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Architecture Definition, which is central to system design, is one of the two most used technical processes in the practice of model-based systems engineering. In this paper a fundamental approach to architecture definition is presented and…

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Scientific research organizations that are developing and deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are at the intersection of technological progress and ethical considerations. The push for Responsible AI (RAI) in such institutions…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Muneera Bano , Didar Zowghi , Pip Shea , Georgina Ibarra

Requirement Engineering (RE) is the foundation of successful software development. In RE, the goal is to ensure that implemented systems satisfy stakeholder needs through rigorous requirements elicitation, validation, and evaluation…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Mateen Ahmed Abbasi , Petri Ihantola , Tommi Mikkonen , Niko Mäkitalo

Ethical debates in AI have primarily focused on back-end issues such as data governance, model training, and algorithmic decision-making. Less attention has been paid to the ethical significance of front-end design choices, such as the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Silvia Rossi , Diletta Huyskes , Mackenzie Jorgensen

Modern AI and robotic systems are characterized by a high and ever-increasing level of autonomy. At the same time, their applications in fields such as autonomous driving, service robotics and digital personal assistants move closer to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-06-28 Nicolas Berberich , Klaus Diepold

This article analyzes the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on contemporary society and the importance of adopting an ethical approach to its development and implementation within organizations. It examines the technocritical…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-05-06 Ernesto Giralt Hernández

Increasingly complex and autonomous systems require machine ethics to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks to society arising from the new technology. It is challenging to decide which type of ethical theory to employ and how to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-01-25 Suzanne Tolmeijer , Markus Kneer , Cristina Sarasua , Markus Christen , Abraham Bernstein

In the diverse array of work investigating the nature of human values from psychology, philosophy and social sciences, there is a clear consensus that values guide behaviour. More recently, a recognition that values provide a means to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Nardine Osman , Mark d'Inverno

Big models have greatly advanced AI's ability to understand, generate, and manipulate information and content, enabling numerous applications. However, as these models become increasingly integrated into everyday life, their inherent…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Xiaoyuan Yi , Jing Yao , Xiting Wang , Xing Xie

Information value, a measure for decision sensitivity, can provide essential information in engineering and environmental assessments. It quantifies the potential for improved decision-making when reducing uncertainty in specific inputs. By…

The ethics of Machine Learning has become an unavoidable topic in the AI Community. The deployment of machine learning systems in multiple social contexts has resulted in a closer ethical scrutiny of the design, development, and application…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Miguel Sicart , Irina Shklovski , Mirabelle Jones

There appears to be a common agreement that ethical concerns are of high importance when it comes to systems equipped with some sort of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Demands for ethical AI are declared from all directions. As a response, in…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-02-01 Ville Vakkuri , Marianna Jantunen , Erika Halme , Kai-Kristian Kemell , Anh Nguyen-Duc , Tommi Mikkonen , Pekka Abrahamsson

The past years have presented a surge in (AI) development, fueled by breakthroughs in deep learning, increased computational power, and substantial investments in the field. Given the generative capabilities of more recent AI systems, the…

Building trust in AI-based systems is deemed critical for their adoption and appropriate use. Recent research has thus attempted to evaluate how various attributes of these systems affect user trust. However, limitations regarding the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-04-29 Michaela Benk , Suzanne Tolmeijer , Florian von Wangenheim , Andrea Ferrario

Effective Requirements Engineering is a crucial activity in softwareintensive development projects. The human-centric working mode of Design Thinking is considered a powerful way to complement such activities when designing innovative…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Jennifer Hehn , Daniel Mendez

As testified by new regulations like the European AI act, the worries about the societal impact of (autonomous) software technologies are becoming of public concern. Social and human values, besides the traditional software behaviour and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Martina De Sanctis , Paola Inverardi , Patrizio Pelliccione

As autonomous systems such as drones, become increasingly deployed in high-stakes, human-centric domains, it is critical to evaluate the ethical alignment since failure to do so imposes imminent danger to human lives, and long term bias in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Anjali Parashar , Yingke Li , Eric Yang Yu , Fei Chen , James Neidhoefer , Devesh Upadhyay , Chuchu Fan

This chapter aims to stress the importance of addressing culture when designing and implementing learning analytics services. Learning analytics have been implemented in different countries with the purpose of improving learning and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Olga Viberg , Ioana Jivet , Maren Scheffel

Responsible prompt engineering has emerged as a critical framework for ensuring that generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems serve society's needs while minimizing potential harms. As generative AI applications become increasingly…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Christian Djeffal

There is a struggle in Artificial intelligence (AI) ethics to gain ground in actionable methods and models to be utilized by practitioners while developing and implementing ethically sound AI systems. AI ethics is a vague concept without a…