Short Bio

Scott Robbins, M.Sc.

Scott Robbins is currently a PhD Researcher in ethics of technology at the technical university of Delft, the Netherlands (TU Delft). He graduated with a Bachelors in Computer Science (Cum Laude) at California State University, Chico and with a Masters in Ethics and Technology (Cum Laude) at the University of Twente. His current research analyzes the ethics and efficacy of bulk meta-data collection in the context of counter-terrorism. He is part of the organizing committee at the Foundation for Responsible Robotics and a member of the 4TU center for ethics and technology. He also designs and administers a number of websites including aimeevanwynsberghe.com, responsiblerobtics.org, and robotrepublic.org.

Publications

Critiquing the Reasons for Developing Artificial Moral Agents

Mar 12, 2018

Citation Van Wynsberghe, A., & Robbins, S. (2018). Critiquing the Reasons for Making Artificial Moral Agents. Science and Engineering Ethics. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-018-0030-8. Abstract Many industry leaders and academics from the...

The Value of Transparency: Bulk Data and Authoritarianism

Aug 9, 2017

Citation Robbins, S., & Henschke, A. (2017). The Value of Transparency: Bulk Data and Authoritarianism. Surveillance & Society, 15(3/4), 582-589. Retrieved from https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/6606 Abstract...

Our Sexual Future with Robots

Jul 4, 2017

Citation Sharkey, N., van Wynsberghe, A., Robbins, S., & Hancock, E. (2017). Our Sexual Future with Robots. The Hague, Netherlands: Foundation for Responsible Robotics. Retrieved from...

Presentations

Lecture on Ethics and Cybersecurity

Jul 10, 2018

I gave a lecture this morning for the International Cyber Security Summer School in the Hague. The summer school was run by the Hague Security Delta. The students were great and the summer school was well organized. Thanks to the organizers and to Michel Rademaker for...

Bulk Data Collection Ethics (Oxford University)

Jun 27, 2018

Today I gave a talk at Oxford university on the ethics of bulk data collection for counter-terrorism.

Panelist at Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection (CPDP) Conference in Brussels

Feb 8, 2018

Check out the LONG video of the panel discussion here.

Upcoming

Ethicomp 2018 (Sept 25th in Tricity, Poland)

Aug 1, 2018

I will be presenting a paper arguing that the opacity of Artificial intelligence goes much beyond algorithmic opacity. I argue that we should focus on making transparent these other opaque aspects of AI rather than its algorithmic opacity - the feature which gives AI...

Amsterdam Privacy Conference 2018 (Oct 6)

Jul 1, 2018

At APC 2018 I will be presenting a paper on bulk data collection ethics (counter terrorism context). In it I adapt Just War Theory principles to intelligence collection.

Counter Terrorism Ethics Workshop (Georgetown University – Oct 30 2018)

Jun 1, 2018

At Georgetown University I will be presenting a paper on the ethics surrounding the use of machine learning artificial intelligence for counter terrorism purposes.