Cansu Canca Explained

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] AI Ethics Lab became a pioneer in the field for its novel approach to ethics practice.^[11] In 2018, Canca was listed among the “30 Influential Women Advancing AI in Boston”^[12] and in 2019, among the “100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics”.^[13] She is also the first technology and AI ethicist in Turkey.

Canca serves as an ethics expert in various ethics, advisory, and editorial boards.^[14] She is a founding editor for AI & Ethics Journal.^[15] She has given over 100 keynotes, seminars, talks, and interviews^{[16] [17] [18]} on AI ethics including TEDxCambridge,^[19] Harvard Business School,^[20] U.S. Department of Justice,^[21] Institute of Physics,^[22] and MIT Technology Review.^[23]

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. Web site: Cansu Canca, Ph.D.. 2021-03-15. AI ETHICS LAB. en-US.
2. Web site: Cansu Canca. 2021-03-19. The Ella Project. 12 July 2019 . en-US.
3. Web site: In healthcare, ethical AI is a life-or-death issue: Q&A with AI Ethics Lab's founder and director. 2021-01-03. www.beckershospitalreview.com.
4. Web site: Sırt. Timur. 2020-09-11. Health care, smart home solution startups become investors' favorite during pandemic. 2021-01-03. Daily Sabah. en.
5. Dr Cansu Canca, lecturer in medical ethics . BIHMSE News . April 2016 . 9 . 7 . Bau Institute of Medical & Health Sciences Education . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210715201024/https://www.bimhse.hku.hk/home/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/BIMHSE-News-Issue-9.pdf . 15 July 2021.
6. Web site: Cansu Canca, Visiting Scholar Petrie-Flom Center. 2021-03-08. The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. 7 October 2013 . en-US.
7. Web site: Cansu Canca philosophy-at-nus. 2021-03-08. blog.nus.edu.sg.
8. Editorial . WHO Ethics and Health Unit Newsletter . 3 . Spring 2010 . Michelle . Allain . Cansu . Canca . World Health Organization.
9. Web site: ABOUT. 2021-03-15. AI ETHICS LAB. en-US.
10. Web site: PiE MODEL: A NEW ETHICS MODEL FOR INNOVATION. 2021-03-15. AI ETHICS LAB. en-US.
11. Web site: Canca. Cansu. Forbes Insights: A New Model For AI Ethics In R&D. 2021-03-15. Forbes. en.
12. Web site: LaptrinhX. 2018-04-24. 30 Influential Women Advancing AI in Boston. 2021-03-15. LaptrinhX. en.
13. Web site: 2019. 2021-03-15. 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™. en-US.
14. Web site: Advisory Board. 2021-03-15. www.coalitionnetwork.org.
15. Web site: AI and Ethics. 2021-03-08. Springer. en.
16. Web site: 2019-07-29. Would A BDSM Sex Robot Violate Asimov's First Law Of Robotics?. 2021-03-19. Gizmodo Australia. en-AU.
17. Web site: Dazed. 2019-06-26. The terrifying deepfake tool that lets you put words in people's mouths. 2021-03-19. Dazed. en.
18. Web site: Interview with Cansu Canca, AI Ethics Lab. 2021-03-19. videos.re-work.co.
19. Web site: How To Solve AI's Ethical Puzzles. 2021-03-15. TEDxCambridge. en-US.
20. Web site: 2019-04-03. Why AI can't afford to discount diversity. 2021-03-15. Harvard Business School Digital Initiative. en.
21. Web site: Cansu Canca Speaking Engagements, Schedule, & Fee WSB. 2021-03-19. Washington Speakers Bureau.
22. Web site: Looking Glass: Society – Serious thinking about who and what we are. 2021-03-15. Looking Glass: Society – Serious thinking about who and what we are Institute of Physics. en.
23. Web site: Leadership Summit: Breakthrough to impact . November 1, 2019 . 2021-03-15 . forms.technologyreview.com . MIT Technology Review . live . https://archive.today/20210715200312/https://forms.technologyreview.com/leadership-summit/ . 15 July 2021.

External links

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