Ethical AI Applications for Software Engineering and Development

The growing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into software engineering is fundamentally changing how systems are developed, deployed, and maintained. Beyond performance and automating processes, AI now influences decision-making in ways that can deeply affect developers and societies. Ensuring that these technologies are used responsibly requires embedding ethical principles throughout software development. By integrating ethical AI practices, developers can create systems that not only advance innovation but also uphold human values. This evolving intersection of ethics and engineering defines the next frontier in responsible technology development. Ethical AI Applications for Software Engineering and Development explores and promotes ethical practices in the development and deployment of AI within software engineering. It offers a diverse and interdisciplinary collection of research, case studies, frameworks, and practical insights focused on responsible AI. Covering topics such as AI, software engineering, and ethical development, this book is an excellent resource for software engineers, AI researchers, data scientists, graduate students, educators, policymakers, industry professionals, and more.

Dr. Farhan Ullah is an Associate Professor at the School of Software, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Xi'an Shaanxi, P.R. China. He received Ph.D. Computer Science degree in 2020 from College of Computer Science, Sichuan University Chengdu, P.R. China. He was awarded a full-time Chinese Government Scholarship (CGS) for his Ph.D. He works as editorial board member in several SCIE journals including KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, Electronics, CMC Computers, Materials & Continua, CSSE Computer Systems Science and Engineering, etc. He received research landmark achievement award (2021) from School of Software, NPU, Xian, China. He also received Research Productivity Award (2016) from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Sahiwal, Pakistan. He is an active researcher who works with well-known professors and scientists. His research work is published in various renowned journals of IEEE, Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, MDPI, and Hindawi.