<div dir="ltr">  Call for Papers for Philosophy & Technology’s special issue on:<br>'Machine Learning and Society: Philosophical and Sociological<br>Perspectives'<br>[<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/pJlwCD1vlpToQ1RnpUW-Ewl?domain=link.springer.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/collections/abgijebabc</a>]<br><b>The NEW deadline is DECEMBER 31st  2023.<br></b><br><div>Guest editors: Mirko Farina (Innopolis:<br><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/KngrCJyBrGfBPR71OuLvVeu?domain=mirkofarina.weebly.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirkofarina.weebly.com/</a>) and Witold Pedrycz (Alberta:<br><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/AIa2CK1DvKTD0ljBKupTfNO?domain=scopus.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56854903200</a>)<br>--------------------------------<br>Machine learning (ML) is a branch of Artificial Intelligence that<br>focuses on using data and algorithms to mimic the way humans learn. ML<br>has the potential to deeply transform our societies and our economies.<br>As the OECD recently reported: ‘it promises to generate productivity,<br>gains, improve well-being and help address global challenges... Yet,<br>as [its] applications are adopted around the world, their use can<br>raise questions and challenges related to human values, fairness,<br>human determination, privacy, safety, and accountability...’<br><br>This topical collection sets out to explore the broad applications of<br>ML in Society. The objective of this collection is therefore to take<br>our readers on a fascinating voyage of recent machine learning<br>advancements, highlighting the systematic changes in algorithms,<br>techniques and methodologies underwent to date but also aptly<br>reflecting on the philosophical, sociological, as well as ethical<br>consequences, overall impact, and general desirability that such<br>widespread adoption may entail for future societies and individuals<br>living within them.<br><br>We plan to organise our topical collection around four -basic-<br>thematic (and strongly multidisciplinary) sections, as follows:<br><br>- PART A [Machine Learning: a primer]<br>- PART B [Machine Learning in Policy Making]<br>- PART C [Machine Learning in Society]<br>- PART D [The Future World of Machine Learning]<br><br>PART A provides a primer on the algorithms, techniques, and<br>statistical methods used by computer scientists in machine learning.<br>PART B broadly assesses -from the perspective of general policy<br>making- the conditions for the application of ML in society (ideally,<br>in fields such as government and management, education, healthcare,<br>and environmental protection). PART C reviews and evaluates the<br>merits, possibilities, and challenges associated to the widespread<br>implementations of ML in ‘lived environments’ (in fields such as<br>internet of things, automated transportation, industrial automation,<br>and hiring procedures). Finally, PART D offers a series of careful<br>reflections on major ethical and privacy issues (ranging from<br>algorithmic transparency, accountability, and fairness to<br>responsibility, interpretability, and bio-security).<br><br>All approaches, methodologies, and schools of thought are welcome,<br>with particular attention to sound and evidence-based reasoning.<br>--------------------------------<br><br>To submit a paper for this special issue, please follow the<br>instructions on the journal's website:<br>--> <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/pJlwCD1vlpToQ1RnpUW-Ewl?domain=link.springer.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/collections/abgijebabc</a><br><br><b>The NEW deadline is DECEMBER 31st  2023.</b><br>Thank you<br><br>With best wishes,<br>Mirko & Witold<br><div><br></div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Mirko
Farina, PhD, MPhil</span><br>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Associate
Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Head of Human-Machine
Interaction Lab (</span><i><span style="background-image:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span lang="EN-US">HMI Lab</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;color:rgb(34,34,34)">)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><br>
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<br>Innopolis University, </span><span style="font-size:10pt">Universitetskaya St, 1,<br>Innopolis, Republic of Tatarstan, </span><span style="font-size:10pt">Russian Federation, 420500</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Research Fellow <br>Center for Artificial Intelligence<br><span style="font-size:10pt">Innopolis Univeristy, </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Universitetskaya St 1, <br>Innopolis, Republic of Tatarstan, </span><span style="font-size:10pt">Russian Federation, 420500</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></div></div></div><div hspace="streak-pt-mark" style="max-height:1px"><img alt="" style="width:0px;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden" src="https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=aZmFyaW5hbWlya29AZ21haWwuY29t&type=zerocontent&guid=584d74f3-377e-446c-a994-5dedec5b07a3"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">ᐧ</font></div>