Activities

Talks and Posters

• Merchants of Transparency: Algorithmische Transparenz als Dienstleistung (Merchants of Transparency: Algorithmic Transparency as a Service), talk at the Wissenschaftliches Oberseminar of the Institute for Multimedia and Interactive Systems, University of Lübeck, 13 June 2023. (German slides)
• Merchants of Transparency: Algorithmische Transparenz von Infrastrukturen als Dienstleistung (Merchants of Transparency: Algorithmic Transparency of Infrastructures as a Service), talk at the Internationale Konferenz TA23 „Infrastrukturen der Zukunft“, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 6 June 2023. (German slides)
• Ethik, Privacy und Robustheit (Ethics, Privacy and Robustness), Bootcamp Cyber Resilience in Medical Applications, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, 30 May 2023.
• Merchants of Transparency: Algorithmic Visibility as a Service, talk at the 21st Annual STS Conference Graz 2023 “Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies” panel B.14.1: Cultures of Prediction, Graz University of Technology, 9 May 2023. (slides)
• Ethik, Privacy und Robustheit (Ethics, Privacy and Robustness), Bootcamp Cyber Resilience in Medical Applications, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, 7 March 2023.
• Black Mirror Writers' Room, workshop at the European Researchers' Night “Life is Science – in a Digital World” 2022, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, 30 September 2022.
• Wer ist schuld, wenn Algorithmen irren? Entscheidungsautomatisierung, Organisationen und Verantwortung (Who Is at Fault When Algorithms Err? Decision Automation, Organisations and Responsibility), talk at the conference Technikfolgenabschätzung aus Arbeitnehmer:innenperspektive of the Vorarlberg Chamber of Labour, 10 September 2021. (German slides)
• Und was ist jetzt mit Privatsphäre? (And What About Privacy?), 15th workshop of the Science Academy Niederösterreich “Smart World”, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, 12 June 2021.
• ​Algorithmen in der Entscheidungsfindung – Verantwortlichkeit und Rechenschaft (Algorithms in Decision-Making – Responsibility and Accountability), talk at the 4th Workshop “Verantwortung und KI” of the project AI for GOOD, online, 10 June 2021. (German slides)
• “Computer Says No”: Algorithmic Decision Support and Organisational Responsibility (with Angelika Adensamer), talk at the 19th Annual STS Conference Graz 2021 “Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies” panel B.11 Algorithmic Inequality: Intersectional Divisions in the Digital Society, Graz University of Technology, 3 May 2021. (slides)
• ​Algorithms, Law and Society: Decision Makers between Algorithmic Guidance and Personal Responsibility, talk at the 25th #ForschungsChillOut, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, 25 February 2021.
• “Part Man, Part Machine, All Cop”: Automation in Policing (with Angelika Adensamer), talk at the EASST+4S Joint Conference 2020 – Locating and Timing Matters: Significance and Agency of STS in Emerging Worlds panel Digital Technologies in Policing and Security, 20 August 2020.
• Sichere Einbindung von externen Partnern (Secure Involvement of External Partners), 12th talk in the webinar series Sicheres Homeoffice (Secure Home Office), Digital Innovation Hub OST/St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, 27 May 2020. (German video, German slides)
• Soziale Interaktion und informelle Kommunikation im Homeoffice (Social Interaction and Informal Communication when Working from Home), 7th talk in the webinar series Sicheres Homeoffice (Secure Home Office), Digital Innovation Hub OST/St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, 6 May 2020. (German video, German slides)
• Gefahren durch Kriminelle im Internet – gefälschte E-Mails und Websites (Danger from Crime on the Internet – Fake Emails and Websites), 2nd talk in the webinar series Sicheres Homeoffice (Secure Home Office), Digital Innovation Hub OST/St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, 17 April 2020. (German video, German slides)
• Algorithmen und Verantwortlichkeit (Algorithms and Responsibility), seminar talk at the institute research seminar, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, 15 January 2020.
• Ich weiß, was du nächsten Sommer getan haben wirst: Predictive Policing in Österreich (with Angelika Adensamer) (I Know What You Will Have Done Next Summer: Predictive Policing in Austria), talk at the PrivacyWeek 2019, 24 October 2019. (German video, German slides, German sketch notes)
• Halfway New Cardinal Characteristics, poster talk at Set Theory Today: A Conference in Honor of Georg Cantor, 10 September 2018. (poster)
• Forcing und Kardinalzahlcharakteristiken (Forcing and Cardinal Characteristics), talk at the 6^th Christmas Colloquium of Mathematics Graduates of the TU Wien, 22 December 2017.
• Countable Support Products of Creature Forcings, poster talk at the 10^th Young Set Theory Workshop – New Directions in the Higher Infinite, 10 July 2017. (poster)
• Urheberrecht und die digitale Revolution (Copyright Law and the Digital Revolution), guest talk in the course Recht des geistigen Eigentums (Intellectual Property Law), TU Wien, 16 January 2014. (German slides)
• Liquid Democracy Workshop (with Daniel Gruß), session at the Daten.Netz.Politik-Kongress 2013, 15 September 2013.
• Exakte und asymptotische Knotengradabzählung in planaren Karten (Exact and Asymptotic Vertex-Degree Counting in Planar Maps), seminar talk, Montanuniversität Leoben, 22 June 2012. (German slides)
• Ko-Algebren, Hopf-Algebren und Anwendungen für kombinatorische Konstruktionen (Coalgebras, Hopf Algebras and Combinatorial Applications), seminar talk at the research group seminar, TU Wien, 10 June 2011.

Conferences Attended

• Colloquium in Honor of Martin Goldstern on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday, TU Wien, Vienna, 18 December 2023.
• Momentum Kongress: Hegemonie 2023, Hallstatt, 19–22 October 2023.
• Internationale Konferenz TA23 „Infrastrukturen der Zukunft“, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 6 June 2023.
• Workshop on Methods in Philosophy of Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, 22–23 May 2023.
• 21st Annual STS Conference Graz 2023 “Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies”, Graz University of Technology, Graz, 8–10 May 2023.
• Tübingen Winter School Open Science, University of Tübingen, 13 February 2023.
• Workshop on Non-Binary Language Towards Non-Binary Language Technology, TU Wien, Vienna, 15–17 September 2021.
• Technikfolgenabschätzung aus Arbeitnehmer:innenperspektive, Schaffarei-Forschung-Konferenz 2021 of the Vorarlberg Chamber of Labour, Schaffarei, Feldkirch, 9–10 September 2021.
• 4th Workshop “Verantwortung und KI” of the project AI for GOOD, online, 10 June 2021.
• Symposium “Algorithmische Diskriminierung in der Arbeitswelt: #ProgrammierteDiskriminierung – Was tun?”, part of the ZARA symposium series “Wirkungen und Nebenwirkungen von Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit”, online, 19 May 2021.
• 19th Annual STS Conference Graz 2021 “Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies”, Graz University of Technology, Graz, 3–5 May 2021.
• Strategies for a Humanistic Digital Future, TU Wien, Vienna, 19–20 November 2020.
• EASST+4S Joint Conference 2020 – Locating and Timing Matters: Significance and Agency of STS in Emerging Worlds, Prague, 18–21 August 2020.
• Media, Arts and Design | AI 2020 Conference, Danube University Krems, Krems, 19 June 2020.
• Digital Humanism: Informatics in Times of COVID-19, TU Wien, Vienna, 14 May 2020.
• 8^th Christmas Colloquium – Homecoming Event of Mathematics Graduates of the TU Wien, TU Wien, Vienna, 20 December 2019.
• 5^th International Conference on Software Security and Assurance (ICSSA 2019), St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, St. Pölten, 25–26 July 2019.
• 12^th Young Set Theory Workshop – Advanced Class in Set Theory, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Vienna, 26–29 June 2019.
• 7^th Christmas Colloquium – Homecoming Event of Mathematics Graduates of the TU Wien, TU Wien, Vienna, 21 December 2018.
• Set Theory Today: A Conference in Honor of Georg Cantor, Kurt Gödel Research Center, University of Vienna, Vienna, 10–14 September 2018.
• Data Science, Statistics and Visualisation 2018, TU Wien, Vienna, 9–11 July 2018.
• 11^th Young Set Theory Workshop, Bernoulli Center, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 25–29 June 2018.
• Winter School in Abstract Analysis 2018, section Set Theory & Topology, International Center for Spiritual Rehabilitation, Hejnice, 27 January – 3 February 2018.
• 6^th Christmas Colloquium of Mathematics Graduates of the TU Wien, TU Wien, Vienna, 22 December 2017.
• 10^th Young Set Theory Workshop – New Directions in the Higher Infinite, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh, 10–14 July 2017.
• Set Theory Workshop on Infinite Combinatorics and Forcing Theory, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyōto University, Kyōto, 28 November – 1 December 2016.

Press and Media

• ★ 2024-02-17: Am Anfang war das Spiel (by Alice Senarclens de Grancy), in: Die Presse, W1–W2.
• ★ 2023-11-30: Warum ChatGPT ein Problem mit dem Gendersternchen hat (by Barbara Wimmer), futurezone.
• ★ 2023-06-24: Zahlenspiele fürs Gemeinwohl (by Michael Loibner), in: Die Presse, W6 (available online since 2023-06-23).
• 2023-05-03: Eine gesunde Open-Source-Landschaft schaffen, Newsroom der Fachhochschule St. Pölten.
• 2023-04-13: #71: Der Multiplayer-Diskurs (by Michaela Pichler, Rainer Sigl and Robert Glashüttner), FM4 Game Podcast (approx. 35:40–37:50).
• ★ 2023-03-21: ChatGPT & Co: Wie queer „denkt“ künstliche Intelligenz? (by Romana Beer), science.ORF.at.
• ★ 2023-03-15: Übersetzungen: KI tut sich schwer (by Romana Beer), Wissen aktuell, Ö1.
• ★ 2023-03-15: Künstliche Intelligenz: Die Grenzen der maschinellen Übersetzung (by Romana Beer), science.ORF.at.
• 2023-02-21: Wissenschaftsbotschafter*innen der FH St. Pölten, Newsroom der Fachhochschule St. Pölten.
• 2022-12-02: Projektförderung für netidee Projekt CrOSSD, Newsroom der Fachhochschule St. Pölten.
• ★ 2022-10-07: Interview zu Forschungsdrang und Rollenspiel (by Krassling), Nandurion.
• 2022-09-29: Best Paper Award auf 'Mensch und Computer 22‘, Newsroom der Fachhochschule St. Pölten.
• 2022-09-08: Best Paper Award at MuC 2022: Sabrina Burtscher & Katta Spiel, TU Wien Informatics.
• ★ 2022-01-27: Sub auspiciis Promotionen am 26. Jänner 2022 an der TU Wien, TU Wien.
• ★ 2022-01-26: »Sie wissen um den Wert wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens und zwar auf höchstem Niveau«, Bundespräsident.
• ★ 2022-01-26: Sieben Sub-auspiciis-Promotionen an TU Wien, news.ORF.at.
• ★ 2022-01-21: Wie lernen Computer genderfaire Sprache? (by Anna Michalski), Campus Talk – Der Podcast der FH St. Pölten.
• ★ 2022-01-18: Interview: Wie lernen Computer genderfaire Sprache? (by Anna Michalski), Campus & City Radio 94.4 (Aufzeichnung im Cultural Broadcasting Archive).
• 2022-01-21: Podcast: Wie lernen Computer genderfaire Sprache?, Newsroom der Fachhochschule St. Pölten.
• 2021-11-04: Genderfaire Sprache und Sprachtechnologie (GenderFairMT) (by Bettina Schreibmaier-Clasen), Blog | UNIVERSITAS Austria.
• 2021-09-16: Qualen nach Zahlen (by Daniel Erk), in: Capital 10/2021, 66–70.
• 2021-06-02: Ziel: Vorurteilsfreie KI-Systeme, Newsroom der Fachhochschule St. Pölten.
• ★ 2021-05-26: Wie KI-Systeme die Arbeitswelt verändern (by Alois Pumhösel), in: Der Standard, 33 (available online since 2021-06-01).
• ★ 2021-05-07: Warum brauchen wir Algorithmen mit Verantwortung? (by Anna Michalski), Campus Talk – Der Podcast der FH St. Pölten.
• 2021-05-07: Podcast: Warum brauchen wir Algorithmen mit Verantwortung?, Newsroom der Fachhochschule St. Pölten.
• 2021-05-07: AlgoJus: Präsentation an der 19th Annual STS Conference der TU Graz. (by Emanuel Tananau Blumenschein), VICESSE.
• 2021-05-05: Vortrag von Angelika Adensamer auf der 19th Annual STS Conference an der TU Graz, Neuigkeiten aus dem Arbeitsbereich Prof. Iris Eisenberger.
• 2021-04-22: Verantwortungsvoller Umgang mit Algorithmen, Newsroom der Fachhochschule St. Pölten.
• ★ 2021-04-20: Campustalk: Algorithmenunterstützte Entscheidungen (by Anna Michalski), Campus & City Radio 94.4 (Aufzeichnung im Cultural Broadcasting Archive).
• ★ 2020-10-27: Campustalk: für ein modernes Urheberrecht (by Simon Olipitz), Campus & City Radio 94.4 (Aufzeichnung im Cultural Broadcasting Archive).
• ★ 2020-09-11: Künstlich intelligent? (by Sebastian Panny), in: Arbeit&Wirtschaft 5/2020, 16–18.
• 2020-08-31: Part Man, Part Machine, All Cop (by Angelika Adensamer), VICESSE.
• 2020-08-21: Vier Ideen für ein besseres Urheberrecht (by Leonhard Dobusch), Tagesspiegel Background.
• 2020-08-18: Studie: Für ein modernes Urheberrecht (by Georg Fischer), iRights.info.
• 2020-08-17: Automatisierungstechniken für Polizei und Justiz, Newsroom der Fachhochschule St. Pölten.
• 2020-07-03: AK MatriX – Arbeitskreis der Zukunft, Newsroom der Fachhochschule St. Pölten.
• 2020-06-15: Künstliche Intelligenz: Nicht um jeden Preis (by Astrid Schöggl), Arbeit&Wirtschaft Blog.
• ★ 2019-12-17: Campustalk: Predictive Policing (by Simon Olipitz), Campus & City Radio 94.4 (Aufzeichnung im Cultural Broadcasting Archive).
• ★ 2019-11-18: Ich weiß, was du nächsten Sommer getan haben wirst – Predictive Policing in Österreich, Radio Dispositiv (Aufzeichnung im Cultural Broadcasting Archive).
• ★ 2019-11-04: Predictive Policing – Gespräch mit Angelika Adensamer und Lukas Daniel Klausner (by Ines Rössl), juridikum zum hören 13.
• 2019-05-28: Helle Köpfe · Abgeschlossene Dissertation, in: future 10 (May 2019) “Wiegen des Wandels”, 12.

Organising

• Panel B.2 “Code is Law” Revisited: STS Perspectives on the Digitization of Law and the Legal Sector at the 22nd Annual STS Conference Graz 2024 “Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies” (6–8 May 2024, Graz; jointly with Elisabeth Paar and Nikolaus Pöchhacker)
• Preconference “AI and Participation in the Supply Chain” at the Momentum Kongress: Hegemonie 2023 (19–22 October 2023, Hallstatt; jointly with Sara Maric)
• Session J-15 “Digital Technologies and Working Conditions in Global Value Chains” at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Annual Meeting (9–11 July 2022, Amsterdam; jointly with Carolina Alves Vestena and Maximilian Heimstädt)
• Workshop on Non-Binary Language Towards Non-Binary Language Technology (15–17 September 2021, Vienna; jointly with Katharina Bühn, Sabrina Burtscher, Daniela Duh, Dagmar Gromann, Manuel Lardelli, Arthur Mettinger, Igor Miladinovic, Sigrid Schefer-Wenzl and Katta Spiel)

Supervised Theses

• Kliti Avrami (master's thesis, in progress)
• Phillip Deng (bachelor's thesis, in progress)
• Johannes Frost (master's thesis, in progress)
• Michael Gschiel (bachelor's thesis, in progress)
• Mario Holzer (bachelor's thesis, in progress)
• Trendafil Ivanov (bachelor's thesis, in progress)
• Daniela Rader (bachelor's thesis, in progress)
• Eleanor Schnabl (bachelor's thesis, in progress)
• Lukas Spannbruckner (bachelor's thesis, in progress)
• Marie Strohm (bachelor's thesis, in progress)
• Eva-Maria Maier (bachelor's thesis, 20 October 2023; co-supervised with Leonie Tanczer): Beyond Parental Monitoring: Exploring the Exploitative Nature of Sideloaded Parental Control Apps
• Hans-Christian Einfalt (bachelor's thesis, 19 October 2023): Detection and Mitigation of Search Result Deviations: Identification of Dissenting Search Results for Queer Focus Groups Through Geographic Subversion Utilising Virtual Private Networks
• Benjamin Oberdorfer (bachelor's thesis, 19 October 2023): Nutzbarkeit von PGP: Eine Analyse der sinkenden Nutzung von PGP-Verschlüsselung in E-Mails (Usability of PGP: An Analysis of Decreasing Usage of PGP Encryption in E-Mails)
• Christoph Dorner (bachelor's thesis, 4 July 2023): Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Systems vs. Rootkits – Comparative Study on Functionality, Effectiveness, and Ethical Considerations
• Maximilian Narbeshuber-Spletzer (bachelor's thesis, 23 February 2023): Backdoors zu end-to-end-verschlüsselten Instant Messengern (Backdoors for End-to-End Encrypted Instant Messengers)
• Christian Hansely (bachelor's thesis, 11 May 2022): Exploits in digitalen Spielen – Definitionen von Cheating (Exploits in Digital Games – Definitions of Cheating)
• Boris Cvrtnjak (master's thesis, 10 May 2022, at University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt; co-supervised with Paola Lopez): Eine soziotechnische Analyse datengetriebener, algorithmischer Systeme in der Justiz und im Polizeiwesen (A Sociotechnical Analysis of Data-Driven Algorithmic Systems in Justice and Policing)

Teaching Experience

St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences:

• SS 2024: BAKK2 SE bis21 Bachelor Seminar (co-taught with Alexander Krenn)
• SS 2024: ER ILV bds23 Ethics and Law (co-taught with Martin Führer)
• WS 2023: MWISSA ILV bisb21 Methods of Scientific Work
• WS 2023: BAKK2 SE bisb20 Bachelor Seminar (co-taught with Alexander Krenn)
• WS 2023: FRE ILV mcs23 Foundations of Research and Ethics (co-taught with Robert Rothmann)
• WS 2023: GRINF ILV bse23 Fundamentals of Computer Science (co-taught with Markus Wagner)
• SS 2023: MWISSA ILV bis21 Methods of Scientific Work
• SS 2023: BAKK2 SE bis20 Bachelor Seminar (co-taught with Alexander Krenn)
• SS 2023: ER ILV bds22 Ethics and Law (co-taught with Martin Führer)
• WS 2022: MWISSA ILV bisb20 Methods of Scientific Work
• WS 2022: BAKK2 SE bisb19 Bachelor Seminar (co-taught with Alexander Krenn)
• WS 2022: FRE ILV mcs22 Foundations of Research and Ethics (co-taught with Robert Rothmann)
• WS 2022: GRINF ILV bse22 Fundamentals of Computer Science (co-taught with Markus Wagner)
• SS 2022: MWISSA ILV bis20 Methods of Scientific Work
• SS 2022: BAKK2 SE bis19 Bachelor Seminar (co-taught with Alexander Krenn)
• SS 2022: ER ILV bds21 Ethics and Law (co-taught with Martin Führer)
• SS 2022: ResEth ILV mcs21 Research Ethics
• WS 2021: MWISSA ILV bisb19 Methods of Scientific Work
• WS 2021: BAKK2 SE bisb18 Bachelor Seminar (co-taught with Alexander Krenn)
• WS 2021: PRC ILV mcr21 Privacy and Cryptography (co-taught with Peter Kieseberg)
• WS 2021: GRINF ILV bse21 Fundamentals of Computer Science (co-taught with Markus Wagner)
• SS 2021: ER ILV bds20 Ethics and Law (co-taught with Martin Führer)

TU Wien:

• SS 2011: 106.080 Computer Mathematics
• WS 2010: 113.118 Mathematics 1 for Computer Sciences and Business Informatics
• SS 2010: 106.080 Computer Mathematics
• WS 2009: 113.118 Mathematics 1 for Computer Sciences and Business Informatics
• SS 2009: 106.080 Computer Mathematics