--- title: Brian Hedden named co-associate dean of Social and... description: MIT appointed Brian Hedden as co-associate dean of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), joining Nikos Trichakis in leading the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/brian-hedden-named-co-associate-dean-of-social-and-ethical-responsibilities-of-computing-hkla7qtxv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Brian Hedden named co-associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing | daily.dev og:description: MIT appointed Brian Hedden as co-associate dean of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), joining Nikos Trichakis in leading the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/brian-hedden-named-co-associate-dean-of-social-and-ethical-responsibilities-of-computing-hkla7qtxv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HkLA7QTXv.png og:image:alt: Brian Hedden named co-associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Brian Hedden named co-associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MIT appointed Brian Hedden as co-associate dean of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), joining Nikos Trichakis in leading the initiative. Hedden, a professor in Linguistics and Philosophy with expertise in epistemology, decision theory, and AI ethics, will advance SERC's programs including the Scholars Program, case studies, curricular materials, and seed grants supporting ethical technology development. SERC, launched in 2020, aims to cultivate responsible practices among computing technology creators and deployers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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