Research Streams
CAIDE has a series of research streams that cover our areas of interest and ongoing projects.
New Legal Thinking for Emerging Technologies
This research stream contains two significant projects. The Ninian Stephen Law Program: New Legal Thinking for Emerging Technologies is led by Professor Tim Miller with Dr Fahimeh Abedi and the Building Resilient Legal Advice for Cyber and Critical Technologies in Viet Nam is lead by Professor Jeannie Paterson and Gabby Bush.
Data Privacy and Consumer Protection Practices of Automated Mental Health, Wellbeing and Mindfulness Apps
This research stream is led by Professor Jeannie Paterson and Swetha Meenal Ananthapadmanaban
Art, AI and Digital Ethics
This research stream is led by Dr Vanessa Bartlett, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Culture and Communications, Faculty of Arts
AI in Private Spaces
This research stream is lead by Co-Director, Professor Jeannie Paterson
Animals and AI
This research stream is led by Dr Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems.
Autonomy and AI
Co-Director of the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, Professor Tim Miller
Ethics of AI in Healthcare
This research stream is led by Dr Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems.
EdTech
This research stream is led by Dr Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems.
AI, Regulation and Government
This research stream is led by Professor Jeannie Paterson, Co-Director of the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics.
2023 Seed Funding Projects
The theme of this year's CAIDE seed funding round was Automated Expertise. We received many excellent submissions, and are delighted to present the projects that were successfully awarded funding below.
Using conversational agents and natural language processing to train and evaluate psychologists
Dr Simon D'Alfonso (FEIT), A/Prof Litza Kiropoulos (MDHS), Dr Simone Schmidt (FEIT) and Daniel Cabrera-Lozoya (FEIT).
Can algorithms teach us to be kind and compassionate?
A/Prof Ana Dragojlovic (Arts) and Dr Julieta Galante (MDHS).
More of the same: Rendering of self in LLM writing and feedback processes – the crucial role of teaching expertise in an inclusive Higher Education future
Brian Martin (MGSE), A/Prof Jeanne Marie Iorio (MGSE) and Dr Megan McIntosh (Arts).
Automated detection and analysis of ad-hominem attacks in climate misinformation
Dr Lea Frermann (FEIT), Dr John Cook (MDHS) and Assistant Professor Sergei Samoilenko (George Mason University)
Legacy and Language: The Ethics of AI Interventions into Art + Australia’s 60-year-old Magazine Archive
Dr Tyne Sumner (Arts), Prof Su Baker (Chancellery), Jeremy Eaton (FFAM), Chloe Ho (Arts), Rui Liu (FEIT), Dr Justin Munoz (Arts), Dr Nat Cutter (Arts), Dr Karen ann Donachie (Arts) and Dr Andy Simionato (RMIT).
Playing with the “Judge, Jury and Executioner”: Examining the Ethics of AI Moderation in Multiplayer Games
Dr Lucy Sparrow (FEIT), Dr Mahli-Ann Butt (Arts) and Caitlin Galwey (Law).
2022 Seed Funding Projects
The theme of CAIDE's 2022 seed funding round was 'Don't blame me!': Accountability and Human Systems in Algorithmic Decision-Making.
Beasts and Bushes, Bits and Bytes: Inclusive Accountability and Algorithmic Decision Making
Dr Sarah Webber (FEIT,) Professor Christine Parker (MLS,) Professor Brock Bastian (MDHS,) Doug Brock (Melbourne School of Design,) Dr Mia Cobb (School of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences,) Dr Stanislav Roudavski (Melbourne School of Design,) Dr Kylie Soanes (School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences).
Mitigating the Crumple Zone: Developing Ethical AI in Healthcare Forums
Dr Mel Mistica (MDAP,) Dr Greg Wadley (FEIT,) Professor Nicola Reavley (MDHS.)
2021 Seed Funding Projects
For this seed funding round the theme was Pervasive Devices. We received a number of excellent proposals and three teams were awarded funding to conduct their research.
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Looking into the Psychiatric Panopticon: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of Automated Nursing Observations in Acute Psychiatric Settings
Dr Piers Gooding (MLS,) Dr Simon D'Alfonzo (FIET,) Assistant Professor Bridget Hamilton (MDHS,) Dr Cathy Daniel (MDHS,) Dr David Clifford (MLS,) Hamilton Kennedy (MDHS,) Timothy Kariotis (MLS/FEIT.)
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Tracking kids: Use and repurposing of wearable and mobile devices
Professor Martin Gibbs (FEIT,) Dr Simon Coghlan (FEIT,) Dr Bjorn Nansen (Arts,) Jane Mavoa (FIET.)
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Physical place, digital space, and the pervasive devices that bind them: understanding our ever-connected world
Dr Marc Cheong (FEIT,) Dr Kristal Spreadborough (MDAP,) Dr Aleks Michalewicz (MDAP.)
Research Projects
Below are our ongoing research projects from across our member faculties and with our partners. At the bottom of this page you can also view CAIDE publications. Our blog posts, media and thought pieces can be view on our news, media and events page.
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CAIDE Law: Ninian Stephen Law Program: New Legal Thinking for Emerging Technologies
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Mind Your Business: Surveillance Technologies for Workplace Safety and Wellbeing
Investigating the efficacy and use of workplace health and wellbeing monitoring technologies. This project was funded under the Melbourne Law School's 2021 Research Excellence Grant scheme.
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Am I speaking to a human?: Voice, choice and the role of technology companies in designing accessible virtual assistants
This grant was awarded to Professor Jeannie Paterson, Dr Yvette Maker and Gabby Bush in the Melbourne Disability Institute's 2022 Seed Funding round.
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The Nature of Human-Robot Relations: Anthropomorphism and Bodies
The University of Melbourne ECR grant of Dr Simon Coghlan on the philosophical challenges of human-robot relations.
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Regulatory mechanisms for protecting reasonable expectations of privacy: the roles of consent and fairness in Australian and Indian Data Protection Law
This project explores approaches to balancing the elements of individual consent and fairness to protect citizens reasonable expectations of privacy in data driven transactions.
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Digital analysis on the theory of morality-as-cooperation
A partnership with Oxford University and Macquarie University interrogating the theory of 'morality-as-cooperation'
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Scrape Elegy
Graduate Research Projects
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"Great power but no responsibility": AI responsibility in medical contexts
Hui Xian Chia, PhD candidate
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Algorithmic limitations framework for cross-disciplinary algorithm design
Aidan McLoughney, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
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Rules as Code: Can privacy be automated?
Elisa Shioji, Melbourne Law School
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AI in regional and remote Australia
Susie Sheldrick, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
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Gendered algorithms: the future as a replica of the discriminative past
This PhD research is on gender-bias in Algorithms and understanding how historical bias shapes new technologies.
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The political economy of cryptocurrency adoption in El Salvador.
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Understanding Migrants' Misinformation Behaviors
CAIDE Publications
CAIDE Researchers have published across our areas of expertise in the AI Ethics space.
Policy Submissions
Disseminating our research by contributing to policy discussions is an integral part of CAIDE's work. Follow the link below to view the submissions we have made to various inquiries and reports.