Lyse Langlois

General director of the International Observatory on the societal impacts of AI and digital technology in Quebec, Canada

Lyse Langlois is general director of the International Observatory on the societal impacts of AI and digital technology in Quebec, Canada (https://observatoire-ia.ulaval.ca/en/) and a member of the team of international researchers leading an assessment process for Trustworthy AI, called Z-Inspection®.

She is a Professor in the Department of Industrial Relations at Laval University (www.ulaval.ca)  and she has completed a Postdoctoral Fellow on ehical decision-making with R Starrat and P Begley  (Boston College and Penn State) She was vice-dean of reseach  Faculty of social sciences, Laval University and also director of the Institute of Applied Ethics  at Laval University during 8 years.

Professor Langlois is also a regular researcher at the Interuniversity Research Center on Globalization and Work.  (www.crimt.org) She received the Willower Award of Excellence in Fall 2018  (USA) for her exceptional nature of contribution which allowed to better understand the theoretical and practical aspects of ethics.  Actually professor Langlois is a member of the expert committee mandated by the Quebec government on cybersecurity and digitalism, governance and innovation.  She was also invited by UN University Centre for Policy Research regarding the Global Architecture of AI.  She is a member at the Board of director of the international center of expertise in Montreal on AI.  She  collaborates with several international research groups on the impact of AI and digital technology.

Her research and teaching interests broadly include AI ethics, institutionalization of ethics, professionalism (ethical competency)  and citizen deliberative processes