My primary research interests are Information and
Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Information & Computer Ethics, Ethics of Cyber Conflicts and Cyber Security, Philosophy of Information.
I work as Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Ethics, at the
Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS),
University of Warwick.
I am also affiliated to the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford.
Until June 2012 I held a Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Hertfordshire. The research that I developed during the Marie Curie Fellowship focused on Information Warfare and its ethical implications.
I obtained a European PhD in Philosophy at the University of Padua. My PhD thesis
concerned the epistemic and ethical implications of the occurrences of e-Trust in distributed systems.
I graduated in philosophy at the University of Bari with a MA thesis on the Symbol Grounding Problem.
2010 Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy by
The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP).
- Information & Computer Ethics track for IACAP'13 - Info & Timeline.
- Deadline extended for this year IACAP- new deadline April the 30.
- Launch of the “Society for the Philosophy of Information”, join the SPI.
- Special Issue “Online Security and Civil Rights: A Fine Ethical Balance”, Philosophy & Technology, Springer, Forthcoming, Springer.
- A brief text on “Just War Theory and Cyber Warfare”, for Practical Ethics, the blog Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford.
- “Media Workshop at the 4th International Conference on Cyber Conflict, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, Eesti Draamateater (Tallin, Estonia, 5 June 2012).
- “Cyber and Drone Attacks May Change Warfare More Than the Machine Gun - My interview for The Atlantic.
- “Symposium on Information and Computer Ethics in The Age of Information Revolution, AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - Alan Turing 2012, University of Birmingham (Birmingham, UK, 2-6 July 2012).
Marie Curie Fellow - School of Humanities - Philosophy - University of Hertfordshire
Senior Research Associate - Information Ethics Group (IEG) - University of Oxford
Research Associate - Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics - University of Oxford
- An Analysis For A Just Cyber Warfare, NATO CCD COE and IEEE Publication, forthcoming.
- Information Warfare: a Philosophical Perspective, Philosophy and Technology, 2012, 25.1, 105-120.
- A model Type Theory for Formalizing Trusted Communications, Journal of Applied Logic , (with G. Primiero), 2012, 10.1, 92-114 .
- Internet Neutrality: Ethical Issues in the Internet Environment, Philosophy and Technology, (with M. Turilli, A. Vaccaro), 2012, 25.2, 133-151 .
- The Case for e-Trust, Ethics and Information Technology, (with L. Floridi) 2011, 13.1, 1-3.
- Analyzing Peer to Peer Technology Using Information Ethics, The Information Society, (with A. Vaccaro) 2011, 27.2, 105-112.
- Trust in Technology: a Distinctive and a Problematic Relation, Knowledge, Technology and Policy, 2010, 23.3-4, 283-286.
- An Information-Based Solution for the Puzzle of Testimony and Trust, Social Epistemology, 2010, 24.4, 285-299.
- Modelling Trust in Artificial Agents, a First Step toward the Analysis of e-Trust, Minds and Machines, 2010, 20.2, 243-257.
- The case of on-line trust, Knowledge Technology and Policy, (with M. Turilli, A. Vaccaro), 2010, 23.3-4, 333-345 .
- Defining Trust and E-trust: Old Theories and New Problems, International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI) Official
Publication of the Information Resources Management Association, 2009, 5-2, 23-35.
- Turing's Imitation Game: Still an Impossible Challenge for All Machines and Some Judges - an Evaluation of the 2008 Loebner Contest, Minds and Machines, 2008, 19-1, 145-150.
- A Praxical Solution of the Symbol Grounding Problem, Minds and Machines, (with L. Floridi) 2007, 17.4, 369-389.
- The Symbol Grounding Problem: a Critical Review of Fifteen Years of Research, Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, (with L. Floridi) 2005, 17.4, 419-445.
- The Importance of Information in Business Ethics, invited chapter in Business Ethics, Eds. M. Boylan, Prentice Hall, NJ, forthcoming.
- Fiducia On-Line: Rischi e Vantaggi,invited chapter in Manuale di Informatica Giuridica, Eds. U. Pagallo, M. Durante, UTET, Torino, forthcoming.
- Modelling Trust in Artificial Agents, a First Step toward the Analysis of e-Trust,invited chapter in Trust and Virtual Worlds: Contemporary Perspectives, Eds. C. Ess and M. Thorseth, Peter Lang, Bern, 2011.
- “ Moral Responsibility for Hybrid Systems in Cyber Warfare, a Case for Distributed ”, NATO CCD COE 5th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (Tallinn, Estonia, 4-7 June 2013).
- “ Going beyond privacy ”, 18th International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (Lisbon, Portugal, 4-6 July 2013).
- “ Just War Theory and Information Warfare”, CEPE Conference- Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (Lisbon, Portugal,1-3 July 2013).
- “ Individual rights in the information age”, Fifth Workshop on the Philosophy of Information (Hertfordshire, UK, 27-28 March 2013).
- “Just Information Warfare”, AISB/IACAP 2012 World Congress, University of Birmingham (Birmingham, UK, 2-6 July 2012).
- “Informational Rights”, The 5th International Conference on Information Law ’, Ionian University (Corfu, Greece, 29-30 June 2012).
- “The Role of Trust in On-Line Interactions”, E-Leaders Berlin, Berlin School of Economics and Law, IMB Institute of Management (Berlin, Germany 2-4 June 2012).
- “Informational Warfare and Just War Theory”, International Association of Computing and Philosophy (IACAP’11), Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark, 4-6 July 2011).
- “Informational Warfare: a Philosophical Perspective”, Ninth International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE’11), University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 31 May-3 June 2011).
- “Informational Warfare: A Shift Towards Non-Physical Powers”, 17th International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT’11), University of North Texas (Denton, Texas, 26-29 May 2011).
- Panel on “e-Trust: for and against”, Eighth International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE’09), Ionian Academy (Corfu, Greece, 26-28 June 2009).
- “E-trust as a morally Boolean phenomenon”, 7th European Conference on Computing and Philosophy (E-CAP'09), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, (Bellaterra, Catalonia 2-4 July 2009).
- "Analysing the occurrences of e-trust in a network of artificial agents", Twenty Fifth North American Conference on Computing and Philosophy (NA-CAP'08), Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 14-16 June 2009).
- "Applying Information Ethics to Business Ethics”, Network Ethics: The New Challenge in Business, ICT and Education, Centre for Ethics Business and Economics, Catholic University of Lisbon(Lisbon, Portugal, 23-25 June 2009).
- "From Trust to E-trust: Old Theories and New Problems Solving the Ethical Dilemma of Trust", Twenty fourth North American Conference on Computing and Philosophy (NA-CAP'08), Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 9-12 July 2008).
- "Modelling Trust in Artificial Distributed Systems", Sixth European conference on Computing and Philosophy (E-CAP'08), University for Science and Technology (Montpellier, France, 16-18 June 2008).
- "A Praxical Solution for the Symbol Grounding Problem", Twenty third North American Computing and Philosophy Conference (NA-CAP'07), Loyola University, (Chicago, USA, 26-28 July 2007).
- "The Problems of Trust: a Review of the Main Theories of Trust", Fifth European Conference on Computing and Philosophy (E-CAP'07), University of Twente, (Enschede, Netherlands, 21-23 June 2007).
- "Has the Symbol Grounding Problem been solved?", Fourth European Conference on Computing and Philosophy (E-CAP'06), Norwegian University for Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway, 22-24 June 2006).
- “A Unified Ethical Theory for Just Cyber Warfare”, Cyber Power: The Quest Towards a Common Ground 2012, The Air Force Research Institute (AFRI), (Maxwell AFB, Alabama, USA, 10-11 October 2012).
- “Online Security and Individuals Rights, An Ethical Balance”, 2nd Annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics, Loyola University Chicago, (Chicago, USA, 29 October 2012).
- “Ethics of Cyber Warfare”, Fourth International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon 2012), NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (Tallin, Estonia, 6-9 June 2012).
- “How to do Ethics of Technology”, The Ethics of The Future: Co-responsible Implementation of Governance Approaches in Technological Projects (EGAIS Final Conference), Albert Borschette Building (Brussels, Belgium, 23 January 2012).
- “The Role of Trust in Social Interactions”, Interdisciplinary Workshop on Trust and Reputation, Paris Descartes University (Paris, France, 14-15 December 2010).
- “Informational Warfare a Philosophical Perspective”, Eighth European Conference on Computing and Philosophy (E-CAP 2010), Technischen Universität München (Munich, Germany, 4-6 October 2010).
- “A prioritised multi-modal polymorphic type theory for formalising trusted communicationss”, (with G. Primiero) Second International Workshop on
Philosophy of Information, Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey, 19-24 May 2010) .
- “Levels of Responsibility in Informational Conflicts”, James Martin Advanced Research Seminar Series (Oxford, UK, 12 May 2010).
- “An Information-based Solution for the Puzzle of Testimony and Trust”, Workshop on Philosophy of the Information and Computing Sciences, Lorentz
Center (Leiden, The Netherlands, 8-12 February 2010).
- “Toward an Analysis of e-Trust in Distributed Artificial Systems”, INSEIT lecture at Eighth International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE’09), Ionian Academy (Corfu, Greece, 26-28 June 2009) .
- “e-Trust: A new perspective for Its Anlysis”, Workshop on Philosophy of Virtuality: Deliberation, Trust, Offence and Virtues, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway, 9-13 March 2009).
- “Epistemological Implications of the Praxical Solution for the Symbol Grounding Problem”, University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia 28 August 2007).
- Special Issue “Online Security and Civil Rights: A Fine Ethical Balance”, Philosophy & Technology, Springer, Forthcoming, Springer.
- Workshop: “Online Security and Civil Rights: A Fine Ethical Balance”, (co-sponsored by the University of Hertfordshire and Google's Public Policy Department), University of Hertfordshire (Hatfield, UK, 26 October 2012).
- “Symposium on Information and Computer Ethics in The Age of Information Revolution””, AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - Alan Turing 2012, University of Birmingham (Birmingham, UK, 2-6 July 2012).
- “The ethics of Information Warfare”, Philosophy of Engineering & Technology, Springer Book (with L. Floridi).
- “First International Workshop on The Ethics of Information Warfare”, University of Hertfordshire (Hatfield, UK, 1 July 2011).
- Special Issue "The case of e-Trust: A New Ethical Challenge" , Ethics and Information Technology, 2011, 13.1 Springer.
- Special Issue "Trust in Technology", Knowledge,Technology & Policy, 2010, 23.3-4, Springer.