Welcome to the first newsletter from the Center for Interdisciplinary Decisions and Ethics (DECIDE) jointly housed in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy.
About DECIDE
The mission of the USC Center for Interdisciplinary Decisions and Ethics (DECIDE) is to enhance the research and practice of decision making on a personal, corporate, societal and public policy level through advance models and to increase sensitivity towards ethical considerations in these areas. Read More
Message From The Director
It is an honor and a pleasure to direct the USC Center for Interdisciplinary Decisions and Ethics (DECIDE). Today, more than ever, we are faced with ever-increasing ethical dilemmas in business, public policy and in personal life. The issues of data and privacy will continue to surround us and will be more prevalent in the years to come. Whistle-blowing will also continue amid numerous ethical implications.
Just this week, we heard about the "Panama Papers" as we were getting ready to launch this newsletter. Coincidentally, this newsletter includes an article by Dr. Terry Cooper at USC on the ethics of whistleblowing.
We are excited to announce the launch of the DECIDE professional education program with Professor Ali Abbas' 2-day course
Foundations of Decision Analysis (May 26-27, 2016). This a unique opportunity to learn the basic foundations of decision making under uncertainty. For more information and to register
Microsoft Technical Fellow Eric Horvitz Talks to DECIDE About Decision Analysis, Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
DECIDE director Ali Abbas sat down for an exclusive one-on-one interview with Microsoft Technical Fellow Eric Horvitz to discuss his interest in Decision Analysis and the ethical concerns with artificial intelligence. Watch Video.
DECIDE Announces Advisory Board
Ronald A. Howard
DECIDE is pleased to announce that a host of world renowned experts have joined our Advisory Board including Ronald A. Howard, Carl S. Spetzler, David V. Budescu, Eric Horvitz, George A. Bekey, Jim Matheson and Terry Cooper. Read More.
DECIDE to Publish Groundbreaking Ethics Book
Work has begun on the DECIDE book
Next Generation Ethics: Engineering a Better Society.
Several distinguished authors have already signed up to contribute to chapters including George A. Bekey (NAE fellow and Professor Emeritus at USC).
DECIDE Editorial: The Ethics of Whistleblowing
Read Dr. Terry L. Cooper's editorial on the ethics of "whistleblowing" here. If you have an idea for an editorial you would like to see published on the DECIDE website please email us at decide@usc.edu
A Photo Worth Sharing
We have Yannis Yortsos, Dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering, to thank for this great photo of (left to right) DECIDE director Ali Abbas, Dr. Andrew Viterbi, Microsoft Technical Fellow and DECIDE Advisory Board member Eric Horvitz and Dean Yannis Yortsos.
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