Watch Azim’s Aspen Ideas Fest talk on Self-Driving Cars
Watch Azim’s Aspen Ideas Fest talk on Self-Driving Cars: https://www.aspenideas.org/session/confront-moral-conundrums-who-should-self-driving-cars-save
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Science of Religion MOOC on now
Enroll in Azim’s co-taught (with Dr. Ted Slingerland) MOOC on the Science of Religion! The course started September 18th, but you can still sign up for a couple of weeks!
Read MoreNew online course co-taught by Azim starts March 15th
The Science of Religion, a new massively open online course (MOOC), taught by Ted Slingerland and Azim Shariff starts its first run March 15, 2007. Each run of the course is hosted by edX and will last 6 weeks, and will be freely available to anyone who wants to sign up. In it we cover the latest research on the attempts to understand religion from a scientific perspective. You can sign up for free and find more information at the...
Read MorePsych of Religion Grads: Apply to join our Workshop
Azim will be hosting a workshop for early career Psych of Religion researchers October 6th to 9th, and is now accepting applications from grad students who are interested in joining. See here for more details http://sharifflab.com/workshop/
Read MoreOur new paper on self-driving cars now out in Science
Azim’s new paper with Jean-François Bonnefon and Iyad Rahwan on the ethics of autonomous vehicles now out in Science. Paper is available here. Abstract below. Be sure to check out the accompanying website http://moralmachine.mit.edu/ to test your own ethical attitudes and design your own scenarios. Josh Greene’s perspective of the piece is available here. Abstract Autonomous vehicles (AVs) should reduce traffic...
Read MoreThe CaML moves to UC Irvine
As of Summer 2016, Azim and the CaML will move down the street to a new home at the University of California, Irvine. Thanks to all the tremendous support over the last six years at the University of Oregon.
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