SigComm Workshop

Workshop on Ethics in Networked Systems Research

ACM SigComm Conference, 21 August 2015

Please register by sending an email to bendert.zevenbergen@oii.ox.ac.uk

Programme:
9.30 – 11.00 Problematizing the issues

• Introductory talk to set the stage (15 mins).
• Three presentations as introduction to methods, technology, and ethics reasoning (10 mins each):
  • Forgive Us Our SYNs,
  • High Fidelity, High Risk, High Reward: Using High-Fidelity Networking Data in Ethically Sound Research,
  • RoboCode – Privacy-friendly robots, an ethical responsibility of engineers?
• Breakout exercise to set the scene (30 mins),
  • Short group presentations (15 mins).

Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00 Identifying limits & shortcomings of existing ethical reasoning

• Three paper presentations (10 mins each):
  • Addressing Ethical Considerations in Network Measurement Papers,
  • Ethical Concerns for Censorship Measurement,
  • Some challenges for ethics in social network research.

• Second breakout exercise, based on issues raised, applied to case paper(s) (30 mins).
• Presentation of breakouts & discussion (30 mins)

LUNCH

14.00 – 15.30 The Human Element: Socio-political context and inclusion

• Four paper presentations (10 mins each):
  • Does the Internet deserve everybody?
  • Ethical Challenges in the MOSAIC 2B project,
  • Choke point project,
  • Ethical challenges in collaborative storytelling.

• Third exercise, based on issues raised, applied to case paper(s) (30 mins)
• Presentation of breakouts & discussion (20 mins)

16.00 – 5.30 Looking forward: Tools/guidelines in development

• Reflections on Vulnerability Disclosure – Enno Rey (10 mins)
• Cyber-security Research Ethics Decision Support (CREDS) Tool – Erin Kenneally (10 mins)
• Ethics in Networked System Research project – Ben Zevenbergen (10 mins)
• Presentation of workshop summary (10 mins)

• Open discussion (50 mins)