From Good Ideas to Practical Solutions: The Changing Nature of Participation in Our Evolving Digital Landscape/Istock

September 2018

Special Issue on ISTAS 2017 - From Good Ideas to Practical Solutions

How do we develop “good” technological concepts that solve a particular problem or fulfill a defined need? How can these designs be translated into pragmatic technological solutions that are beneficial to individuals and society? How do we detect, plan for, and limit any adverse implications? Are there any additional and perhaps previously unaccounted for considerations, particularly when reflecting on technological developments in fields such as Artificial Intelligence?

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• Is Your Algorithm Dangerous? by Lyria Bennett Moses Posted in: Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - How do we ensure that tools such as machine learning do not displace important social values? Evaluating the appropriateness of… ...  Read More
• Translational Technologists and Collective Creativity by Christine Perakslis Posted in: Human Impacts, Last Word, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - As a community, we aim to develop and deploy practical technological solutions that are of benefit to individuals and society.… ...  Read More
• IEEE and Sustainable Development by Paul Cunningham Posted in: Environment, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, President's Message, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - This month I will briefly discuss the work of the IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee, which I have the honor to… ...  Read More
• Making It Useful Even When It Seems to Be Useless by Javier Aracil Posted in: Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Technology has provided the source of intrinsically liberating devices, even if a number of them have proved themselves to be… ...  Read More
• Ethics of Robotic Deception by Ronald C. Arkin Posted in: Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Social Implications of Technology - The time of robotic deception is rapidly approaching. We are being bombarded regarding the inherent ethical dangers of the approaching… ...  Read More
• BOOK REVIEW: The Camera Does the Rest: How Polaroid Changed Photography by A. David Wunsch Posted in: Book Reviews, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Peter Buse, in his The Camera Does the Rest, stakes out different territory. His focus is on the social meaning of… ...  Read More
• From Usability to Exploitability by Jeremy Pitt Posted in: Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - If digital technologies can be designed to maintain or sustain values, then the same technologies can be designed to manipulate… ...  Read More
• From Good Ideas to Practical Solutions by Roba Abbas Posted in: Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - We define “good” technological ideas, as: sound technological designs, developed using participation-based methods, that seek to promote the beneficial uses of… ...  Read More
• Introducing FutureProof, the IEEE SSIT Blog by terribookman Posted in: Magazine Articles, News and Notes, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - SSIT launches FutureProof, a refereed blog of concise, authoritative posts surfacing critical topics on the social implications of technology. ...  Read More
• Call for Papers – Special Issue of IEEE Technology and Magazine by Jeremy Pitt Posted in: Magazine Articles, Societal Impact - The aim of this special issue is to evaluate the social impact and social implications of new and emerging technologies on… ...  Read More

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