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
AI in Private Spaces
This research stream is lead by Co-Director, Professor Jeannie Paterson
Animals and AI
This research stream is led by Dr Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems.
Autonomy and AI
Co-Director of the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, Professor Tim Miller
Ethics of AI in Healthcare
This research stream is led by Dr Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems.
EdTech
This research stream is led by Dr Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems.
AI, Regulation and Government
This research stream is led by Professor Jeannie Paterson, Co-Director of the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics.
2022 Seed Funding Projects
The theme of this year's CAIDE seed funding round was 'Don't blame me!': Accountability and Human Systems in Algorithmic Decision-Making. We received many excellent submissions, and are delighted to present the two projects that were awarded funding below!
Beasts and Bushes, Bits and Bytes: Inclusive Accountability and Algorithmic Decision Making
This project received funding in CAIDE's 2022 Seed Funding Round
Mitigating the Crumple Zone: Developing Ethical AI in Healthcare Forums
This project received funding in CAIDE's 2022 Seed Funding Round
2021 Seed Funding Projects
For this seed funding round the theme was Pervasive Devices. We received a number of excellent proposals and three teams were awarded funding to conduct their research.
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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.)
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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.)
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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 Michalewicz (MDAP.)
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.
Graduate Research Projects
View the work of CAIDE's PhD candidates
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
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
Professor Jeannie Marie Paterson (CAIDE) with Associate Professor Mark Taylor (MLS) and Professor Indranath Gupta, Jindal Global University.
AI in the Home?: Understanding how Australians Use Digital Personal Assistants
Professor Jeannie Paterson, Co-Director Centre for AI and Digital Ethics and Professor Megan Richardson, Melbourne Law School
Digital Analysis of Morality as Cooperation
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
Professor Jeannie Paterson, Professor Liz Sonenberg, Professor Tim Miller, Dr Simon Coghlan, Gabby Bush and Liam Harding.
CAIDE Publications
CAIDE Researchers have published across our areas of expertise in the AI Ethics space.
Policy Submissions
Disseminating our research by contributing to policy discussions is an integral part of CAIDE's work. Follow the link below to view the submissions we have made to various inquiries and reports.