About me
Research fellow & computer scientist at the University of Sydney, Australia
Researching human-computer interaction, ethics of tech, design, healthcare, & underserved communities
PhD in information systems
Research
Robotics & Value Sensitive Design
Fosch-Villaronga, E. & Poulsen, A. (2021). HRI '21 Companion: Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Fosch-Villaronga, E. & Poulsen, A. (2020). Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics
PhD student perspectives on value sensitive design
Logler, N., Jacobs, N., Melnyk, A., Poulsen, A., Raleigh, M. B., Winkler, T., and Borning, A. (2020). Proceedings of the ETHICOMP 2020 18th International Conference on the Ethical and Social Impacts of ICT. Logroño, Spain
Overcoming carer shortages with care robots: Dynamic value trade-offs in run-time
Poulsen, A., & Burmeister, O. K. (2019). Australasian Journal of Information Systems
Care robot transparency isn't enough for trust
Poulsen, A., Burmeister, O. K., & Tien, D. (2019). Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP). Sydney, Australia
The ethics of inherent trust in care robots for the elderly
Poulsen, A., Burmeister, O. K., & Kreps, D. (2018). In D. Kreps, C. Ess, L. Leenen, & K. Kimppa (Eds.), This Changes Everything – ICT and Climate Change: What Can We Do?. Poznan, Poland: Springer
A new design approach and framework for elderly care robots
Poulsen, A., Burmeister, O. K., & Tien, D. (2018). Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Information Systems. Sydney, Australia
Poulsen, A. (2018). Proceedings of the Charles Sturt University Higher Degree Research Conference. Wagga Wagga, Australia
Values in motion design: A care robot design methodology
Poulsen, A. (2018). Proceedings of the 17th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing. Melbourne, Australia
Vulnerable Communities & Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion in artificial intelligence
Fosch-Villaronga, E. & Poulsen, A. (2022). In Custers, B.H.M., & Fosch Villaronga, E. (Eds.), Law and Artificial Intelligence. Leiden, The Netherlands: Springer
Gendering algorithms in social media
Fosch Villaronga, E., Poulsen, A., Søraa, R.A., Custers, B.H.M. (2021). ACM SIGKDD Explorations Newsletter
A little bird told me your gender: Gender inferences in social media
Fosch Villaronga, E., Poulsen, A., Søraa, R.A., Custers, B.H.M. (2021). Information Processing & Management
Don't guess my gender gurl: the inadvertent impact of gender inferences
Fosch Villaronga, E., Poulsen, A., Søraa, R.A., Custers, B.H.M. (2020). BIAS 2020: Bias and Fairness in AI Workshop at the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML-PKDD)
Poulsen, A., Fosch-Villaronga, E. & Søraa, R.A. (2020). Nature Machine Intelligence
Value sensing robots: The older LGBTIQ+ community
Poulsen, A., Skaines, I., McLaren, S., & Burmeister, O.K. (2020). In Oliva, M. A., Borondo, J. P., Murata, K., & Palma, A. M. L. (Eds.), Societal Challenges in the Smart Society. Logroño, Spain: Universidad de La Rioja
Value sensing robots: The older LGBTIQ+ community
Poulsen, A., Skaines, I., McLaren, S., & Burmeister, O.K. (2020). [Extended abstract]. Proceedings of the ETHICOMP 2020 18th International Conference on the Ethical and Social Impacts of ICT. Logroño, Spain
Cybersecurity, value sensing robots for LGBTIQ+ elderly, and the need for revised codes of conduct
Poulsen, A., Fosch-Villaronga, E., & Burmeister, O. K. (2020). Australian Journal of Information Systems
Poulsen, A., Skaines, I., McLaren, S., & Burmeister, O.K. (2019). Proceedings of the 4th National LGBT&I Ageing & Aged Care Conference. Melbourne, Australia
Addressing LGBTIQ+ elder loneliness with person centred, safe care robots
Poulsen, A. (2019). Australian Association of Gerontology Conference 2019 - International Convention Centre. Sydney, Australia
Ethics
Perspectives about artificial moral agents
Martinho, A., Poulsen, A., Kroesen, M., & Chorus, C. (2021). AI and Ethics
Poulsen, A., Fosch-Villaronga, E., & Burmeister, O. K. (2019). Proceedings of the 8th Conference of the Australasian Institute of Computer Ethics (AiCE 2019). Melbourne, Australia
Responses to a critique of artificial moral agents
Poulsen, A., Anderson, M., Anderson, S. L., Byford, B., Fossa, F., Neely E. L., Rosas, A., & Winfield A. (2019). [Preprint]. arXiv:1903.07021
A post publication review of “Threats to autonomy from emerging ICTs"
Poulsen, A. (2018). Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 23
Professional ethics involving cyber security and autonomous robots
Burmeister, O. K., Thomas, G., & Poulsen, A. (2018). In S. G. Tzafestas (Ed.), Information, communication, and automation ethics in the knowledge society age. NY: Nova Science Publishers
Ageing
Technology for Homes Project Evaluation: Summary of findings
Burmeister, O. K., Randell-Moon, H., Rehman, S., Roberts, R., Ul-Haq, A., Greig, J., & Poulsen, A. (2020). Bathurst, Australia: Charles Sturt University
Fundamental rights and smart health technologies
Poulsen, A. & Ul-Haw, A. (2020). In J. S. Gordon (Ed.), Smart Technologies and Fundamental Rights. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill
Poulsen, A. (2020). Australasian Journal of Information Systems
Poulsen, A., Ul-Haq, A., & Miah, S. (2019). Australasian Journal of Information Systems
Evaluation of Orange City Council’s spark a connection art and dementia program: Summary of findings
Poulsen, A., Burmeister, O. K., & Greig, J. (2019). Bathurst, Australia: Charles Sturt University
Presentations
News
Analytics Insight - Queering Robots: Is LGBTQ+ community considered in robot and AI development?
Inside Robotics - Does robotics and AI have LGBTIQA+ biases?
Norwegian SciTech News - Are robots designed to include the queer population?
Science 2.0 - Queering Of Robots Will Make Them Designed To Include The LGBTQ+ Community
EurekAlert - Are robots designed to include the LGBTQ+ community?
Newstrotteur - Are robots designed to include the LGBTQ + community?
Tech Xplore - Are robots designed to include the LGBTQ+ community?
Bioengineer - Are robots designed to include the LGBTQ+ community?
Engagement
Groups
Australian Association of Gerontology - Co-convenor of the Assistive Technology Special Interest Group & Member of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Special Interest Group
Pride in Port (charity) - General Member of Committee
Australian Computer Society
Association for Computing Machinery
Wearable Robotics COST Action Working Group 4 – Ethical, Legal and Societal Aspects & Working Group 5 – Education and Dissemination
IEEE P7008 - Standard for Ethically Driven Nudging for Robotic, Intelligent and Autonomous Systems - part of The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (A/IS)
Charles Sturt University's Health Services Research Group, Data Science Research Unit, & Ageing Well Research Group
Events
The University of Sydney delegation to Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference (3 Mar 2023)
Presentation at 2nd SAILS Conference on Law and AI. Leiden, the Netherlands (21 Oct 2022)
ePoster presentation at Digital Health Week 2023 (8 Feb 2023)
Poster presentation at Brain and Mind Centre Symposium 2022 (30 Nov 2022)
Paper & presentation (given by lead author) at Bias and Fairness in AI Workshop at ECMLPKDD 2020. Ghent, Belgium (18 Sep 2020)
Paper & panel presentation at the 18th International Conference on the Ethical and Social Impacts of ICT (ETHICOMP). Logroño, Spain (15 Jun-6 Jul 2020)
Poster presentation at the 52nd Australian Association of Gerontology Conference 2019. Sydney, Australia (5-8 Nov 2019)
Short paper presentation at the 4th National LGBT&I Ageing & Aged Care Conference. Melbourne, Australia (24-25 Oct 2019)
Collaborators
Prof Oliver K. Burmeister - Professor in Information Technology & Senior Research Fellow - Charles Sturt University, Australia
Dr David Tien - Senior Lecturer in Information Technology - Charles Sturt University, Australia
Dr Anwaar Ulhaq - Lecturer in School of Computing and Mathematics - Charles Sturt University, Australia
Dr Sabih Rehman - Course Director & Lecturer in Computing - Charles Sturt University, Australia
Margaret Allen - Registered Nurse & Consultant - Omnicare Alliance, Australia
Dr Eduard Fosch-Villaronga - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Researcher at eLaw- Center for Law and Digital Technologies - Leiden University, Netherlands
Dr David Kreps - Reader in Philosophy of Information Systems - University of Salford, UK
Ivan Skaines - Co-Founder of Newcastle Pride - Newcastle, Australia
Dr Jenni Greig - Research Officer & Lecturer - Charles Sturt University, Australia
Prof Michael Anderson - Professor Emeritus - University of Hartford, United States
Prof Susan Leigh Anderson - Professor Emerita - University of Connecticut, United States
Ben Byford - Podcaster of Machine Ethics and Ethical by Design Artificial Intelligence consultant - Bristol, UK
Dr Fabio Fossa - Research Fellow - University of Turin, Italy
Assoc Prof Erica L. Neely - Associate Professor of Philosophy - Ohio Northern University, United States
Prof Alejandro Rosas - Professor Titular - Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Prof Alan F. Winfield - Professor of Robot Ethics - University of the West of England, UK
Assoc Prof Shah Miah - Associate Professor of Information Systems - Victoria University, Australia
Dr Roger A. Søraa - Researcher at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Andreia M. Martinho - PhD candidate - Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Prof Bart H. M. Custers - Professor of Law and Data Science - Leiden University, Netherlands