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George Bowden and Andrea Slane will talk about, “Privacy: From Intelligent Audio to Humanoid Robots” MEETING DATE: 6:45PM - 8:45PM in via Zoom virtual meeting. |
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George Bowden and Andrea Slane will talk about, “Privacy: From Intelligent Audio to Humanoid Robots” MEETING DATE: 6:45PM - 8:45PM in via Zoom virtual meeting. |
There are many new electronic products aimed toward servicing the needs of seniors — from intel- ligent audio to humanoid robots — that, while they can be very helpful, have raised many ethical and privacy concerns.
These concerns are the focus a presentation to be given at the next BCUG General Meeting scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, August 26 via Zoom conference software.
The presenters, George Bowden and Dr. Andrea Slane, will talk about voice assistants like the Google Mini, robotic pets like Joy for All dogs and cats, and humanoid proactive companion devices like ElliQ, and the future of AI-driven social devices for seniors, with a focus on concerns raised by ethical and privacy issues, especially in information law, intellectual property, law and technology, privacy, cyberbullying and cybercrime.
George Bowden, Vice President/Webmaster, Victoria [British Columbia] Computer Club, is an escapee from corporate computing, who has been programming computers since 1975. He holds a B.Sc. in Computing Science from Simon Fraser University. After years of programming and management in telecommunications, George worked for a decade in the Government of BC‘s data network group.
His skills include database design, web site construction, software design and development, and data networking.
Andrea Slane, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs-Legal Studies, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, joined Ontario Tech‘s Faculty of Social Science and Humanities in 2009 as an Associate Professor in the Legal Studies program.
Her research focuses on privacy, data protection, and the variety of legal regimes that protect people from both individual and commercial wrongdoing online and over digital devices. She has a substantial body of work on the appropriate means to regulate the flow of personal information, whether between individuals; individuals and businesses; businesses and government; business to business; or to the public.
