Research & Interests

Vocation

I am the founding director of the Center for Science, Ethics & Public Policy at the University of Delaware and a faculty member of the Philosophy Department and the Biden School of Public Policy & Administration.

My research spans several areas of ethics in science and engineering and the philosophy of technology, with a focus on information technology. I’ve published on topics such as the ethics of artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, virtual worlds, artificial agents, and human-robot interaction.

At UD I am a member of the NSF Human-AI Cooperation Artificial Intelligence Institute and the First State AI Institute, and a faculty affiliate of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, the Data Science Institute, the Delaware Environmental Institute, and the Center for Autonomous and Robotic Systems. I’ve held visiting research positions at the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of the Balearic Islands in Palma, Spain.

For publications, funding, and talks, see my curriculum vitae.

Avocations

In my spare time, I tinker with motorcycles and automobiles.