Tara Mahfoud
Biographic Data
| ID | 228014 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tara Mahfoud |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tara |
| FAMILY NAME | Mahfoud |
| SIGNATURE | MAHFOUD T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Essex |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8270-9202 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Experiments in anticipation
Foresight is central to facilitating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) for future and emerging technology. Foresight enables anticipatory action that can help shape upstream development pathways in socially desirable ways and build capacity to cope with potential risks. In this paper, we discuss our experience of conducting futures studies of emerging science and technology as part of an overall RRI strategy in the context of the Human Br…
Formal and Informal Infrastructures of Collaboration in the Human Brain Project
This article draws on long-term engagement with the Human Brain Project (HBP), one of the Future and Emerging Technology Flagship Initiatives funded by the European Commission to address EU "grand challenges" of understanding the human brain and applying these insights to brain-inspired technology development. Based on participant observation and interviews with researchers and project administrators, our findings suggest that the formal infrastr…
Experimentation, learning, and dialogue
Responsible Research and Innovation is promoted by research funders and scientific communities as a way to place societal needs and values at the centre of research and innovation. In practice, however, legal compliance still tends to dominate the RRI agenda. In order to move beyond the dominance of legal compliance and address a broader societal agenda, this article argues that RRI requires: (1) a productive intertwining of research and practice…
Visions of unification and integration
The Human Brain Project (HBP) was launched in October 2013 by the European Commission to build an information and communication technology infrastructure that would support large-scale brain modelling and simulation. Less than a year after its launch, more than 800 neuroscientists signed a letter that claimed the HBP ‘would fail to meet its goals’. Based on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork conducted between February 2014 and January 2017 in Fra…
Clinical translation of computational brain models
Computational brain models use machine learning, algorithms and statistical models to harness big data for delivering disease-specific diagnosis or prognosis for individuals. While intended to support clinical decision-making, their translation into clinical practice remains challenging despite efforts to improve implementation through training clinicians and clinical staff in their use and benefits. Drawing on the specific case of neurology, we …
Visions of unification and integration
The Human Brain Project (HBP) was launched in October 2013 by the European Commission to build an information and communication technology infrastructure that would support large-scale brain modelling and simulation. Less than a year after its launch, more than 800 neuroscientists signed a letter that claimed the HBP ‘would fail to meet its goals’. Based on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork conducted between February 2014 and January 2017 in Fra…
Clinical translation of computational brain models
Computational brain models use machine learning, algorithms and statistical models to harness big data for delivering disease-specific diagnosis or prognosis for individuals. While intended to support clinical decision-making, their translation into clinical practice remains challenging despite efforts to improve implementation through training clinicians and clinical staff in their use and benefits. Drawing on the specific case of neurology, we …
Experiments in anticipation
Foresight is central to facilitating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) for future and emerging technology. Foresight enables anticipatory action that can help shape upstream development pathways in socially desirable ways and build capacity to cope with potential risks. In this paper, we discuss our experience of conducting futures studies of emerging science and technology as part of an overall RRI strategy in the context of the Human Br…
Visions of unification and integration
The Human Brain Project (HBP) was launched in October 2013 by the European Commission to build an information and communication technology infrastructure that would support large-scale brain modelling and simulation. Less than a year after its launch, more than 800 neuroscientists signed a letter that claimed the HBP ‘would fail to meet its goals’. Based on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork conducted between February 2014 and January 2017 in Fra…
Clinical translation of computational brain models
Computational brain models use machine learning, algorithms and statistical models to harness big data for delivering disease-specific diagnosis or prognosis for individuals. While intended to support clinical decision-making, their translation into clinical practice remains challenging despite efforts to improve implementation through training clinicians and clinical staff in their use and benefits. Drawing on the specific case of neurology, we …
Experimentation, learning, and dialogue
Responsible Research and Innovation is promoted by research funders and scientific communities as a way to place societal needs and values at the centre of research and innovation. In practice, however, legal compliance still tends to dominate the RRI agenda. In order to move beyond the dominance of legal compliance and address a broader societal agenda, this article argues that RRI requires: (1) a productive intertwining of research and practice…
Formal and Informal Infrastructures of Collaboration in the Human Brain Project
This article draws on long-term engagement with the Human Brain Project (HBP), one of the Future and Emerging Technology Flagship Initiatives funded by the European Commission to address EU "grand challenges" of understanding the human brain and applying these insights to brain-inspired technology development. Based on participant observation and interviews with researchers and project administrators, our findings suggest that the formal infrastr…
Experiments in anticipation
Foresight is central to facilitating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) for future and emerging technology. Foresight enables anticipatory action that can help shape upstream development pathways in socially desirable ways and build capacity to cope with potential risks. In this paper, we discuss our experience of conducting futures studies of emerging science and technology as part of an overall RRI strategy in the context of the Human Br…
Computer Science (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anticipation (artificial intelligence (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Cognitive science (2 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works)