时间  2023年6月30日11:00-12:30（北京时间）

报告人  Prof. Iven Mareels, Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability, Federation University Australia

主持人  Prof. Qing-Long Han, Swinburne University of Technology

Zoom Meeting ID  862 0341 0156

摘要

Values that inform our behaviour are powerful organising principles for individuals and corporations alike. Laws and regulations are mandatory guidelines at the national and international level. The former are often pre-emptive in nature, as their adherence is to lead to acceptable or preferred outcomes. The latter delineate the unacceptable clearly, and they are often used in a reactive way, as their enforcement is to punish unacceptable outcomes. Nevertheless both work hand in hand, and play an important role in the development and also the practice and the use of technology. Neither are totally sufficient to avoid unacceptable outcomes. We reflect on what a trust-triangle looks like in the context of the digital automation characterising the 4th industrial revolution, and in particular look at the asymmetries in the relationships that weaken the forces at play in the trust triangle.

From an angle of practice, as well as research and development, we look at a few of the ethical/legal issues that we are aware of in the context of the 4th industrial revolution, and suggest that leading with a value based approach, at the individual as well as corporate level is essential to avoid some of the unintended consequences previous industrial revolutions have made, and reflect why calling for a moratorium on development is not going to solve the foreseeable problems.

报告人简介

Since Oct 2022, Iven Mareels is the Executive Dean, Institute for Innovation, Science and Sustainability, Federation University Australia. He is also a Director of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, and a non-executive Director of Rubicon Water.

Previously, he was a partner in IBM Consulting and Director of the Centre for Applied Research, IBM Australia (April 2021-Aug 2022); Director of IBM Research in Australia (Feb 2018-Mar 2021); Dean of Engineering at the University of Melbourne (2007-2018).

Iven received the PhD in Systems Engineering from the Australian National University (1987), and the Master of Engineering (Electromechanical) from Gent University (1982).

He has co-authored over 500 refereed publications, including 5 monographs. He is a co-inventor of a suite of patents related to the automation of large scale, gravity fed, irrigation systems.

Iven has received a number of awards, including a 2021 IBM Research Achievement Award (bronze level); 2017 Harold Chestnut Control Engineering Textbook Prize; 2014 IEEE Control Systems Society Technology Award; 2013 Asian Control Association Wook Hyun Kwon Education Award; 2008 Clunies Ross Medal.

He was made a Commander in the Order of the Crown of Belgium, and received the Centenary Medal of Australia for contributions to engineering education and research. 

He is a Fellow of The Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Australia; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA), the International Federation of Automatic Control (Austria) and Engineers Australia and he is a Foreign Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.