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Congratulations to Johanna for receiving the prize for the best Master Thesis in Sociology and Survey Statistics at the Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg in 2022.

Maria Schlüter, whose bachelor thesis was supervised by Alexander Wenz, was awarded the Hans-Albert-Preis for the best bachelor thesis in sociology in 2021.

When it comes to AI based decision-making, it is not the use of algorithms as such that is controversial, but the lack of human control. This is the finding of a new study by the data scientists Florian Keusch and Frauke Kreuter.

Florian Keusch and Alexander Wenz are co-organizers of the iFARM Workshop that will take place at the University of Maryland , October 20–21, 2022 (new date, postponed from April 2022).

Federal and state governments are investing millions of euros in the establishment of a national platform for the analysis of Big Data in the economic and social sciences.

„CAIUS: Consequences of AI for Urban Societies“ is funded by the VW Stiftung with 1.5 Mio Euro over the next 4 years.

Ruben Bach was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung

The AI Lab Rhein-Neckar was launched with a virtual kick-off on 16.06.2020.

Research on the social effects of artificial intelligence funded with 850,000 euros

Prof. Dr. Frauke Kreuter receives two awards from the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). In addition to the Warren J. Mitofsky Innovators Award 2020, she also wins the Book Award 2020 together with her colleagues Richard Valliant and Jill Dever. Read more...