Our Vision
CAIDE was established in March 2020 to enable and support cross-disciplinary research at the University of Melbourne.
Our Mission
CAIDE seeks to explore the impact, deployment and governance of emerging technology across society.
Our Focus
While the use of new digital and algorithmic technologies can enhance efficiency and improve the quality of life for all Australians, it can also lead to risks including biased, poor-quality, or unscrutinised decisions. AI challenges our humanity and how we interact with our environment. The advent of new digital technologies and AI raise a number of social, legal, regulatory and technical challenges that transcend domains and require deep, sustained research.
CAIDE teaches undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional subjects at the University of Melbourne and hosts various events related to our research areas.
Our Approach
CAIDE seeks to further the ethical use of new digital and AI technology across society by:
- Facilitating cross-disciplinary research, teaching and leadership
- Assisting governments, businesses and community organisations to hold themselves to the highest standards of ethics and equity
- Promoting the fair, safe and accountable use of automated systems
- Ensuring that University of Melbourne graduates and the community are equipped with insight, knowledge and expertise required to deploy automated systems in manner consistent with public and regulatory expectations.
Our approach is to combine legal, ethical and social perspectives with technological expertise to examine the issues of these emerging technologies in a holistic manner. To do so, we have built diverse cross-disciplinary teams to engage in research, research training, teaching and outreach. We examine issues of fairness, privacy, accountability and transparency in emerging technologies, both to further our understanding and to guide the development and appropriate policy settings for effective use of such technologies across society.