BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:IST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230313T145920Z UID:2E7A706D-2CB4-49A6-9563-FB03F7199F42 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221201T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221201T190000 DESCRIPTION:[IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter](https://www.ieee-ukandirelan d.org/chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-technology/) and SSIT IST -Africa SIGHT are cooperating to organise this SSIT Lecture as a joint Web inar.\n\nIEEE and SSIT Members as well as non-IEEE Members are invited to [Register](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/329722) and participate. IEEE Members should include their IEEE Membership Number when registering.\n\nT his joint meeting will take place online. Registered participants will be provided with the link prior to the event.\n\nThis meeting will take place at 6pm (UTC) / 1pm (EST) on 01 December 2022. Click [here to convert to y our local time](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg= IEEE+SSIT+Lecture%3A+Anticipating+Urban+Robotics&iso=20221201T18&p1=78&ah= 1)\n\nFocus\n\nAccording to one definition\, “a robot is an autonomous m achine capable of sensing its environment\, carrying out computations to m ake decisions\, and performing actions in the real world.” Such a defini tion would include many urban systems that are not normally associated wit h robotics\, such as lighting and thermal comfort systems in smart buildin gs and sensor-driven traffic signals on roads. The lines are blurring betw een autonomous machines and the increasingly intelligent environments in w hich they are embedded. Automotive engineers have developed standard defin itions for levels of automation in autonomous vehicles from “full human control” to “fully autonomous control\;” but the third locus of cont rol—the intelligent environment—is less frequently considered to be pa rt of the story. Practical engineering concerns regarding which computing to do at the edge (in the robot) or centrally (in the environment) place v ery real constraints on the feasible degree of autonomy for a given roboti c functionality. Ethical concerns regarding the preservation of human auto nomy in smart environments that also host robots make this an important to pic for humanity’s urban future. How does the responsibility of the desi gner change when the human is inside the robot (as in a building or vehicl e) compared to when the human is located outside and perhaps adjacent to i t? What urban governance structures are needed to preserve human dignity a nd an ability to make choices in a city with ubiquitous automation? Who is responsible when intelligent urban systems fail or get hacked? Which aspe cts of ubiquitous urban intelligence should be regarded as infrastructural versus open to marketplace competition or factional conflict? This presen tation unpacks the contradictions in urban robotics\, suggests how to avoi d doing harm to humans\, and encourages critical discussion about which ve rsion of the intelligent urban future we are building.\n\nFor more informa tion\, visit [SSIT website](https://technologyandsociety.org/)\n\nSpeaker( s): Prof Clinton J. Andrews \, \n\nAgenda: \n18:00 (UTC) Welcome and Intro duction to Guest Speaker\n18:05 Lecture\n18:45 Questions and Discussions\n \nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/329722 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/329722 ORGANIZER:miriam@iimg.com SEQUENCE:5 SUMMARY:IEEE SSIT Lecture: Anticipating Urban Robotics URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/329722 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><a href="https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org /chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-technology/" target="_blank" r el="noopener">IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter</a> and SSIT IST-Africa SIG HT are cooperating to organise this SSIT Lecture as a joint Webinar.</p>\n <p>IEEE and SSIT Members as well as non-IEEE Members are invited to <a hre f="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/329722" target="_blank" rel="noopener" >Register</a> and participate. IEEE Members should include their IEEE Memb ership Number when registering.</p>\n<p>This joint meeting will take place online. Registered participants will be provided with the link prior to t he event.</p>\n<p>This meeting will take place at <strong>6pm (UTC) / 1pm (EST)</strong> <strong>on 01 December 2022</strong>. Click <a href="https: //www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=IEEE+SSIT+Lecture%3A+A nticipating+Urban+Robotics&amp\;iso=20221201T18&amp\;p1=78&amp\;ah=1">here to convert to your local time</a></p>\n<p><strong>Focus</strong></p>\n<p> According to one definition\, &ldquo\;a robot is an autonomous machine cap able of sensing its environment\, carrying out computations to make decisi ons\, and performing actions in the real world.&rdquo\; Such a definition would include many urban systems that are not normally associated with rob otics\, such as lighting and thermal comfort systems in smart buildings an d sensor-driven traffic signals on roads. The lines are blurring between a utonomous machines and the increasingly intelligent environments in which they are embedded. Automotive engineers have developed standard definition s for levels of automation in autonomous vehicles from &ldquo\;full human control&rdquo\; to &ldquo\;fully autonomous control\;&rdquo\; but the thir d locus of control&mdash\;the intelligent environment&mdash\;is less frequ ently considered to be part of the story. Practical engineering concerns r egarding which computing to do at the edge (in the robot) or centrally (in the environment) place very real constraints on the feasible degree of au tonomy for a given robotic functionality. Ethical concerns regarding the p reservation of human autonomy in smart environments that also host robots make this an important topic for humanity&rsquo\;s urban future. How does the responsibility of the designer change when the human is inside the rob ot (as in a building or vehicle) compared to when the human is located out side and perhaps adjacent to it? What urban governance structures are need ed to preserve human dignity and an ability to make choices in a city with ubiquitous automation? Who is responsible when intelligent urban systems fail or get hacked? Which aspects of ubiquitous urban intelligence should be regarded as infrastructural versus open to marketplace competition or f actional conflict? This presentation unpacks the contradictions in urban r obotics\, suggests how to avoid doing harm to humans\, and encourages crit ical discussion about which version of the intelligent urban future we are building.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>For more information\, visit <a href="htt ps://technologyandsociety.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SSIT websit e</a>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>18:00 (UTC) Welcome and Intro duction to Guest Speaker<br />18:05 Lecture<br />18:45 Questions and Discu ssions</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR