iPerCS + CENS iPerCS + CENS Embedding Social ResponsibilityEmbedding Social Responsibility

Dana Cuff

UCLA

Department of Architecture and Urban Design

Department of Urban Planning

Institute for Pervasive Computing and Society

WHAT IT IS:an interdisciplinary initiative at UCLA to examine the social, ethical, business, and legal issues surrounding the emergent technology of pervasive computing.

--a collaboration with CENS--a transdisciplinary colloquium--a related group of research undertakings--a site where intersections between sciences, arts, policy, and humanities are explored--a set of intellectual and information resources

WHAT WE COULD WHAT WE COULD

KNOWKNOW ABOUT SUSANABOUT SUSAN

- Health insurer tracks ongoing- Health insurer tracks ongoing medical records of extendedmedical records of extended familyfamily - Mom sees if she’s cutting- Mom sees if she’s cutting class this afternoonclass this afternoon - Car has 200+ sensors, - Car has 200+ sensors, downloaded to downloaded to a central a central location from stop at gaslocation from stop at gas pumppump

WHAT SUSAN COULD DOWHAT SUSAN COULD DO

- Drive home using telematic- Drive home using telematic traffictraffic informationinformation - Access immediate campus- Access immediate campus securitysecurity updates fromupdates from pervasive monitorspervasive monitors

GOALS:--to embed social responsibility within emerging technologies--to study and teach pervasive computing from an ethical and cultural perspective--to develop principlesprinciples to guide pervasive computing as it emerges

PrivacyTransparency / VisibilityOpen AccessPublicity

Institute for Pervasive Computing and Society

World Trade Center Rover

Transparency / Visibility Publicity

WHAT IT DOES:WORKSHOPSWEBSITE (ipercs.ucla.edu)ARTICLESPUBLIC TESTIMONYNAS COMMITTEESSYMPOSIUM

Institute for Pervasive Computing and Society

WORKSHOP #1

Institute for Pervasive Computing and Society

SYMPOSIUM: CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE AGE OF PERVASIVE COMPUTING

--Reframing the debate about privacy in order to consider questions of the common good

--The role of design versus regulation

--Values in science

Design versus Regulation

--creative engagement among disciplines--integration of aesthetic and/or social principles at an early stage of development

Design versus Regulation

--public policy for guidance and control--restrictive practices--setting of standards

Privacy Reframed--part of larger cultural, ethical, andlegal context

--emphasis on individual balanced by group and society

--focus on protection balanced by design

Design and PerC--applications approach

--appliance approach

--new paradigms approach

Design, the Arts, and PerC--developing a critical culture for emerging computing technologies--increasing visibility and transparency--enhancing publicity--educating with and about PerC