Judith Simon

Judith Simon (2018)

Judith Simon (* 1977) is a German philosopher . She conducts research on epistemological and ethical questions that arise in connection with digitization as a social phenomenon. Since February 2017 she has been Professor of Ethics in Information Technology at the University of Hamburg .

Life

Judith Simon completed her studies in psychology , which she had started in Marburg , in 2002 at the Free University of Berlin with a master's degree and then worked independently in software development in the usability area .

From 2003 to 2014 she worked as a research assistant in various research groups at Forschungszentrum Jülich , the University of Vienna , the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , the Institut Jean Nicod ( Ecole Normale Supérieure ) in Paris and as a guest at Stanford University and the Universities of Trento, Barcelona and Ljubljana . This was followed by a lectureship at the University of Copenhagen and another job in Vienna. There she received her PhD in philosophy in 2010.

In February 2017 Judith Simon was appointed to the chair for ethics in information technology at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hamburg, where she is involved in the research focus "Human-Centered Computing (HCC)". It is the first chair for ethics in information technology at a German computer science institute. She says of herself that her research approach is influenced by epistemological, technical, computer-ethical and feminist approaches.

Judith Simon has been a member of the Data Ethics Commission and the German Ethics Council since July 2018 .

Judith Simon is co-editor of the journals Philosophy & Technology and Big Data & Society . She is involved in the Open Library of Humanities and the Philosophy, Technology and Society book series published by Rowman & Littlefield International.

Awards

2013: Herbert A. Simon Award, International Association of Computing and Philosophy (IACAP)

Fonts

Knowing together. A social epistemology for socio-technical epistemic systems . University of Vienna. Faculty of Philosophy and Education, Vienna 2010, p. 448 , urn : nbn: at: at-ubw: 1-30403.66161.924263-6 (dissertation, supervised by Markus Peschl and Elisabeth Nemeth).

Web links

Commons : Judith Simon - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Chair at the University of Hamburg
Profile at academia.edu
The philosophy of government surveillance - TEDx Talk by Judith Simon in Zurich, 2013
Big Data in Business, Science & Politics - Lecture by Judith Simon at the FIfF Conference 2016 - in.visible systems
Judith Simon in conversation with Uli Blumenthal: Theses on the freedom of science: "I cannot rely on doubts in order not to act." Is science losing authority? Efforts to specifically question them have been around for a long time, said ethics professor Judith Simon in the Dlf. Many researchers strive to make their work transparent. “Nevertheless, people also prepared facts in a way that suits their environment.” , Forschungs aktuell , deutschlandfunk.de, September 30, 2019

Individual evidence

↑ Judith Simon: CV. In: Ethics Council. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .
↑ The curriculum vitae follows the information on the website of the chair at the University of Hamburg, in the profile on Academia.edu and in the dissertation (p. 445). Retrieved May 11, 2018.
↑ Alexander Diehl: Philosopher Judith Simon on IT ethics: “Who determines how things work?” In: Die Tageszeitung: taz . May 29, 2018, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed May 29, 2018]).
^ Judith Simon, University of Hamburg - Academia.edu. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .
↑ University of Hamburg (ed.): Prof. Dr. Judith Simon appointed a member of the Data Ethics Commission and the German Ethics Council . September 4, 2018 ( uni-hamburg.de [accessed September 9, 2018]).
↑ Prof. Dr. Judith Simon appointed to the German Ethics Council. German Ethics Council, July 20, 2018, accessed on September 9, 2018 .
↑ Awards. In: International Association for Computing And Philosophy. February 21, 2011, Retrieved February 20, 2019 (American English).

personal data
SURNAME	Simon, Judith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH	1977

[1] Judith Simon: CV. In: Ethics Council. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .

[2] The curriculum vitae follows the information on the website of the chair at the University of Hamburg, in the profile on Academia.edu and in the dissertation (p. 445). Retrieved May 11, 2018.

[3] Alexander Diehl: Philosopher Judith Simon on IT ethics: “Who determines how things work?” In: Die Tageszeitung: taz . May 29, 2018, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed May 29, 2018]).

[4] Judith Simon, University of Hamburg - Academia.edu. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .

[5] University of Hamburg (ed.): Prof. Dr. Judith Simon appointed a member of the Data Ethics Commission and the German Ethics Council . September 4, 2018 ( uni-hamburg.de [accessed September 9, 2018]).

[6] Prof. Dr. Judith Simon appointed to the German Ethics Council. German Ethics Council, July 20, 2018, accessed on September 9, 2018 .

[7] Awards. In: International Association for Computing And Philosophy. February 21, 2011, Retrieved February 20, 2019 (American English).