Alan Rubel
Associate Professor; advisor dual degree program with Law
608-263-2900
4259 Helen C. White Hall
600 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706
Education:
J.D. University of Wisconsin Law School 2003
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2006
Research Interests:
Research fields – Information ethics, policy, and law
Areas of interest – Information privacy and security, surveillance, algorithmic decision-making, bioethics
Classes taught:
LIS 201: The Information Society
LIS 661: Information Ethics and Policy
LIS 460 / Legal Studies 460: Surveillance, Privacy, and Police Powers
Legal Studies 450: Jurisprudence and Contemporary Issues
Engineering Professional Development 713: Basic Legal Concepts for Professionals
Recent Publications:
Eran Klein and Alan Rubel, “Privacy and ethics in brain-computer interface research,” in Chang S. Nam, Anton Nijholt, and Fabien Lotte (eds) Brain–Computer Interfaces Handbook: Technological and Theoretical Advances (CRC Press: 2018)
Rafael Yuste et al., “Four Ethical Priorities for Neurotechnologies and AI,” Nature 551 (7679) (November 9, 2017): 159-163
Alan Rubel, “Legal Archetypes and Metadata Collection,” Wisconsin International Law Journal 34(4) (2017): 823-853
Alan Rubel and Kyle Jones, “Student Privacy in Learning Analytics: An Information Ethics Perspective,” The Information Society 32(2) (Spring 2016): 143-159