VIP Team
VIP stands for Vertically Integrated Projects, a new instruction format for higher education. VIP Teams integrate freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior students, plus faculty, Master and PhD students in their meetings. Our project – Automotive Ethics – is interdisciplinary by default and long-term by the nature of its knotty problems.
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Ammar Ali: I am a sophomore studying Computer Science at Stony Brook University. My interests include data science and artificial intelligence. I am also enrolled in an accelerated MBA program.
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Labesh Baral: I am a Senior studying Computer Science at Stony Brook University. My interests are in Software Design and Backend Development. I love to travel!
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Boyang Fu: I am a senior student majoring in Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Stony Brook
University. We focus on the ethical challenges of autonomous vehicles. Our goal is
to continuously explore road ethics and pay attention to the future of autonomous
driving. |
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Hojat Jaffary: I am a Senior studying Computer Science at Stony Brook University, specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. I am also a big MMA, basketball, and car enthusiast. |
Nicole Li: I am a senior CEAS student majoring in Information Systems. |
Thomas Mbrice: I am a Junior studying Computer Science at Stony Brook University, my interests are System Design and Cyber Security. In my free time I enjoy playing soccer! |
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Estella Saha: I am a junior studying Mathematics (MAT) and Applied Mathematics and Statistics (AMS) with a minor in Philosophy. I am also very passionate about the fine arts and enjoy doing or consuming art in my free time. |
Atri Vyas: I am a junior double majoring in Math and Computer Science. My interests primarily lie in building products that solve problems using iOS, Full Stack, and Cloud technologies. In my free time, I like to explore new cuisines! |
Shireen Zaman: I am a junior studying Information Systems, specializing in financial information systems, in the class of 2026. My interests are in data science and machine learning. |
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Amin Shirangi AI Graduate Student Advisor Prior to joining Stony Brook University as a Ph.D. student in the department of Technology and Society, Amin worked as a technical project manager and mechanical engineer for several German companies. He holds a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Stuttgart. |
Alumni
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The Automotive Ethics Laboratory works as a close-knit team to study ethical problems encountered by autonomous vehicles. We began by reading Ethics for Robots by Derek Leben, which stimulated a discussion on philosophy and ethical theories. We then built and programmed Raspberry Pi cars to test ethical decision making in varying automotive scenarios. We hope to model and examine different moral approaches to autonomous driving and spark a conversation about the ethics behind the wheel. |
The Automotive Ethics Lab aims to decode the moral ambiguities that stem from allowing fully autonomous vehicles on public roads. Through modeling and simulation, we strive to accentuate the ethical nuances and challenges of translating human driving into a deterministic algorithm. The lab’s overarching goal is to create a framework for testing real world scenarios. The result will deepen our understanding of automating a nuanced human process and produce tangible research results through dissertations, presentations, and multimedia. |
Our research group has been studying ethics and its implications for the behavior of autonomous vehicles. We have done this research by creating model cars which we have programmed to drive autonomously and behave according to various ethical systems. The cars are then put into scenarios which are designed to test their actions based on their ethical framework. We hope that this will impact the conversation surrounding the programming of autonomous vehicles. |
