Cansu Canca

Cansu Canca (pronunciation: [dʒanˈsu dʒanˈdʒa]) is a moral and political philosopher, with a Ph.D. specializing in applied ethics, and founder and director of AI Ethics Lab.^[1][2][3][4] Formerly, she was a bioethicist at the University of Hong Kong,^[5] and an ethics researcher at Harvard Law School,^[6] Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, National University of Singapore,^[7] Osaka University, and the World Health Organization.^[8]

Canca started AI Ethics Lab in late 2016 (based in Cambridge, MA) focusing on integrating ethics into the innovation process.^[9] Developing and implementing the Puzzle-solving in Ethics Model (PiE Model),^[10][11] AI Ethics Lab became a pioneer in the field for its novel approach to ethics practice.^[12] In 2018, Canca was listed among the “30 Influential Women Advancing AI in Boston”^[13] and in 2019, among the “100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics”.^[14] She is also the first technology and AI ethicist in Turkey.^[1]

Canca serves as an ethics expert in various ethics, advisory, and editorial boards.^[1][15] She is a founding editor for AI & Ethics Journal.^[16] She has given over 100 keynotes, seminars, talks, and interviews^[17][18][19] on AI ethics including TEDxCambridge,^[20] Harvard Business School,^[21] U.S. Department of Justice,^[22] Institute of Physics,^[23] and MIT Technology Review.^[24]

Selected works

• “Operationalizing AI Ethics Principles,” Communications of the ACM, 63 (12): 18–21, 2020, doi:10.1145/3430368
• Toolbox: Dynamics of AI Principles, with K.Y. Usta, O. Kartoz, D. Al-Qutub, AI Ethics Lab, 2020
• “Why ‘Mandatory Privacy-Preserving Digital Contact Tracing’ is the Ethical Measure against COVID-19,” Medium, 2020
• “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Ethics in Human Subjects Research,” co-authored with T. Eto & B. Leong, CITI Program, 2020
• “AI & Global Governance: Human Rights and AI Ethics – Why Ethics Cannot be Replaced by the UDHR,” United Nations University – Centre for Policy Research, 2019
• “A New Model for AI Ethics in R&D,” Forbes AI, 2019
• “A User-Focused Transdisciplinary Research Agenda for AI-Enabled Health Tech Governance,” co-authored with D. Arney, M. Senges, S. Gerke, L. H. Ihle, N. Kaiser, S. Kakarmath, A. Kupke, A. Gajeele, S. Lynch, L. Melendez, Harvard University Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, 2019, doi:10.2139/ssrn.3385398
• “White Christmas and Technological Restraining Orders: Are Digital Blocks Ethical?” co-authored with L. H. Ihle, Black Mirror and Philosophy, ed. W. Irwin & D. K. Johnson, Wiley-Blackwell, 2019.
• “Machine Learning as the Enemy of Science? Not Really.” Bill of Health – Harvard Law School, 2018
• “Voice Assistants, Health, and Ethical Design,” Bill of Health – Harvard Law School, 2017
• “On Coercive Offers: In Support of a Market in Kidneys,” International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 31 (2): 149–162, 2017, doi: 10.5840/ijap201822791

References

1. "Cansu Canca, Ph.D." AI ETHICS LAB. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
2. "Cansu Canca". The Ella Project. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
3. "In healthcare, ethical AI is a life-or-death issue: Q&A with AI Ethics Lab's founder and director". www.beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
4. Sırt, Timur (2020-09-11). "Health care, smart home solution startups become investors' favorite during pandemic". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
5. "Dr Cansu Canca, lecturer in medical ethics" (PDF). BIHMSE News (9). Bau Institute of Medical & Health Sciences Education: 7. April 2016. (PDF) from the original on 15 July 2021.
6. "Cansu Canca, Visiting Scholar | | Petrie-Flom Center". The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
7. "Cansu Canca | philosophy-at-nus". blog.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
8. Allain, Michelle; Canca, Cansu, eds. (Spring 2010). "Editorial" (PDF). WHO Ethics and Health Unit Newsletter (3). World Health Organization.
9. "ABOUT". AI ETHICS LAB. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
10. "PiE MODEL: A NEW ETHICS MODEL FOR INNOVATION". AI ETHICS LAB. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
11. Dynamics of AI Principles, with Cansu Canca – AI Ethics Lab, 5 January 2021, retrieved 2021-03-19
12. Canca, Cansu. "Forbes Insights: A New Model For AI Ethics In R&D". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
13. LaptrinhX (2018-04-24). "30 Influential Women Advancing AI in Boston". LaptrinhX. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
14. "2019". 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
15. "Advisory Board". www.coalitionnetwork.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
16. "AI and Ethics". Springer. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
17. "Would A BDSM Sex Robot Violate Asimov's First Law Of Robotics?". Gizmodo Australia. 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
18. Dazed (2019-06-26). "The terrifying deepfake tool that lets you put words in people's mouths". Dazed. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
19. "Interview with Cansu Canca, AI Ethics Lab". videos.re-work.co. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
20. "How To Solve AI's Ethical Puzzles". TEDxCambridge. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
21. "Why AI can't afford to discount diversity". Harvard Business School Digital Initiative. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
22. "Cansu Canca Speaking Engagements, Schedule, & Fee | WSB". Washington Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
23. "Looking Glass: Society – Serious thinking about who and what we are". Looking Glass: Society – Serious thinking about who and what we are | Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
24. "Leadership Summit: Breakthrough to impact". forms.technologyreview.com. MIT Technology Review. November 1, 2019. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-15.

External links

• Homepage – AI ETHICS LAB
• TEDxCambridge – "How to Solve AI's Ethical Puzzles"