Simon Kolker

A PhD candidate at the University of Manchester

My PhD project studies the effect of uncertainty on Machine Ethics. As autonomous systems take more responsibility in the real world, their decisions must reflect our values while handling moral and outcome uncertainty.

Find me on GitHub, Google Scholar, the University of Manchester and LinkedIn.

Roles

Publications

Uncertain Machine Ethics Planning (2025)

Simon Kolker, Louise Dennis, Ramon Fraga Pereira, and Mengwei Xu

24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems

[Paper Upcoming] [Short Video] [Short Video Slides] [Code]

Applying Ethical Decision Making in Space Missions (2024)

Simon Kolker, Louise Dennis, Ramon Fraga Pereira, and Mengwei Xu

In the New Ideas and Emerging Results Track at SMC-IT/SCC 2024

[IEEE]

Selecting Ethical Actions by Retrospection on Hypothetical Outcomes (2023)

Simon Kolker, Louise Dennis, Ramon Fraga Pereira, and Mengwei Xu

In International Workshop on Computational Machine Ethics (CME) 2023

[Arxiv]

Machine Ethical Decisions with Hypothetical Retrospection (2023)

Simon Kolker, Louise Dennis, Ramon Fraga Pereira, and Mengwei Xu

In International Workshop on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems (COINE) 2023

[Arxiv] [Code] [Springer]