s People and Robots Initiative, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), Without My Consent, and the Future of Privacy Forum.\u00a0Professor Calo worked as an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Covington & Burling LLP and clerked for the Honorable R. Guy Cole on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Prior to law school at the University of Michigan, Professor Calo investigated allegations of police misconduct in New York City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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