Justin Biddle

Justin B. Biddle is an Associate Professor in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He serves as Director of the Ethics, Technology, and Human Interaction Center and is a Faculty Affiliate at the Georgia Tech Center for Machine Learning. He co-leads the Ethical AI Thrust of the National AI Institute on Advances in Optimization and directs a GA-AIM initiative addressing ethical implications of AI in manufacturing.

Education:

• M.A. and Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame
• B.A. in Philosophy, University of Dayton
• B.S. in Physics, University of Dayton

Research Focus: Dr. Biddle's interdisciplinary work examines the interplay of values in science, social organization of research, and ethics/policy—particularly in AI and machine learning. His interests span philosophy of science, ethics of emerging technologies, policy design, and societal impacts of innovation, with emphasis on epistemic risk and equitable technology governance.

Publication Trends: His recent articles (2020-2023) focus on AI ethics, algorithmic fairness, and societal implications of industrial automation. Earlier works analyze epistemic risk in healthcare, intellectual property barriers, and climate science skepticism, consistently highlighting ethics-policy intersections and democratic accountability in technoscientific systems.

Awards:

• Distinguished Fellow, Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (Spring 2014)

Leadership and Collaboration: He leads cross-disciplinary teams at GA-AIM and the National AI Institute, focusing on ethical AI deployment in manufacturing. No student advisees or grants are detailed in available records.