Two fellowships to Ionian University PhD students awarded from the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT)

The Committee for the selection of the 2024-2025 Fellowships (Maria Bottis, INSEIT Director, Keith Miller, INSEIT President and Herman Tavani INSEIT ex-President of INSEIT) awarded by the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology, has announced that two Fellowships will be awarded to two PhD students of the Ionian University.

In particular, the first recipient is Thomas Papikinos, MSc., mentored by Assoc. Professor Themis Exarchos. Thomas Papikinos, a PhD candidate and a member of the Bioinformatics and Human Electrophysiology Laboratory (BIHELAB), directed by Professor Panayiotis Vlamos, will work on computational drug repurposing and ethics.

The second recipient is Ioanna Mazi, MSc., mentored by Professor Ioannis Deliyannis. Ioanna Mazi is a PhD candidate at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University. She will work on the use of Artificial Intelligence in personalized content design with applications in education and tourism and ethics.

Warm congratulations to the successful Ionian University candidates. The Fellowships consist of an award of 1.000 US dollars. Scheduled in the Fall 2024, the candidates will present their work as programmed on the fellowship in the Ionian University and in September 2025, they will present the end result of their work in the Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE) international conference, organized by INSEIT and IHRC, in Rome. The conference site is https://cepe2025.uniroma2.it/.