Towards a methodology for prospective governance in quantum computing technologies

项目摘要本项目将审查和批评已被纳入英国量子技术研究的实践中的一些领域的知识产权参与框架。它旨在创建一种超越现有的“需求”型方法的方法，为研究人员和开发人员提供实用的技术，将他们的工作与更广泛的社会背景联系起来。项目背景“科学”与“社会”之间的脱节有着深刻的根源，可以追溯到世纪后半叶关于“公众理解"科学的争论。在过去十年中，随着各种技术对社会的负面影响变得越来越明显，这些辩论再次浮出水面。这些问题包括（但不限于）数据滥用、算法不公平以及将未经证实的有问题的技术（如面部识别）纳入日常社会。这套统称为量子计算技术的技术代表了一个机会，可以“重置”这种麻烦的叙述的某一部分。旨在解决科学发展与社会关切之间的矛盾的人机交互学科框架-使用预期治理和利益攸关方参与等技术-最近已被纳入一些供资和监管及治理系统。量子计算技术虽然对现代世界的重大进步负有责任，但仍然是一个小而集中的领域。如果上述技术可以在量子中使用，以创建一个端到端的方法，将真正嵌入科学在其社会背景下，这可以提供一个模型，可以推出其他地方的计算机科学和技术发展。从基层培训到工业应用。ObjectivesThis project will examine knowledgeological and pedagogical challenges around teaching and training ICT students in 'responsible' methods，foundations of these systems in ethical and prudential theories of justice and social contract，以及在研究和开发层面上将它们结合起来的价值和实用性。该项目将重点关注如何将社会挑战嵌入量子计算研究和开发中，重点关注响应性和相互性。该项目将通过混合方法研究进行。目前的设想是：实地考察，包括对博士生负责任创新教学的观察，以及与负责提供负责任技术培训的资深学者的访谈德尔菲研究与商业量子技术公司的合作。对全球范围内寻求嵌入负责任创新方法的政策框架进行系统性文献综述。影响/贡献鉴于将RRI等框架纳入资金和治理的相对新奇，迄今为止，关于这些框架的有效性或它们在实际研究和开发中的用处的研究很少。对这些技术的未来至关重要的是，不断评估这些技术的纳入方式及其作为实用方法的价值。这项研究旨在提供这样一种评估维斯维斯量子技术和更广泛的适用性，以计算机科学，目的是创造一种方法，可以用来作为一个负责任的和亲社会的行为的保证。这个项目福尔斯属于EPSRC量子技术研究领域

Project summaryThis project will examine and critique the stakeholder-involvement frameworks that have been incorporated into some areas of practice within UK quantum technology research. It aims to create a methodology for going beyond existing 'requirements' type approaches to offer researchers and developers practical techniques for connecting their work to broader societal contexts.Project backgroundA perceived disconnect between 'science' on the one hand and 'society' on the other has deep roots, stretching back to debates about 'public understanding' of science in the latter half of the 20th century. These debates have resurfaced in the last decade as negative impacts on society from many and various technologies have become increasingly apparent. Issues include (but are not limited to) data misuse, algorithmic unfairness, and the incorporation of unproven and problematic technology such as facial recognition into everyday society.The set of technologies collectively known as quantum computing technologies represents an opportunity to 'reset' some part of this troubled narrative. Frameworks from human-computer interaction (HCI) disciplines that aim to address breaches between scientific development and societal concerns - using techniques such as anticipatory governance and stakeholder involvement - have recently been embedded into some funding and regulatory and governance systems. Quantum computing technology, though responsible for significant advances in the modern world, remains a small and focused field. If the techniques described above can be used in quantum to create an end-to-end methodology that will truly embed science within its societal context, this could provide a model that can be rolled out elsewhere in computer sciences and technology development.AimsTo create a methodology for embedding responsible techniques into research and development practice in quantum computing technologies throughout the field, from grassroots training out to industrial applications.ObjectivesThis project will examine epistemological and pedagogical challenges around teaching and training ICT students in 'responsible' methodologies, the foundations of these systems in ethical and jurisprudential theories of justice and social contract, and the value and practicability of incorporating them at the level of research and development. The project will focus on how societal challenges can be embedded into quantum computing research and development in a way that focuses on responsiveness and mutuality. The project will be carried out through mixed-methods research. Subject to supervisory approval and necessary alterations as the project progresses, this is currently envisaged as:Fieldwork including observation of the teaching of responsible innovation to doctoral students and interviews with senior academics tasked with delivering responsible technology trainingDelphi study with commercial quantum technology companies.Systematic literature review on policy frameworks worldwide that seek to embed responsible innovation approaches.Impact/contributionGiven the relative novelty of the incorporation of frameworks such as RRI into funding and governance, there is as yet little research on the effectiveness of these frameworks or their usefulness in actual research and development. It is critical for the future of such techniques that there is ongoing assessment of the way in which they are incorporated, and their value as a practical methodology. This research seeks to provide such an assessment vis-à-vis quantum technologies and with wider applicability to computer sciences, with the aim of creating a methodology that can be utilised as an assurance of responsible and pro-social behaviour.This project falls within the EPSRC Quantum technologies research area