Projects from Prof. Dr. Suzana Alpsancar
TRR 318-2 - Constructing Explainability
The scope of the EU right to explanation has fueled the need to improve eXplainable Artificial Intelligence capacities aiming at strengthening the rights of individuals affected by AI-based recommendations. Among other purposes, explanations serve the right to contest an AI output and protect humans from being left out of control. However, ...
Duration: 01/2026 - 06/2029
TRR 318-2 - Project B06: Ethics and normativity of explainable AI
B06 investigates the normative purposes of XAI. In the first funding period we have established that there are many different normative grounds for XAI. To assess them, it is necessary to take the organizational context of XAI into account. To that aim, media studies will clarify the organizational context in which XAI is embedded, where this ...
Duration: 01/2026 - 06/2029
Interdisciplinarity between Informatics, Economics and Culture. A History of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute
Heinz Nixdorf, one of the biggest names among German computer manufacturers, initiated the foundation of an institute between informatics, business and culture with its commitment to funding in February 1986. The institute was established on 23 July 1987 after both the Federal Republic of Germany and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia each pledged ...
Duration: 02/2025 - 08/2025
ERC SYNERGY GRANT PROJECT: Cultures of the Cryosphere. Infrastructures, Politics and Futures of Artificial Cooling
Artificial cooling fundamentally shapes the world we live in. Since the onset of the Cold War, cooling and freezing technologies have become increasingly vital for a wide array of everyday practices, from nutrition, health and reproduction to dwelling, telecommunication, scientific research and economic productivity. A global system of cold ...
Duration: 09/2024 - 08/2030
Regulation meets SMEs: The EU AI Act and it‘s impact on SMEs in OWL
The European Union has committed to the principles of responsible and trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) by requiring mandatory risk assessments for AI systems prior to their deployment. Prior to its introduction, AI-based systems were subject to different jurisdictions under different aspects (e.g. product liability), whereas the AI Act ...
Duration: 08/2024 - 10/2025
SAIL: SustAInable Life-cycle of Intelligent Socio-Technical Systems
Current systems that incorporate AI technology mainly target the introduction phase, where a core component is training and adaptation of AI models based on given example data. SAIL’s focus on the full life-cycle moves the current emphasis towards sustainable long-term development in real life. The joint project SAIL addresses both basic research ...
Duration: 08/2022 - 07/2026