IUGS Commission on Geoethics (IUGS-GC)
Task Group on AI in Geosciences
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This task group will draft a white paper on AI in Geosciences, which may serve as a guiding document for the IUGS.
Members
​Contact Person of the IUGS-CG Governing Board:
Giuseppe Di Capua (Italy)
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome;
International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG)
Email: giuseppe.dicapua(at)ingv.it
Chair: Paul Cleverley (United Kingdom)
Infoscience Technologies Limited
Geoscientist and Information Scientist with over 30 years experience in the UK and International Digital Geoscience sector. His particular passion is Artificial Intelligence, applying Natural Language Processing (NLP) to geoscience and subsurface information for societal and industry benefit. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London (FGS), first elected in 1994 and participate in various international Data Science committees.
Member: Mrinalini Kochupillai (Germany/India)
Sky Campus, European Coordinator
Lecturer and senior academic researcher specializing in business ethics, law, sustainable innovations, and research methodology. With over 15 years of experience, her research focuses on the legal and ethical aspects of emerging technologies like blockchain and AI, particularly in addressing market failures and promoting sustainable, culture-specific innovations. She holds a B.A. LL.B (Hons.) from the National Law Institute University, an LL.M. in Intellectual Property from the University of New Hampshire, and a Ph.D. from Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. Mrinalini has held key roles, including program director at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center and senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute and Technical University of Munich. She also volunteers by leading wellness seminars for the TLEX Institute and the International Art of Living Foundation
Member: Mark Lindsay (Australia)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
CSIRO Mineral Resources Science Leader and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. His research focuses on understanding uncertainty in 2/3D geoscientific modeling across mining and exploration phases. He and his team are developing a stochastic approach to modeling that integrates various data types to support decision-making. Mark has extensive experience in mineral systems, prospectivity studies, and data integration, collaborating with geological surveys, mining organizations, and academic institutions globally. He also participates in national and international research initiatives, including the DARE Training Centre, Loop Consortium, and MinEx CRC.
Member: Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem (South Africa)
Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria
Current Chair of UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) and a member of the United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Body on AI. She is professor and head of the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria and leads the ethics of AI research group at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR) in South Africa. She was the chairperson of the Ad Hoc Expert Group that drafted the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI, which was adopted by 193 Member States in 2021, and contributed to developing implementation tools for the Recommendation. She is a member of the Global Academic Network, Centre for AI and Digital Policy, Washington DC and has worked in projects related to AI ethics with the African Union Development Agency (AUDA)-NEPAD and the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR). She is a member of various international AI ethics advisory boards ranging from the inter-governmental sector and academia. She is an associate editor for Science and Engineering Ethics. She is on the 2022 list of the '100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics' compiled annually by the Women in AI Ethics global initiative. She is a founding member of the Southern African Conference for AI Research. She is a full member of the International Academy for the Philosophy of Science. She has represented South Africa at the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST) since 2014. She is a member of the editorial board of Springer’s respected Synthese Library Book Series. She has a PhD in philosophy in the domains of mathematical logic and the philosophy of science. In the ethics of AI, she works on themes in the philosophy of technology relating to human-technology relations, and themes in machine ethics, the ethics of social robotics, and data ethics.