Dr Asress Gikay
Senior Lecturer in AI, Disruptive Innovation and Law
Elliott Jaques 008
- Email: asress.gikay@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266651
Summary
Asress Gikay is a Senior Lecturer in AI, Disruptive Innovation, and Law at СʪÃÃÊÓƵ London. He is an expert in legal and policy aspects of artificial intelligence including facial recognition technology, privacy and data protection. He has authored several publications on AI regulation in reputable academic journals including the Cambridge Law Journal and the Interntional Jounnal of Law and Information Technology.
His work has been widely cited by academics and media platforms including , , and many others. Asress has been interviewed by on and on the regulation of facial recogntion technology in law enforcement. He contributes to several media platforms including , , and on various current topics involving AI, facial recognition, and data protection. Some of his works have been republished in several media outlets and blogs around the world, including , , and
Asress is a member of СʪÃÃÊÓƵ Center for AI: Social and Digital Innovation, and leads the centre's regular Thought Leadership Series, where academics, researchers and practictioners discuss the socio-economic, ethical, political, and policy challenges and opportunities AI technologies bring. He also serves as a board member of the AI Centre.
BBC Interview on Live Facial Recognition
Op-Eds
Where EU efforts to regulate AI fall short(EU Observer, September 13, 2024), .
Facial recongition helps fight serious crime, but for minor UK offences, it should be off limits(The Gaurdian, December 24, 2023),
Qualifications
PhD(with honour), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies(Italy), FHEA, SJD, LLM & LLB
Responsibility
Asress teaches AI, Law and Ethics, Law, Policy, and Goverance of AI, and Privacy and Data Protection at postgraduate level at Brunel Law School. He is also the Director of Equality and Diversity at the law the school.
Newest selected publications
Gikay, AA. (2024) ''. International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 32 (1). pp. 1 - 25. ISSN: 0967-0769
Gikay, AA. (2023) ''. Cambridge Law Journal, 82 (3). pp. 414 - 449. ISSN: 0008-1973
Ondersma, C., Varney, E., Kailiang, M., Iheme, W., Rochemont, S., Atkinson, J., et al. (Accepted) 'Discrimination, Vulnerable Consumers and Financial Inclusion: Fair Access to Financial Services and the Law', in Gikay, A. and Stanescu, C. (eds.) Discrimination, Vulnerable Consumers and Financial Inclusion: Fair Access to Financial Services and the Law.
Gikay, AA. (2021) 'The American Way—Until Machine Learning Algorithm Beats the Law? Algorithmic Consumer Credit Scoring in the EU and US'. Case Western Reserve Journal of Law, Technology and the Internet, 12. pp. 1 - 60.
Gikay, AA. and Stanescu, CG. (2019) ''. Nordic Journal of Commercial Law, 2019 (2). pp. 65 - 109. ISSN: 1459-9686