Interdisciplinary team
Prof. Dr. Lena Kästner
Lena Kästner is Professor of Philosophy, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bayreuth. She works in the fields of philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. Her background is in cognitive science and neuroscience. Her research focuses on scientific explanations and discoveries, causality and causal reasoning, models of mental disorders and explainable AI.
Prof. Dr. Niklas Kühl
Niklas Kühl is Professor of Information Systems and Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bayreuth, Group Leader at Fraunhofer FIT and Director at the FIM Research Institute. He is also Senior Expert Artificial Intelligence at IBM. His research combines machine learning with human-centered approaches, including human-AI collaboration, trustworthy and fair AI and calibrated trust in AI.
Prof. Dr. Christian Rückert
Christian Rückert holds the Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and IT Criminal Law at the University of Bayreuth. He specializes in IT criminal law, digital evidence, cybercrime with cryptocurrencies and the so-called darknet as well as the use of AI in criminal prosecution and transnational data exchange between law enforcement authorities. He is co-editor of MMR, organizes the annual Bayreuth IT Criminal Law Day and is involved in teaching.
Dr. Astrid Schomäcker
Dr. Astrid Schomäcker is a research associate at the Chair of Philosophy, Computer Science, and AI and coordinator of the FoGG project. She studied philosophy at Humboldt University in Berlin and received her doctorate there with a project on consciousness. Her work explores the social effects of the AI boom, including research on explainability, fair AI, and the epistemic and ethical consequences of the proliferation of synthetic media.
Luca Deck
Luca Deck is a research assistant at the Chair of Business Informatics and Human-Centered AI at the University of Bayreuth. He studied industrial engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, earning both his bachelor's and master's degrees. His research focuses on the design of human-centered AI applications in accordance with social, ethical, and legal norms such as fairness and transparency.
Lorenz Meinen
Lorenz Meinen is a research assistant at the Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and IT Criminal Law at the University of Bayreuth. He studied at the University of Bayreuth and completed his first state examination here. His academic interests focus in particular on the legal protection of personal rights.