Edson Prestes is Full Professor at Institute of Informatics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is leader of the Phi Robotics Research Group and CNPq Research Fellow. He received his BSc in Computer Science from the Federal University of Pará (1996), Amazon, Brazil, and MSc (1999) and PhD (2003) in Computer Science from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Edson is Senior Member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS) and IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA).
Throughout his career, Edson has worked on several initiatives related to Standardization, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Academia, Industry, International and Multilateral Organizations. For instance, Edson is Member of the Global Future Council on the Future of Artificial Intelligence and of the G20 Digital Agenda Working Group at World Economic Forum; South America Ambassador at IEEE TechEthics; Chair of the IEEE RAS/SA 7007 - Ontologies for Ethically Driven Robotics and Automation Systems Working Group; Vice-Chair of the IEEE RAS/SA Ontologies for Robotics and Automation Working Group; Member of the Global Commission on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain; Former Member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation; and Former Member of the UNESCO Ad Hoc Expert Group (AHEG) for the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Additional information can be found at www.inf.ufrgs.br/~prestes/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/edson-prestes/.