CAIDE 2021 Seed funding projects
We are delighted to fund three excellent projects in our 2021 seed funding round: Pervasive Devices.
Looking into the Psychiatric Panopticon: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of Automated Nursing Observations in Acute Psychiatric Settings
Dr Piers Gooding (MLS,) Dr Simon D'Alfonzo (FIET,) Assistant Professor Bridget Hamilton (MDHS,) Dr Cathy Daniel (MDHS,) Dr David Clifford (MLS,) Hamilton Kennedy (MDHS,) Timothy Kariotis (MLS/FEIT.)
Tracking kids: Use and repurposing of wearable and mobile devices
Professor Martin Gibbs (FEIT,) Dr Simon Coghlan (FEIT,) Dr Bjorn Nansen (Arts,) Jane Mavoa (FIET.)
Physical place, digital space, and the pervasive devices that bind them: understanding our ever-connected world
Dr Marc Cheong (FEIT,) Dr Kristal Spreadborough (MDAP,) Dr Aleks Michalewics (MDAP.)
Research Streams
CAIDE has a series of research streams that cover our areas of interest and ongoing projects.
Art, AI and Digital Ethics
This research stream is led by Dr Vanessa Bartlett, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Culture and Communications, Faculty of Arts
Animals and AI
RESEARCH THEME: Trustworthy AI
This research stream is led by Dr Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems.
AI in Private Spaces
RESEARCH THEME: Accountable AI
This research stream is lead by Co-Director, Professor Jeannie Paterson
Autonomy and AI
RESEARCH THEME: Accountable AI
Co-Director of the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, Professor Tim Miller
Targeted Advertising
RESEARCH THEME: Privacy and AI
This research stream is lead by Co-Director, Professor Jeannie Paterson.
Edtech
RESEARCH THEME: Accountable AI
This research stream is led by Dr Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems.
Current research projects
Below are our ongoing research projects from across our member faculties and with our partners. At the bottom of this page you can also view CAIDE publications. Our blog posts, media and thought pieces can be view on our news, media and events page.
Questioning the Chatbot: Scrutinising the Performance of Telco Customer Service Chatbots
This project was funded by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) and is led by Dr Yvette Maker with Professor Jeannie Paterson, Professor Reeva Lederman and Dr Simon Coghlan.
Ninian Stephen Law Program: New legal thinking for emerging technologies
This project is funded by the Menzies Foundation and led by Professor Jeannie Paterson, Professor Tim Miller, Professor Lars Kulik and Assistant Professor Atif Ahmad.
Beyond Anthropomorphism? The AI - Machine - Human - Animal continuum
RESEARCH THEME: Trustworthy AI
This project is a collaboration between the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics and the Digital Society Initiative at the University of Zurich on the AI - Machine - Human - Animal continuum.
Regulatory mechanisms for protecting reasonable expectations of privacy: the roles of consent and fairness in Australian and Indian Data Protection Law
RESEARCH THEME: Privacy and AI
Professor Jeannie Marie Paterson (CAIDE) with Associate Professor Mark Taylor (MLS) and Professor Indranath Gupta, Jindal Global University.
From Pockets to Cockpits: The Cultural Context of Digital Flight Assistants
RESEARCH THEME: Trustworthy AI
This research team is lead by Dr Fabio Mattioli, with funding from CAIDE 2020 Seed funding.
The Ethics and Practice of AI Localism at a time of COVID-19 and beyond
RESEARCH THEME: Privacy and AI
Research in collaboration with The Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (IEAI) at the Technical University of Munich and the GovLab at New York University
AI in the Home?: Understanding how Australians Use Digital Personal Assistants
RESEARCH THEME: Trustworthy AI
Professor Jeannie Paterson, Co-Director Centre for AI and Digital Ethics and Professor Megan Richardson, Melbourne Law School
Digital Analysis of Morality as Cooperation
RESEARCH THEME: Fairness and AI
Dr Marc Cheong, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems
Mind Your Business: Surveillance technologies for workplace health and safety
RESEARCH THEME: Privacy and AI
Professor Tim Miller, Professor Jeannie Paterson, Dr Simon Coghlan, Gabby Bush and Liam Harding.
PhD Research
Gendered algorithms: The future as a replica of the discriminative past
RESEARCH THEME: Bias and AI
Sheilla Njoto, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Arts
Developing human-centred explanations for decisions made using AI
RESEARCH THEME: Accountable AI
Henrietta Lyons, PhD Candidate, School of Computing and Information Systems
Online dispute resolution and consumer disputes in Australia
RESEARCH THEME: Accountable AI
Vivi Tan, PhD Candidate, Melbourne Law School
CAIDE Publications
CAIDE Researchers have published across our areas of expertise in the AI Ethics space.
