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♻️🏆 Award-winning research meets real-world sustainability!
Leia Betting’s master’s thesis at TU Dortmund University explored how statistics & machine learning can help improve recycling and returnable bottle logistics 📊🚛
Developed with REMONDIS and supervised by RC Trust PI Markus Pauly, the project shows how data-driven forecasting can support more sustainable industrial processes 🌍✨
Congrats, Leia! 🎉
🔗 https://rc-trust.ai/news/news-detail/forecasting-recycling-flows-for-more-sustainable-industrial-processes
#Statistics #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #DataScience #RCTrust

RC Trustworthy Data Science Apr 27

👋 Welcome to RC Trust, Fiona Lau! 🤖✨
Fiona joined our Human-AI Interaction group as a PhD researcher.
Her research focuses on:
🎨 generative AI
🤝 human-AI co-creation
🧠 interactive systems
She explores how AI can support and extend human capabilities – while preserving human agency 💡
Outside research: 🏐🧘‍♀️🎹🌿
Welcome, Fiona! 🚀
https://rc-trust.ai/news/news-detail/shaping-collaborative-futures-of-human-ai-systems

#HumanAIInteraction #GenerativeAI #HCI #AIResearch #PhDLife #RCTrust

RC Trustworthy Data Science Apr 22

🚀 PhD opportunity at RC Trust
Join Prof. Giulia Barbareschi’s team and work on Mixed Ability Interaction 🤝♿
Design AI, XR & robotic systems that enable people with and without disabilities to collaborate, create & connect 🤖
🌍 International & interdisciplinary environment
🎓 Strong societal impact
🔗 https://www.uni-due.de/karriere/stelle-rar.php?kennziffer=171-26
#PhD #InclusiveTechnology #Accessibility #HumanAIInteraction #RCTrust

RC Trustworthy Data Science Apr 17

🥽🤖 New at RC Trust: Manshul Belani!
She works on human-centered AI and XR – focusing on usability, accessibility, and inclusive design 🌍.
How should we design trustworthy immersive systems? 💬
https://rc-trust.ai/news/news-detail/designing-technology-around-people
#HCI #HumanCenteredAI #XR #RCTrust

RC Trustworthy Data Science Mar 26

🗣️⚖️ Who gets heard in digital governance?
Rachel Griffin & Mateus Correia de Carvalho explore how civil society shapes EU platform rules 🇪🇺 – and why some voices are left out.
Her work highlights inequalities in resources 💸, access 🏛️, and recognition 👁️ that shape how risks are defined and governed.
🔗 https://dsa-observatory.eu/2026/02/17/who-speaks-and-who-is-heard/
#EURegulation #DigitalJustice #PlatformGovernance #ResponsibleAI #RCTrust

RC Trustworthy Data Science Mar 25

🏆 Recognition for international research collaboration
Prof. Giulia Barbareschi (RC Trust) receives an Honorable Mention Award at #HRI2026 🎉
Her team developed the RUSH Checklist – improving transparency, reproducibility & quality in human-robot interaction research 🤖
A key step toward more trustworthy & inclusive technologies.
🔗 https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3757279.3785572
#HumanRobotInteraction #InclusiveAI #ResponsibleAI #RCTrust #ResearchExcellence

RC Trustworthy Data Science Mar 11

Chatbots increasingly recommend products, services or even financial advice. 🤖💬

On 12 March, Nicole Krämer, Scientific Director of RC Trust, joins a policy discussion at the NRW Ministry for Consumer Protection at the event
“Chatbot and AI Agent: (Not) a Friend and Helper?”

The panel will explore trust, transparency and risks in AI-driven communication.

#AI #TrustworthyAI #ConsumerProtection #DigitalPolicy #AIethics #HumanAI #RCTrust

Photo: Till Niermann – CC BY-SA 3.0 edited

RC Trustworthy Data Science Mar 9

👋 Welcome to RC Trust, Aria Kalforian! 🤖

Aria joined the Human-AI Interaction group in March 2026 as a PhD researcher.

Her work explores the human and societal impacts of AI-driven technologies – including conversational agents, social media algorithms, and large language model-based assistants.

Welcome to the team, Aria! 🚀

#HumanAIInteraction #ResponsibleAI #HCI #AIResearch #DigitalSociety #RCTrust #PhDLife

RC Trustworthy Data Science Mar 9

👋 Welcome to RC Trust, Dr. Jonathan Liebers! 🤖

Since March 1, 2026, Jonathan has joined the Human-AI Interaction group as a postdoctoral researcher.

His research focuses on Agentic AI and implicit interaction – exploring how intelligent systems can support users proactively and understand contextual needs without explicit commands.

We’re excited to have you on board! 🚀

#HumanAIInteraction #AgenticAI #HCI #AIResearch #AcademicLife #RCTrust #XR #MachineLearning

RC Trustworthy Data Science Feb 24

🛡️ Societal resilience in times of crisis.

At a workshop hosted by the Joint Competence Center for Civil Protection (GeKoB) at Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection (BBK),
Oksana Huss (RC Trust) and Oleksandra Keudel (Kyiv School of Economics) connected Ukrainian empirical research 🇺🇦 with German crisis governance practice.

Resilience means coordination, learning, and adaptive institutions.

#SocietalResilience #SecurityPolicy #Governance #DigitalTrust #RCTRust