Resources

Below are additional readings, videos, and other materials related to course topics. 

ETHICS OF MODELING AND SIMULATION

Bak MA. Computing fairness: ethics of modeling and simulation in public health. SIMULATION. 2022;98(2):103-111. Links to an external site. 

Durán (2018).  Links to an external site.Computer simulations in science and engineering (chapter 7: Ethics and computer simulations). Springer. Links to an external site. 

SCS Simulationist Code of Ethics Links to an external site.

SAFETY

WORKPLACE/ECONOMICS

Brynjolfsson (2021). "Augmentation, not automation." Boston Review. Links to an external site. 

LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPON SYSTEMS

Kuipers, B. (updated 2021) "Why I don't take military funding." Links to an external site.

Koditschek's letter to Ghost's CEO Links to an external site.

Boulanin and Ovink (2022). "Civilian AI Is Already Being Misused by the Bad Guys> an Links to an external site.d the AI community needs to do something about it." IEEE Spectrum. Links to an external site. 

MORAL PHILOSOPHY

Vishwanath et al. (2022) "Towards Artificial Virtuous Agents: Games, Dilemmas and Machine Learning." Links to an external site.

ACCESSIBILITY (resources credit: Ana Maria Iglesias Maqueda)

A list of disability simulators Links to an external site. for 'viewing' a website with a disability

WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool Links to an external site.

Web accessibility evaluation tools list Links to an external site. (from W3C)

Apex4 ARIA development suite Links to an external site. (ARIA stands for Accessible Rich Internet Applications) 

Colors Tester Links to an external site., a validation tool related to color blindness

Photosensitive Epilepsy Analysis Tool Links to an external site. (PEAT) to test content for seizure risks

ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY

Calo (2011). "Open Robotics." Maryland Law Review, Vol. 70, No. 3. Links to an external site.