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19.09.2025

RC Trust at ECML PKDD 2025

From 15–19 September in Porto, RC Trust showcases research that makes AI more reliable, explainable, and usable in practice.

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17.09.2025

Delegation to Artificial Intelligence can increase dishonest behavior

Nils Köbis and an international research team warn that people request dishonest behavior from AI systems, and that AI systems are prone to comply.

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12.09.2025

Welcoming Prof. Elizabeth Tipton: Advancing Data Science and Interdisciplinary Research

Internationally renowned statistician Prof. Elizabeth Tipton visits the RC Trust Graduate School to foster collaboration, exchange ideas, and inspire our research community.

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• Event

02.09.2025

Gender egalitarian justice, AI, and the future of work

Keynote by Kate Vredenburgh (London School of Economics) & Workshop "Themes from Kate Vredenburgh: XAI, Fairness, the Future of Work" (2nd Dortmund Conference on Philosophy and Society)

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• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning

01.09.2025

Hattrick for Trustworthy AI Research: TU Dortmund Team Wins Best Paper Award

For the third time in a row, researchers from TU Dortmund University have received the prestigious Best Paper Award. The awarded study, conducted by Carina Newen, Sofia Vergara Puccini, and Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Müller, introduces innovative approaches to understanding and improving the trustworthiness of AI systems. The recognition highlights the team’s leading role in shaping the future of secure and reliable artificial intelligence.

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24.08.2025

What Makes a Good Conversation? Emotions, Confidence and Explainability

Prof. Milica Gašić explores how emotions, confidence, and explainability shape conversational AI, highlighting the role of reinforcement learning and psychological insights.

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• Security and Trustworthiness of Online Information

17.08.2025

First Propaganda Detection Mechanism for Telegram

The method was presented by Professor Rebekah Overdorf from Ruhr University Bochum together with Klim Kireev and Carmela Troncoso from the Max Planck Insitute for Security and Privacy in Bochum at the 34th USENIX Security Symposium on August 13, 2025.

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10.08.2025

From West Bengal to Westphalia

How a PhD student from India found research, collaboration, and community at RC Trust.

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10.08.2025

From brainstorming to breakthrough

Mihir Upadhyay’s internship at RC Trust became a turning point in his journey as a researcher.

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