Overview
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
- First of its kind to cover the increasingly important issue of teaching AI ethics early in academics
- Brings together a group of scholars to discuss the issue of bring AI ethics into the classroom
- Deals with AI ethics in the African context, particularly as it pertains to educating future AI developers
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Ethics (BRIEFSETHIC)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction
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Theoretical Underpinnings of AI Ethics in Practice
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The Present: Best Practices and Challenges in AI Ethics Education
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The Future: Visions for Responsible AI Developers
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Jerry John Kponyo: Prof. Jerry John Kponyo is Dean of the Quality Assurance and Planning Office of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) under Vice-Chancellor’s Office. He is Former Dean of the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KNUST. Prior to becoming Dean of the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, he was Head of Electrical Engineering Department. He is currently Principal Investigator and Scientific Director of the Responsible AI Lab, a 1 Million Canadian Dollars project sponsored by IDRC and GIZ. He is also Deputy Project Lead of the KNUST Engineering Education Project (KEEP), a 5.5 Million Dollar Africa Center of Excellence (ACE) Impact project sponsored by the World Bank with a focus on Digital Development and Energy. He is Co-Founder of the Responsible AI Network (RAIN) Africa, which is a collaborative effort between KNUST and TUM Germany. Between 2016 and 2019, he was Visiting Professor at ESIGELEC, France, on a staff mobility program where he taught postgraduate courses in Business Intelligence and conducted research with staff of ESIGELEC. He has done extensive research in IoT, intelligent systems, and AI and currently leads the Emerging Networks and Technologies Research Laboratory at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KNUST, which focuses on digital development technologies research. His Ph.D. research focused on applying AI to solving a traffic problem in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs). He has published over 50 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He is Member of the Ghana Institution of Engineers. He is currently Coordinator of the West Africa Sustainable Engineering Network for Development(WASEND).
Christoph Lütge: Prof. Lütge (b. 1969) conducts research in the field of business and corporate ethics. He explores regulatory ethics—ethical behavior in the socio-economic framework of the globalized world. The role of competition and the incentives created by frameworks are also examined, as is the adequacy of ethical categories. After studying business informatics and philosophy (doctorate 1999), he became Research Associate at Chair of Philosophy and Economics at Munich’s Ludwig Maximilian University. He also completed his lecturer qualification (2005) at the same institution. He has worked as a researcher in Pittsburgh, San Diego, and Venice. From 2007 to 2010, he served as Acting Professor at the Universities of Witten/Herdecke and Braunschweig. Since 2010, he has held the position of Peter Löscher Professor of Business Ethics at TUM.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: AI Ethics in Higher Education: Insights from Africa and Beyond
Editors: Caitlin C. Corrigan, Simon Atuah Asakipaam, Jerry John Kponyo, Christoph Luetge
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23035-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23034-9Published: 21 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-23035-6Published: 20 January 2023
Series ISSN: 2211-8101
Series E-ISSN: 2211-811X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 101
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour