The Ethical and Trustworthy AI Lab at Illinois Institute of Technology’s Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions is an interdisciplinary group of researchers interested in the social and ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The group investigates philosophical, ethical, and social aspects of AI, including trustworthiness and the question of what makes AI uses ethical, just, and trustworthy; the roles of ethics codes, ethical guidelines, and policy-making in the regulation of AI technology; and AI applications in agriculture and medical contexts.
We seek to involve stakeholders from all fields, such as computer science, technology, engineering, philosophy, social sciences, practitioners, and students, in an interdisciplinary reflection on the ethical uses of AI.
We collaborate closely with the AI@IllinoisTech initiative, particularly its AI Ethics Working Group (AIEWG) and the international Z-Inspection® network. The Z-Inspection® assessment method for Trustworthy AI is based on the by the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence. Z-Inspection® is listed in the new .
Lab members
Elisabeth Hildt (head)
, University of Toronto
Kelly Laas
Roberto V. Zicari,
Publications
Pilot Project with the Province of Fryslân, Rijks ICT Gilde & the Z-Inspection®️ Initiative.
The pilot project took place from May 2022 through January 2023. During the pilot, the practical application of a deep learning algorithm from the province of Frŷslan was assessed. The AI maps heathland grassland by means of satellite images for monitoring nature reserves.
Hildt, Elisabeth. , AJOB Neuroscience, 14:2, 58-71, 2023. doi: 10.1080/21507740.2022.2148773
Mirghaderi, L., Sziron, M., Hildt, E.: “,” Frontiers in Psychology 13:944714, 2022. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.944714.
Vetter, D., Amann, J., Bruneault, F. et al. . DISO 2, 35 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44206-023-00063-1
Zicari, R.V., Amann, J., Bruneault, F., Coffee, M., Düdder, B., Hickman, E., Gallucci, A., Gilbert, T.K., Hagendorff, T., van Halem, I., Hildt, E., Kararigas, G., Kringen, P., Madai, V.I., Mathez, E.W., Tithi, J.J., Vetter, D., Westerlund, M., Wurth, R.: “How to Assess Trustworthy AI in Practice.” 2022.
Allahabadi, H., Amann, J., Balot, I., Beretta, A., Binkley, C., Bozenhard, J., Bruneault, F., Brusseau, J., Candemir, S., Cappellini, L.A., Chakraborty, S., Cherciu, N., Cociancig, C., Coffee, M., Ek, I., Espinosa-Leal, L., Farina, D., Fieux-Castagnet, G., Frauenfelder, T., Gallucci, A., Giuliani, G., Golda, A., van Halem, I., Hildt, E., Holm, S., Kararigas, G., Krier, S.A., Kühne, U., Lizzi, F., Madai, V.I., Markus, A.F., Masis, S., Mathez, E.W., Mureddu, F., Neri, E., Osika, W., Ozols, M., Panigutti, C., Parent, B., Pratesi, F., Moreno-Sánchez, P.A. Sartor, G., Savardi, M., Signoroni, A., Sormunen, H., Spezzatti, A., Srivastava, A., Stephansen, A.F., Theng, L.B., Tithi, J.J., Tuominen, J., Umbrello, S., Vaccher, F., Vetter,D., Westerlund, M., Wurth, R., Zicari, R.V.: “,” IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, DOI: 10.1109/TTS.2022.3195114, 2022.
Laas, K., Davis, M., Hildt, E. (eds): , Springer, 2022.
Zicari, R.V., Ahmed, S., Amann, J., Braun, S.A., Brodersen, J., Bruneault, F., Brusseau, J., Campano, E., Coffee, M., Dengel, A., Düdder, B., Gallucci, A., Gilbert, T.K., Gottfrois, P., Goffi, E., Haase, C.B., Hagendorff, T., Hickman, E., Hildt, E., Holm, S., Kringen, P., Kühne, U., Lucieri, A., Madai, V.I., Moreno Sánchez, P.A., Medlicott, O., Ozols, M., Schnebel, E., Spezzati, A., Tithi, J.J., Umbrello, S., Vetter, D., Volland, H., Westerlund, M., Wurth, R.: “,” Front. Hum. Dyn., 3:688152, 2021. doi: 10.3389/fhumd.2021.688152.
Hildt, E.: “,” Frontiers in Computer Science 3:671012, 2021. doi: 10.3389/fcomp.2021.671012.
Schiff, Daniel, Justin Biddle, Jason Borenstein, Kelly Laas. (2021). “.” IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society. 2(1): 31-42. doi: 10.1109/TTS.2021.3052127
Zicari, R.V., Brusseau, J., Blomberg, S.N., Christensen, H.C., Coffee, M., Ganapini, M.B., Gerke, S., Gilbert, T.K., Hickman, E., Hildt, E., Holm, S., Kühne, U., Madai, V.I., Osika, W., Spezzati, A., Schnebel, E., Tithi, J.J., Vetter, D., Westerlund, M., Wurth, R., Amann, J., Antun, V., Beretta, V., Bruneault, F., Campano, E., Düdder, B., Gallucci, A., Goffi, E., Haase, C.B., Hagendorff, T., Kringen, P., Möslein, F., Ottenheimer, D., Ozols, M., Palazzani, L., Petrin, M., Tafur, K., Tørresen, J., Volland, H., Kararigas, G.: “,” Front. Hum. Dyn 3:673104, 2021. doi: 10.3389/fhumd.2021.673104.
Hildt, E., Laas, K., Sziron, M.: “,” Science and Engineering Ethics 26(5): 2371-2379, 2020.
Hildt, E.: “,” Frontiers in Psychology 10:1535, 2019, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01535.