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The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being (2021)
Journal Article
Perez Vallejos, E., Dowthwaite, L., Creswick, H., Portillo, V., Koene, A., Jirotka, M., …McAuley, D. (2021). The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being. Health Informatics Journal, 27(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458220972750

This study aims to capture the online experiences of young people when interacting with algorithm mediated systems and their impact on their well-being. We draw on qualitative (focus groups) and quantitative (survey) data from a total of 260 young pe... Read More about The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being.

“… They don’t really listen to people”: Young people’s concerns and recommendations for improving online experiences (2019)
Journal Article
Creswick, H., Dowthwaite, L., Koene, A., Vallejos, E. P., Portillo, V., Cano, M., & Woodard, C. (2019). “… They don’t really listen to people”: Young people’s concerns and recommendations for improving online experiences. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 17(2), 167-182. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-11-2018-0090

© 2019, Helen Creswick, Liz Dowthwaite, Ansgar Koene, Elvira Perez Vallejos, Virginia Portillo, Monica Cano and Christopher Woodard. Purpose: The voices of children and young people have been largely neglected in discussions of the extent to which th... Read More about “… They don’t really listen to people”: Young people’s concerns and recommendations for improving online experiences.

A comparison of presentation methods for conducting youth juries (2019)
Journal Article
Dowthwaite, L., Perez Vallejos, E., Koene, A., Cano, M., & Portillo, V. (2019). A comparison of presentation methods for conducting youth juries. PLoS ONE, 14(6), Article e0218770. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218770

The 5Rights Youth Juries are an educational intervention to promote digital literacy by engaging participants (i.e. jurors) in a deliberative discussion around their digital rights. The main objective of these jury-styled focus groups is to encourage... Read More about A comparison of presentation methods for conducting youth juries.

Accessing online data for youth mental health research: meeting the ethical challenges (2017)
Journal Article
Perez Vallejos, E., Koene, A., Carter, C. J., Hunt, D., Woodard, C., Urquhart, L., …Statache, R. (in press). Accessing online data for youth mental health research: meeting the ethical challenges. Philosophy && Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-017-0286-y

This article addresses the general ethical issues of accessing online personal data for research purposes. The authors discuss the practical aspects of online research with a specific case study that illustrates the ethical challenges encountered whe... Read More about Accessing online data for youth mental health research: meeting the ethical challenges.

Algorithmic bias: addressing growing concerns (2017)
Journal Article
Koene, A. (2017). Algorithmic bias: addressing growing concerns. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 36(2), 31-32. https://doi.org/10.1109/MTS.2017.2697080

In the context of the IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems, and with support from its executive director, the author have proposed the development of a new IEEE Standard on Algorithmic Bi... Read More about Algorithmic bias: addressing growing concerns.

Privacy concerns arising from internet service personalization filters (2015)
Journal Article
Koene, A., Perez, E., Carter, C. J., Statache, R., Adolphs, S., O’Malley, C., …McAuley, D. (2015). Privacy concerns arising from internet service personalization filters. Computers and Society, 45(3), https://doi.org/10.1145/2874239.2874263

Personal service customization, or personalization, is one of the core tools that are being used by on-line providers of information services such as search engines, social media, news sites and product recommender systems to optimize the individual... Read More about Privacy concerns arising from internet service personalization filters.

Juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections (2015)
Journal Article
Vallejos, E. P., Pothong, K., Coleman, S., Koene, A., Carter, C. J., Statache, R., …O'Malley, C. (2015). Juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections. Computers and Society, 45(3), 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1145/2874239.2874252

A quick journey through prevention science (e.g., substance misuse prevention) and a comparison between online and offline risks, harm, and vulnerability in children suggests that new approaches and interventions are needed to promote Internet safety... Read More about Juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections.

Understanding academic attitudes towards the ethical challenges posed by social media research (2015)
Journal Article
Carter, C. J., Koene, A., Perez, E., Statache, R., Adolphs, S., O'Malley, C., …McAuley, D. (2016). Understanding academic attitudes towards the ethical challenges posed by social media research. Computers and Society, 45(3), https://doi.org/10.1145/2874239.2874268

In this paper, we outline an online survey-based study seeking to understand academic attitudes towards social media research ethics (SMRE). As the exploratory phase of a wider research project, findings are discussed in relation to the responses of... Read More about Understanding academic attitudes towards the ethical challenges posed by social media research.

Implementation and experimental validation of Dynamic Movement Primitives for object handover (2014)
Journal Article
Prada, M., Koene, A., Remazeilles, A., & Endo, S. (2014). Implementation and experimental validation of Dynamic Movement Primitives for object handover. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2014.6942851

This article presents the implementation and experimental validation of a control system dedicated to human robot physical interaction during object handovers. Our control law defines the trajectory of the robotic arm towards a previously unknown han... Read More about Implementation and experimental validation of Dynamic Movement Primitives for object handover.