Ethical Technology

Aligning Tech Impact with Core Values

SJSU is at the forefront of ensuring that technologies develop ethically, righting past lineages of discrimination at the foundation of many innovations.

Integrating multidisciplinary faculty into design processes, providing ethics and social justice audits, along with engaging in interdisciplinary critiques, we create the framework to help technology and innovation realize its emancipatory potential. Below is a rotating selection of our standout investigators in this field.

   ○ Recent News and Highlights
   ○ Related Strengths in Emerging Technology

• Selected Publications

  • Aggarwal, N., et al. (2020). Risk knowledge and concern as influences of purchase intention for internet of things devices. Technology in Society, 62.

    Albaghli, R., Chang, C., Almahmeed, S., & Attar, N., (2022). Untraining Ethnocentric Biases about Gender Roles: A Preliminary Empirical Study Presenting Art as Stimulus. Proceedings of Mensch und Computer '22.

    Brown, E. (2023). Free Speech and the Legal Prohibition of Fake News. Social Theory & Practice, 49(1).

    Chen, Y., et al. (2023). Artificial Intelligence (AI) Student Assistants in the Classroom: Designing Chatbots to Support Student Success. Information Systems Frontiers, 25(1).

    Gonzalez, R. (2022). War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future. University of California Press.

    Marachi, R. & Quill, L. (2020). The case of Canvas: Longitudinal datafication through learning management systems. Teaching in Higher Education, 25(4).

    Mooradian, N. (2018). Ethics for Records and Information Management. ALA Neal-Schuman.

    Westlake, B., and Guerra, E. (2023). Using file and folder naming and structuring to improve automated detection of child sexual abuse images on the Dark Web. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, 47.

• Award Highlights

  • Chen (co-PI) "Collaborative Research: Broadening Inclusive Participation in Artificial Intelligence Undergraduate Education for Social Good Using A Situated Learning Approach" — NSF, 2022

    Hofman, Attar, Ghosh, Nojan, Saugher, “Cross-Campus Interdisciplinary Responsible Computing Learning Experiences” — Mozilla Foundation, 2023

    Huang, Attar, Luo, "Enhancing Automated Vehicle Takeover: Integrating Age, Mental State, and Assistive Technologies" — SJSU College of Engineering, 2024

• Affiliates

  • AI For Social Good

    Center on Ethics

    copal.ai

    CSU STEM-​NET

    CSU Social Science Research and Instructional Center

Featured Faculty

Nitin Aggarwal
Professor of Business Systems and Technology
IT Standards, Transaction Cost Economics, Intellectual Property Rights, Social Networking
ORCID: 0000-0002-7409-3663

Nada Attar
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Ethics in AI, Computer Vision, Human-Computer Interaction
ORCID: 0000-0002-4335-543X

Étienne Brown
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Political Philosophy, Ethics of AI, Democracy, Social Media Platforms, Freedom of Expression, Content Moderation, Algorithmic Recommendation
ORCID: 0000-0003-1314-5068

Yu Chen
Associate Professor of Information Systems and Technology
Artificial Intelligence, AI for Social Good, Innovation, AI Education, Community
ORCID: 0000-0002-0612-1482

Roberto J. González
Professor of Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology, Science and Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Drone Warfare, Militarization, Ethics in Social Science
ORCID: 0000-0003-4847-497X

Norman Mooradian
Assistant Professor, School of Information
Information Ethics, AI Ethics, Digital Ethics, Information Philosophy, Knowledge Studies, Content Management
ORCID: 0000-0003-0595-894X

Bryce Westlake
Associate Professor of Justice Studies
Child Sexual Abuse Material, Child Sexual Exploitation, Child Pornography, Social Network Analysis, Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, Multimedia Evidence, Digital Forensics
ORCID: 0000-0002-1506-028X

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