One of my favourite history stories is of a young Julius Caesar taken prisoner by pirates on his way to study in Rhodes. The pirates …
Are mobile health apps leading to more injustice?
Mobile health apps or mHealth apps are becoming increasingly popular. Prominent manufacturers of wearables, fitness trackers, and smartwatches such as Fitbit or Garmin offer apps …
What’s the Deal with Vaccine Passports?
I wrote a blog post for Castlebridge blog series discussing the emergence of Vaccine Passports, their advantages and their disadvantages regarding privacy and social impact. …
Disclosing data protection practices to data subjects: how do we achieve useful transparency?
“So, what are you doing exactly in academia?” That’s a quite common and recurring question that I received from different people when I’m tell them …
The ethics of video analytics
In this blogpost I will give a brief summary of my PhD research. The core aim of the research is to assess the ethical implications …
Projects working on GDPR Compliance solutions
I wrote a blog post in my personal webpage about different projects in the European Union’s H2020 innovation program working to develop solutions that can …
Some measures for reducing harms in genomic research
By Haleh Asgarinia & Beatriz Esteves Last Thursday, September 17th, Karlin Lillington wrote an article in The Irish Times about how ‘Ireland is quietly allowing …
On the impact of camera surveillance
I wrote an essay for Streven (in Dutch) about the power cameras have over people’s lives, actions and identity. I argue that we should care …
On ‘How Paul Baran Invented the Internet’
I wrote an article on culture.pl discussing the man who invented packet switching entitled ‘Averting the Apocalypse with Hot Potatoes: How Paul Baran Invented the …
Professor Asunción Gómez-Pérez of UPM was selected to be part of the Spanish Government’s Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence
The Spanish Government has set up the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council, made up of internationally renowned Spanish experts, including representatives from the scientific, economic and …