EPAI 2013 - 1st International Workshop on Ethics and Philosophy in Artificial Intelligence

The ethics of Artificial Intelligence is the part of the ethics of technology specific to robots and other artificially intelligent products like computer software or cultural creations. According to scientists, Artificial Intelligence applications can use and manipulate the scientific knowledge in a more efficient way but without philanthropic values and friendliness their impact is not efficient enough. Additionally, any ethical considerations of innovating technologies have to be philosophical discussed and explained to the social target groups.
While Super Intelligence should be comprehensible to the public, including activities that benefit society and environment, Artificial Intelligence applications should respect the right for access to information, having the best scientific standards and encouraging creativity, flexibility and innovation.
Obviously the upcoming digital era is mainly characterized from the potential possibility of machines and computers to become self-sufficient and able to make their own decisions. Therefore, even though this level of artificial autonomy is yet unlikely, scientists and philosophers are encouraged to study at early stage any social side effects of innovating Artificial Technologies.
Topics of interest
The workshop topics include but are not limited to, ethical, social and philosophical issues of Artificial Intelligence Applications relating to:
BioArt
Bioinformatics and Neuroinformatics
Decision Making
Digital copyright, Open Access
eBusiness, eCommerce, eHealth, eLearning
Education
Environmental Modeling
Medical Informatics and Biomedical Engineering
Nanotechnology
Project Management
Supercomputing and Robotics
Telematics
Virtual Reality Environment
Workshop Chairs
Panayiotis Vlamos, Department of Informatics, Ionian University, Greece vlamos-AT-ionio.gr
Athanasios Alexiou, Department of Informatics, Ionian University, Greece alexiou-AT-ionio.gr
Academic Program Committee
Andreas Floros, Ionian University, Greece
Maria Hadjinicolaou, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Elsa Karageorgou, Harokopio University, Greece
Ioannis Karidis, Ionian University, Greece
Helena Lappa, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Adamantia Pateli, Ionian University, Greece
Maria Psiha, Ionian University, Greece
Konstantinos Tiligadis, Ionian University, Greece
Kimon Volikas, University of Nicosia, Cyprus