Today I was interviewed as an expert in the field of assistive robotics for a European-wide study on the impact of digitalisation on social services (conducted by Eurofund in cooperation of VVA and TNO). I was asked in a structured interview for...
Read moreElected member of the Young Academy
I am very honored to be one of the 29 new members the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) welcomes to its ranks. At the annual election on 20 April 2018, 16 female and 13 male researchers were „inducted in recognition of their scholarly...
Read moreHRI Doctoral College
Interested in pursuing a PhD in HRI (topic: trust in robots) in Vienna? Potentially, with me as co-advisor? http://trustrobots.eu/
Read moreFirst ShardSpace Publication
I am happy to announce that my first publication on my new FWF Elise-Richter project SharedSpace was accepted for publication for a workshop held in conjunction with PETRA2018: Social Robots. A Workshop on the Past, the Present and the...
Read moreAustrian HCI Networking Event
Last Friday I attended the first Austrian HCI Networking event, organized by Katta Spiel (PhD student TU Wien) and Alina Krischkowsky (PhD student University of Salzburg). It was a great event, where I had the chance to meet former...
Read moreDagstuhl Seminar 2019
I am happy to announce that I will be co-organizing a Dagstuhl Seminar in 2019 on the topic: Ethics and Trust: Principles, Verification and Validation For more details click here
Read moreAttending Robo-Philosophy
Last week I attended the Robo-Philosopohy conference hosted by University of Vienna. The conference theme was: Envisioning Robots In Society: Politics, Power, And Public Space. I was delighted by the 2 keynotes I manged to attend by Guy...
Read moreSocial Robotics in the United Arab Emirates
So last week, my husband, the little one and I spent some time in the desert. More precisely in the United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Al Ain). I attended the 3rd Joint UAE Symposium on Social Robotics as invited speaker...
Read moreInterview for futurism.com: „Your New Best Friend: AI Chatbot“ – english
How will the future Human-Chatbot Relationship look like…read it on futurism (also involving a short paragraph with my 2 cents 😉 )
Read more