Steven Umbrello
Profile
STEVEN UMBRELLO is the Managing Director at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (501c3 Non-profit, Boston, MA). He was a research fellow at the Delft University of Technology. His expertise focuses on the ethics and design of emerging and transformative technologies, in particular, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and Industry 4.0 technologies. He is the editor of several international academic journals, such as the International Journal of Technoethics, the Journal of Responsible Technology, and the Journal of Ethics and Emerging Technologies. He is the author of several books, including Designed for Death: Controlling Killer Robots (2022), and dozens of academic articles across a broad range of techno-ethical domains.
Publications
Key Publications
- Dennis, Matthew; Ishmaev, Georgy; Umbrello, Steven, van den Hoven, Jeroen, (eds.) 2022. Values for a Post-Pandemic Future, Cham: Springer. ISBN: 978-3-031-08423-2
- Umbrello, Steven, 2022. “Designing Genetic Engineering Technologies for Human Values,” Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics, Vol. XXIV, No. 2, 481-510.
- Umbrello, Steven, 2022. “The Role of Engineers in Harmonising Human Values for AI Systems Design,” Journal of Responsible Technology, Vol. 10, (July), 100031. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrt.2022.100031
- Umbrello, Steven, 2021. “Coupling Levels of Abstraction in Understanding Meaningful Human Control of Autonomous Weapons: A Two-Tiered Approach,” Ethics and Information Technology. Vol. 23, No.3, 455–464. DOI: 10.1007/s10676-021-09588-w
- Umbrello, Steven; Capasso, Marianna; Balistreri, Maurizio; Pirni, Alberto; Merenda, Federica, 2021. “Value Sensitive Design to Achieve the UN SDGs with AI: A Case of Elderly Care Robots,” Minds and Machines, Special Issue: “Social Robots: Ethical and Anthropological Issues,” Vol. 31, No. 3, 395–419. DOI: 10.1007/s11023-021-09561-y
- Umbrello, Steven; van de Poel, Ibo, 2021. “Mapping Value Sensitive Design onto AI for Social Good Principles,” AI and Ethics, Vol. 1, No. 3, 283–296. DOI: 10.1007/s43681-021-00038-3