[iaoa-education] [ESAO 1CfP] 16th ESAO webinar: Renata Guizzardi on Ontology-based Ethical Requirements for AI Systems, June 03 2025 16:00 CEST

[Cassia TROJAHN]

Dear all,
  
The Educational Series on Applied Ontology (ESAO) [1] is open for
everyone and welcomes students, researchers and practitioners alike.
  
The 16h ESAO webinar will be held on Tuesday June 03 2025 16:00 CEST.
  
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When and how to connect
  
Thursday  June 03, 2025  14:00 UTC  /  16:00 CEST  / 16:00 SAST (see more local times [2])
Duration: 60 minutes
Video conference (via Zoom)
https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/92895546685?pwd=DQD7Wzf3ZJw02LJ2hHmrVDwdN474PZ.1
  
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Program
14:00-15:00 UTC / 16:00-17:00 CEST / 16:00-17:00 SAST / 11:00-132:00 UTC-3 
 
Renata Guizzardi, Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences Faculty, (IEBIS group), University of Twente. 
Title: Ontology-based Ethical Requirements for AI Systems

Abstract: Ethical behavior is an integral part of people’s everyday life whether they are aware of this or not. This is what happens, for example, when doctors use ethical criteria to choose which patients should be prioritized in face of limited resources, or when people are treated fairly in job interview despite their color and gender. With the speedy development of intelligent technology, systems are more and more pervasive, and machines are also expected to make ethical decisions and act ethically. However, to ensure that, system developers must be aware of ethical principles. Moreover, such principles must guide development, thus being explicitly embedded in system engineering methods. In this talk, I argue that ontologies can play a crucial role in supporting awareness, besides being essential in the development of engineering practices leading to ethical and trustworthy systems. In particular, I will introduce our own current efforts in the development of ontology-based requirements engineering and what that entails.

Best regards
Cassia Trojahn, Frank Loebe, Laure Vieu, Lucia Gomez Alvarez
On behalf of the IAOA Education Committee

[1] https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:ESAO
[2] https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20250603T1400