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Ajung Moon

Ajung Moon is a Korean-Canadian experimental roboticist[1] specializing in ethics and responsible design of interactive robots and autonomous intelligent systems. She is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at McGill University and the Director of the McGill Responsible Autonomy & Intelligent System Ethics (RAISE) lab. Her research interests lie in human-robot interaction, AI ethics, and robot ethics.[2]

Ajung Moon
Born
South Korea
EducationUniversity of British Columbia
Occupation(s)Assistant professor, experimental roboticist
EmployerMcGill University

Prior to joining McGill University, she served as a senior advisor for the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation and ran a start-up AI ethics consultancy, Generation R Consulting.[3] She also founded the nonprofit Open Roboethics Institute. She currently serves on the Government of Canada Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence among others.[4]

Education and career

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Originally from Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, Moon received her Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia in 2014,[5] focusing on human-robot interaction and robot ethics. According to Moon, relationships between humans and machines will need to consider the potential conflicts between the two entities. She argues, people naturally negotiate for solutions. However, robots do not have the ability to understand morals and how this will weigh into how they negotiate and how decisions are made. In 2012, she completed her M.A.Sc. thesis at the University of British Columbia: What Should a Robot Do?: Design and Implementation of Human-like Hesitation Gestures as a Response Mechanism for Human-robot Resource Conflicts,[6] Her Ph.D. research thesis focused on the "interactive paradigm of human-robot conflict resolution".[7]

Moon is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University.[8]

Collaboration

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Moon has collaborated on the following projects:

  • Focus on Technology and Application of Autonomous Weapons – as part of the Int'l Panel of the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons, 2017[9]
  • Focus on Computational Methods in the Context of LAWS -as part of the Int'l Panel of the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons, 2017[10]
  • The Ethics and Governance of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems – as a lead researcher, by Open Roboethics Institute, 2015[11]
  • Cooperative Gestures for Industry: Exploring the Efficacy of Robot Hand Configurations in Expression of Instructional Gestures for Human-Robot Interaction – Int'l Journal of Robotics Research with Sheikholeslami, S., and E.A. Croft, 2017[12]

Media

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  • The Cobot Experience: AJung Moon & Resolving Human-Cobot Resource Conflicts, Emmet Cole, Robotiq Blog[13]
  • Robots Can Be A Force for Good CBC News, May 21, 2018[14]
  • Should We Fear the Robots? Georgia Straight, May 9, 2018[15]
  • Best Practices in Designing Effective Road Maps for Robotic Innovation Robohub, Jan. 22, 2018[16]
  • A newcomer’s guide to #ICRA2022: A primer 27 April 2022[17]
  • A newcomer’s guide to #ICRA2022: Tutorials 2 May 2022[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Robots can be a force for good, says robo-ethicist | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  2. ^ "AJung Moon". Electrical and Computer Engineering. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  3. ^ Oliviat (2019-11-15). "Ajung Moon". NEXT Canada. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  4. ^ Oliviat (2019-11-15). "Ajung Moon". NEXT Canada. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  5. ^ "International Scholars Find Their Place".
  6. ^ Moon, AJung (2012). What should a robot do? : design and implementation of human-like hesitation gestures as a response mechanism for human-robot resource conflicts (Thesis). University of British Columbia.
  7. ^ "International Scholars Find Their Place - The University of British Columbia". www.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  8. ^ "AJung Moon". Electrical and Computer Engineering. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  9. ^ "Technology and Application of Autonomous Weapons – International Panel on the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons (iPRAW)". Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  10. ^ "Computational Methods – International Panel on the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons (iPRAW)". Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  11. ^ "The Ethics and Governance of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: An International Public Opinion Poll" (PDF). www.openroboethics.org. Vancouver, Canada: Open Roboethics Institute. November 9, 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2015.
  12. ^ Sheikholeslami, Sara; Moon, AJung; Croft, Elizabeth A. (2017-05-28). "Cooperative gestures for industry: Exploring the efficacy of robot hand configurations in expression of instructional gestures for human–robot interaction". The International Journal of Robotics Research. 36 (5–7): 699–720. doi:10.1177/0278364917709941. S2CID 339673.
  13. ^ Cole, Emmet. "The Cobot Experience: AJung Moon & Resolving Human-Cobot Resource Conflicts". blog.robotiq.com. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  14. ^ "Robots can be a force for good, says robo-ethicist | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  15. ^ "Should we fear the robots?". The Georgia Straight. 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  16. ^ "Best practices in designing effective roadmaps for robotics innovation | Robohub". Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  17. ^ "A newcomer's guide to #ICRA2022: A primer". 27 April 2022.
  18. ^ "A newcomer's guide to #ICRA2022: Tutorials". 2 May 2022.
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