Overview
Dr. Jana Schaich Borg uses neuroscience, computational modeling, and emerging technologies to study how we make social decisions that influence, or that are influenced by, other people. As a neuroscientist, she employs neuroimaging, ECOG, simultaneous electrophysiological recordings in rats, and computational analysis of video interactions to gain insight into how we make social decisions. As a data scientist, she works on interdisciplinary teams to develop new statistical approaches to …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Research Professor in the Social Science Research Institute
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2019 - Present
Social Science Research Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
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2017 - Present
Duke Science & Society,
University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
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2019 - Present
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Should responsibility affect who gets a kidney?
Chapter · April 30, 2024 Full text CiteThe AI field needs translational Ethical AI research
Journal Article AI Magazine · September 1, 2022 Calls for Ethical AI have become urgent and pervasive, especially as ethical issues surrounding AI products at tech companies are increasingly scrutinized by the public. Yet even after a first wave of responses to these calls coalesced around Ethical AI pr ... Full text CiteComputational ethics.
Journal Article Trends in cognitive sciences · May 2022 Technological advances are enabling roles for machines that present novel ethical challenges. The study of 'AI ethics' has emerged to confront these challenges, and connects perspectives from philosophy, computer science, law, and economics. Less represent ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Making Moral AI
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by OpenAI LP · 2022 - 2026NSF - IGE: Enhancing Data Skills and Professional Readiness through Vertically-Integrated Interdisciplinary Data Science Capstone Projects
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2023View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Stanford University ·
2013
Ph.D.
Dartmouth College ·
2002
B.A.