Society for Social Implications of Technology Standards Committee
Expert committee developing ethical and sustainable global technical standards to ensure ethical and responsible use of emerging technologies and data

Working Groups

PARs Under Development

# Title Chair Email
P2987 Recommended Practice for Principles for Design and Operation Addressing Technology Facilitated Interpersonal Control Henry Nash [email protected]
P7700 Recommended Practice for the Responsible Design and Development of Neurotechnologies Laura Cabrera [email protected]
P7801 Recommended Practice for Technical Knowledge Commons Initiatives and Platforms Sigmund Kluckner [email protected]
P3469 Standard for an Environmental Liability Process Model for Accounting in Systems Engineering Satya Das [email protected]
P7803 Recommended Practice for Inclusive Sustainable Smart Cities Arsalan Abtahi [email protected]
P3564 Recommended Practice for Implementation of Gender Equity and Social Inclusion Considerations in Low Carbon Energy Transition Programs Reihana Mohideen [email protected]
P7010.1 Recommended Practice for Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Social Development Goal (SDG) Action Implementation and Advancing Corporate Social Responsibility Deborah Hagar [email protected]
P7800 Recommended Practice for Addressing Sustainability, Environmental Stewardship and Climate Change Challenges in Professional Practice Maike Luiken [email protected]
P7802 Standard for Measurement and Verification of Reduction of Green House Gases Max Song [email protected]
P7011 Standard for the Process of Identifying and Rating the Trustworthiness of News Sources Karen Bennet (Acting Chair) [email protected]
P7014.1 Recommended Practice for Ethical Considerations of Emulated Empathy in Partner-based General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence Systems Andrew McStay [email protected]
P7016 Standard for Ethically Aligned Design and Operation of Metaverse Systems Monique Morrow [email protected]
P7019 Standard for the Implementation and Governance of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems Related to Earth Law Principles Andre Uhl [email protected]
P7030 Recommended Practice for Assessing Ethical Concerns of Extended Reality (XR) Technologies Monique Morrow [email protected]
P2895 Standard Taxonomy for Responsible Use and Privacy of Human-Generated Data Angelo Ferraro [email protected]
P7016.1 Standard for Ethically Aligned Educational Metadata in Extended Reality (XR) & Metaverse Eleni Mangina [email protected]
P7017 Recommended Practice for Design-Centered Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and Governance Yueh-Hsuan Weng [email protected]
P3700 Standard for Emergency Corridor Intelligent Modelling of Surface Lifeline Structures in Disasters Fan Peng [email protected]
P7020 Standard for Transparency, Accuracy, and Source Integrity in Media and Public-facing Information Katherine August [email protected]

Co-Standards PARs

# Title Chair Email
P2048 Standard for Metaverse: Terminology, Definitions, and Taxonomy Shaomin Peng [email protected]
P3337 Standard for Accessible Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems (AICS) for Well-Being Esteban Pino [email protected]
P3422 Recommended Practice for Metaverse Ecosystem Reference Models Ming Li [email protected]
P3501 Recommended Practice for the Development of Digital Twins of the Earth Sigi Kluckner [email protected]
P7999 Standard for Integrating Organizational Ethics Oversight in Projects and Processes Involving AI Tyler Jaynes [email protected]
P7999.1 Standard for Integrating Organizational Ethics Oversight in Projects and Processes Involving AI, Qualification of Individuals Tyler Jaynes [email protected]
P7999.2 Standard for Integrating Organizational Ethics Oversight in Projects and Processes Involving AI, Organizational Certification Tyler Jaynes [email protected]

Published Standards

# Title Chair Email
IEEE 7014-2024 IEEE Standard for Ethical Considerations in Emulated Empathy in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems Ben Bland [email protected]
IEEE 3119-2025 IEEE Standard for the Procurement of Artificial Intelligence and Automated Decision Systems Gisele Waters [email protected]
IEEE 2890-2025 IEEE Recommended Practice for Provenance of Indigenous Peoples’ Data Stephanie Carroll [email protected]
IEEE 7012-2025 IEEE Approved Draft Standard for Machine Readable Personal Privacy Terms Doc Searls [email protected]