Prof. Dr. John F. Horty

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Philosophy,Image and Language Processing, Computer Graphics and Visualisation, Human Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing
KeywordsArtificial Intelligence, Ethics, Logic, Artificial Intelligence in Law

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityCollege Park
InstitutionUniversity of Maryland at College Park
InstituteDepartment of Philosophy

Host during sponsorship

Start of initial sponsorship20/12/2022

Programme(s)

2021Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Horty is well known internationally for his work in philosophical logic and artificial intelligence. He has made seminal contributions to the formal study of reasoning, including a highly influential analysis of reasons as default rules. During his stay in Germany, he will focus on models of normative reasoning in ethics, law and artificial intelligence.