2021

Should we preserve the world's software history, and can we?

2021-06-29
Public Lecture
Social Responsibility

Roberto Di Cosmo (INRIA, France) and Edward A. Lee (UC Berkeley, USA) discuss the role of software in cultural heritage.

Digital Humanism

Digital Humanism and Democracy in Geopolitical Context

2021-06-15
Public Lecture
Social Responsibility

What are the effects of corporate surveillance in either autocracies or liberal democracies?

Digital Humanism

The New EU Proposal for AI Regulation

2021-06-08
Public Lecture
Social Responsibility

Irina Orssich (European Commission) aims at contributing to the public debate of how AI should be regulated in the future.

Vienna Gödel Lecture

Technology Is Driving the Future, But Who Is Steering?

2021-05-27
Digital Humanism
Public Lecture
Event
Social Responsibility

In this year’s Gödel lecture, Moshe Vardi will explain why the ethical lens is too narrow for dealing with technology’s impact on society.

Digital Humanism

The Platform Economy and Europe

2021-05-18
Public Lecture
Social Responsibility

Cristiano Codagnone explains why platforms are not simply technological corporations but a form of quasi-infrastructure.

Digital Humanism

International B2B Software Days 2021

2021-05-10
Event
FFG

TU Wien Informatics is part of the biggest industrial B2B event for software and digital business in Europe.

Digital Humanism

Ethics in AI: A Challenging Task

2021-05-04
Public Lecture
Social Responsibility

Different biases affect all of us on the Web. Ricardo Baeza-Yates explains how we can become aware of them and safeguard a concept of ethics in AI.

Digital Humanism

Vaccination Passports—a Tool for Liberation?

2021-04-20
Public Lecture
Social Responsibility

How can apps like the “Green Passport” be made reliable and privacy-preserving? And can they pave the way back to normality?

Digital Humanism

(Gender) Diversity and Inclusion in Digital Humanism

2021-04-13
Public Lecture
Women in Informatics
Social Responsibility

This panel focuses on how different voices and interests can be included in the development and application of digital technologies.

Digital Humanism

Digital Society, Social Justice and Academic Education

2021-03-23
Public Lecture
Social Responsibility

This panel focuses on how digital technologies' ethical and social aspects can be handled adequately in academic research.

Digital Humanism

Preventing Data Colonialism without Resorting to Protectionism

Preventing Data Colonialism without Becoming Protectionistic

2021-02-23
Public Lecture
Panel Discussion
Social Responsibility

This panel discussion will focus on the processing and exploitation of European citizens' data by non-European companies.

Digital Humanism

Freedom of Expression in the Digital Public Sphere

2021-02-02
Public Lecture
Social Responsibility

This lecture will focus on how social media platforms can shape public discourse by their algorithmic content moderation.

Digital Humanism

Digital Superpowers and Geopolitics

2021-01-26
Public Lecture
News
Panel Discussion
Social Responsibility

This panel will focus on the modern colonial powers in cyberspace—global concerns controlling digital platforms and social networks.

2020

Digital Humanism

Philosophical Foundations of Digital Humanism

2020-12-15
Public Lecture
Social Responsibility

In our next lecture, Julian Nida-Rümelin will develop the main features of what he calls Digital Humanism.

Digital Humanism

Strategies for a Humanistic Digital Future

2020-11-19
Workshop
Event
Public Outreach

We invite you to our online workshop on Digital Humanism to discuss AI in Europe, education, and resilient sustainable systems.

Digital Humanism

Ethics and IT: How AI is Reshaping Our World

2020-11-03
Public Lecture
Event
Social Responsibility

This panel discussion, part of our DIGHUM lecture series, will deal with the ethical implications and global challenges of AI.

Digital Humanism

Responsibly Encouraging Adoption of Contact Tracing Apps

2020-10-20
Public Lecture
Event
Social Responsibility

Join us online for the next lecture in our series on Digital Humanism—this time with Elissa M. Redmiles from Microsoft Research.

Digital Humanism

Digital Sovereignty—Navigating Between Scylla and Charybdis

Digital Sovereignty—Navigating Between Scylla & Charybdis

2020-10-06
Public Lecture
Event
Social Responsibility

Join us online for the next lecture in our series on Digital Humanism, where international experts discuss digital sovereignty.

Digital Humanism

An AI and Computer Science Dilemma: Could I? Should I?

2020-09-22
Event
Public Outreach
Social Responsibility

Join us online for the next lecture in our series on Digital Humanism, held by Harvard’s Barbara J. Grosz.

Digital Humanism

How Not to Destroy the World with Artificial Intelligence

2020-09-08
Public Lecture
Event
Social Responsibility

Join our DIGHUM lecture series with Stuart Russell from UC Berkeley presenting his views on this crucial issue.

Digital Humanism

Corona Contact Tracing

2020-07-14
Event
Public Outreach
Social Responsibility

Join Alfonso Fuggetta, James Larus, and Jeff Kramer discussing this crucial issue in our lecture series.

Digital Humanism

Online Lecture Series on Digital Humanism

2020-06-09
Public Lecture
News
Social Responsibility

Following workshops and the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism, we invite you to our online DIGHUM lectures, where we discuss different aspects of this topic.

Digital Humanism

Digital Humanism: Informatics in Times of COVID-19

2020-05-14
Workshop
Event
WWTF
Social Responsibility

Following a workshop and the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism, we invite you to our online workshop highlighting the digital transformation of society.

Digital Humanism

Julian Nida-Rümelin: “Digitaler Humanismus”

2020-01-08
Public Lecture
Event

Julian Nida-Rümelin reflects on a historically informed view on and the apocalyptic and enthusiastic approaches to Digital Humanism.

2019

Digital Humanism

Edward A Lee: “The Coevolution of Humans and Machines”

2019-12-08
Public Lecture
Event

In the third lecture in our series, Edward Ashford Lee presents the case for considering digital beings to be living, then offers counterarguments.

Digital Humanism

Gerfried Stocker: “Humanizing Technology Through Arts”

2019-11-20
Public Lecture
Social Responsibility

The second lecture in our series asks what kind of digital society we want, how we can get there, and what role the Arts can play in it.

Digital Humanism

Susan J. Winter: “Cui bono? A Sociotechnical View of Smart …

2019-11-06
Public Lecture
Social Responsibility

Kicking off our public lecture series on Digital Humanism, Susan J. Winter (University of Maryland) talks about ethical dilemmas and challenges of smart cities.

Digital Humanism

Vienna Workshop on Digital Humanism

2019-04-04
Workshop
Event

Digitalisation is permeating all spheres of life - how can we deal with this transformation of our society? Workshop to discuss the challenges and chances.

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2021

Should we preserve the world's software history, and can we?

Digital Humanism and Democracy in Geopolitical Context

The New EU Proposal for AI Regulation

Technology Is Driving the Future, But Who Is Steering?

The Platform Economy and Europe

International B2B Software Days 2021

Ethics in AI: A Challenging Task

Vaccination Passports—a Tool for Liberation?

(Gender) Diversity and Inclusion in Digital Humanism

Digital Society, Social Justice and Academic Education

Preventing Data Colonialism without Becoming Protectionistic

Freedom of Expression in the Digital Public Sphere

Digital Superpowers and Geopolitics

2020

Philosophical Foundations of Digital Humanism

Strategies for a Humanistic Digital Future

Ethics and IT: How AI is Reshaping Our World

Responsibly Encouraging Adoption of Contact Tracing Apps

Digital Sovereignty—Navigating Between Scylla & Charybdis

An AI and Computer Science Dilemma: Could I? Should I?

How Not to Destroy the World with Artificial Intelligence

Corona Contact Tracing

Online Lecture Series on Digital Humanism

Digital Humanism: Informatics in Times of COVID-19

Julian Nida-Rümelin: “Digitaler Humanismus”

2019

Edward A Lee: “The Coevolution of Humans and Machines”

Gerfried Stocker: “Humanizing Technology Through Arts”

Susan J. Winter: “Cui bono? A Sociotechnical View of Smart …

Vienna Workshop on Digital Humanism