Inaugural Address

Dr. Justin B. Biddle is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology; the Director of the Georgia Tech Ethics, Technology, and Human Interaction Center, and a Faculty Affiliate in the Georgia Tech Center for Machine Learning. His research focuses on the role of values in the design of technological systems and on the ethics of emerging technologies, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence (AI) systems. He is a part of the Georgia Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing Technology Corridor (Georgia AIM) and leads a team to facilitate the early identification and management of potential ethical and societal consequences of AI-enabled manufacturing systems. He is also co-lead of the Ethical AI Thrust of the National AI Institute on Advances in Optimization. He received his PhD in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Notre Dame.