Kate Darling Explained

Katherine Irene Maynard Darling
Fields:Law, ethics, technology
Alma Mater:ETH Zurich, University of Basel
Thesis1 Title:Copyright and new technologies: theoretical and empirical analysis of copyright transfers and content production incentives
Thesis1 Url:https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/handle/20.500.11850/154479
Thesis1 Year:2014

Katherine 'Kate' Irene Maynard Darling (January 27, 1982) is an American-Swiss academic. She works on the legal and ethical implications of technology. As of 2019, she is a Research Specialist at the MIT Media Lab.[1] [2] [3]

Academic career

Darling was born in the US, but grew up in Basel, Switzerland. Darling received degrees in Economics and Law from the University of Basel. After completing her 2014 dissertation titled Copyright and new technologies: theoretical and empirical analysis of copyright transfers and content production incentives at ETH Zurich, Darling returned to the US, to teach a robot ethics course at Harvard Law School with Lawrence Lessig.[1] In Darling's robot ethics course, she touches upon how law and robotics work together. However, she primarily focuses on the legal and social issues with robotics.[4] Darling is a former fellow at Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society,[5] the Yale Information Society Project[1] and the Center for Law & Economics.[6]

Darling has an honorary doctorate of sciences from Middlebury College.[7] [8] Darling has published academic work on topics such as human-robot interaction and, in her thesis, copyright transfer.[9] [10] She was awarded with a Mark T Banner Award in Intellectual Property.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bio. Kate Darling.
  2. Web site: Person Overview ‹ Kate Darling. MIT Media Lab.
  3. Web site: Kate Darling | Robohub.
  4. Web site: Person Overview ‹ Kate Darling. 2021-11-10. MIT Media Lab.
  5. Web site: Kate Darling. 30 August 2019. Berkman Klein Center.
  6. Web site: Former Members. lawecon.ethz.ch.
  7. Web site: Class of 2017 Celebrates Commencement. 28 May 2017. Middlebury.
  8. Web site: ALU Founder Receives Honorary Doctorate from Middlebury College, Vermont, USA. 28 May 2017.
  9. Book: Darling . Kate . Nandy . Palash . Breazeal . Cynthia . 2015 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) . Empathic concern and the effect of stories in human-robot interaction . 31 August 2015 . 770–775 . 10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333675. 1721.1/109059 . 978-1-4673-6704-2 . 23572305 .
  10. Maynard Darling . Katherine Irene . Bechtold . Stefan . Burk . Dan L. . 2014 . Copyright and new technologies: theoretical and empirical analysis of copyright transfers and content production incentives . ETH Zurich . 10.3929/ethz-a-010105360. 20.500.11850/154479 . Doctoral Thesis .
  11. Web site: Mark Banner Award . 2022 . American Bar Association . 2017 Award Recipients - Dr. Kate Darling MIT Media Lab Research Specialist, Harvard Berkman Center Fellow, Robot Ethics Expert.