Call For Papers, 4IR: Philosophical, Ethical, Legal Dimensions, September 3-5, 2019

Call for Papers

4IR: Philosophical, Ethical, Legal Dimensions

The conference aims to bring together scholars from a range of disciplines to discuss the philosophical, ethical, and legal questions raised by the onset of the so-called ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ and its emerging technologies. In some cases, the questions are long standing and recent technologies are leading to a novel reconsideration of them. In other cases, seemingly new questions are arising – questions that range from the ethical and legal to the epistemological and foundational.

Dates Location Deadline for Abstracts Notification Organisers

3–5 September 2019 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 15 June 2019 (extended deadline) 30 June 2019 Helen Robertson (Wits), Turgay Celik (NEPTTP, Wits), Rod Alence (Wits), Casey Sparkes (NEPTTP), Anwar Vahed (DIRISA)

Submissions are invited on the philosophical, ethical, and legal dimensions of, among others,

Algorithmic Automation Artificial Intelligence Artificial Life Big Data Cyber Warfare Data Mining Deep Learning

Hypercomputation Machine Learning Open Data Personal Data Simulation and Virtual Reality Social Media

Submission of abstracts is via Easychair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=4irphel. Short (180-200 word) and extended (800-1000 word) abstracts should be prepared for blind review and submitted by 15 June 2019.

Submissions from the following disciplines are especially encouraged. Applied Ethics Epistemology Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Information Philosophy of Computation Data Protection Law

Interdisciplinary submissions from the following disciplines are equally encouraged. Data Science Cognitive Science Computer Science Mathematics Logic Robotics

The keynote address will be given by Brent Mittelstadt, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.

Publication of selected papers in a conference special issue is planned for 2020. Further details will be announced.

Queries regarding abstract submission or the conference more generally can be directed to Helen Robertson at <helen.robertson@wits.ac.za>  or via the conference website at https://easychair.org/smart-program/4IRPhEL/about.html.

The conference is funded by the National e-Science Postgraduate Teaching and Training Platform (NEPTTP) and the Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa (DIRISA).