The Weizenbaum Award was established in 2008 by th
International Society for Ethics and Information Technology(INSEIT). It is given every two years by INSEIT's adjudication committee to an individual who has “made a significant contribution to the field of information and computer ethics, through his or her research, service, and vision.”
It is officially named the 'INSEIT/ Joseph Weizenbaum Award in Information and Computer Ethics', "in recognition of
Joseph Weizenbaum
Joseph Weizenbaum (8 January 1923 – 5 March 2008) was a German American computer scientist and a professor at MIT. The Weizenbaum Award is named after him. He is considered one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence.
Life and caree ...
’s groundbreaking and highly influential work in computer ethics in the 1970s, which helped to shape the field as we know it today".
Winners
The Award has been won by:
*2022:
Philip Brey, to be awarded in CEPE 2023 in Chicago
*2020: Rafael Capurro, awarded in CEPE/IACAP 2021, Hamburg
*2019: Herman Tavani, awarded in CEPE 2019, in Norfolk Virginia
*2017:
James Moor
James H. Moor is the Daniel P. Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at Dartmouth College. He earned his Ph.D. in 1972 from Indiana University. Moor's 1985 paper entitled "What is Computer Ethics?" established him as one of the pi ...
, in CEPE ETHICOMP 2017
*2015:
Deborah Johnson
*2013:
Luciano Floridi
Luciano Floridi (; born 16 November 1964) is an Italian people, Italian and British people, British philosopher. He holds a double appointment as professor of philosophy and ethics of information at the University of Oxford, Oxford Internet In ...
*2011:
Keith W. Miller
*2010:
Donald Gotterbarn
Donald William Gotterbarn is a computer ethics researcher. Gotterbarn received his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1971 from the University of Rochester. He also earned his M. Div. from the Colgate Rochester Divinity School.
Professional career
Gotterb ...
*2009:
Terrell Ward Bynum
Terrell Ward Bynum (born 1941) is an American philosopher, writer and editor. Bynum is currently director of the Research Center on Computing and Society at Southern Connecticut State University, where he is also a professor of philosophy, and vi ...
.
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See also
* List of computer science awards
This list of computer science awards is an index to articles on notable awards related to computer science. It includes lists of awards by the Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, other comput ...
References
External links
{{official website, http://www4.uwm.edu/cipr/collaborations/inseit/
See the website of INSEIT, https://inseit.net, with all details of the award.
Documentary film about Joseph Weizenbaum
( "WEIZENBAUM. Rebel at Work." )
Philosophy awards
Computer science awards
Information science awards