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Pieter Vermaas is a philosopher focusing on quantum technology design at TU Delft. He leads the ethics research program Quantum Delta NL and heads the Quantum Lab at the Faculty of Technology, Policy, and Management. His research addresses the societal and moral impacts of quantum computing, the quantum internet, and quantum sensing, specifically through the use of design tools that engage non-expert stakeholders in shaping technological developments. Vermaas has a background in physics and philosophy from the University of Amsterdam, where he also obtained his PhD concerning the foundations of quantum mechanics from Utrecht University. He played a significant role in creating the Dual Nature of Technical Artifacts research program and secured a five-year NWO VIDI fellowship for research on epistemology in engineering design methods. His academic work increasingly emphasizes methodology in product design and safeguarding moral and societal values through his innovative “design values” approach. Vermaas has edited key resources in philosophy of engineering and has contributed to various interdisciplinary projects on quantum technology's ethical and societal dimensions.
Quantum Lab • Delft
Leads research in societal and ethical impacts of quantum technologies.
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