Our digital future – how human will it be?
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Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheTechnology has firmly taken hold of our world, connecting everybody with everyone. AI and machine learning, data science and complexity science, cybersecurity and automation – they all use algorithms and growing amounts of data in their computer-based models that radically change our lives and world of work. How are we to deal with this without losing confidence in the future? What can and should these disruptive technologies do for us?
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Ph.D. Mirta GALESIC
Professor and Cowan Chair in Human Social Dynamics, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM
| 1996-2000 | Researcher; Senior Researcher; Project Manager, survey research agency Ipsa, Zagreb |
| 1997 | B.A. in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Zagreb |
| 1997-1999 | M.A. Program in Marketing Theory, School of Economics, University of Zagreb |
| 2000-2001 | Co-founder and Research Department Manager; survey research agency Proof, Zagreb |
| 2001-2003 | Research and Teaching Assistant, Chair for Work and Organizational Psychology and Ergonomics, Department of Psychology, University of Zagreb |
| 2002-2003 | Research Department Manager; survey research agency Puls, Zagreb |
| 2003-2005 | Research and Teaching Assistant, Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland, MD |
| 2004 | Ph.D. in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Zagreb |
| 2005 | M.S. in Survey Methodology, Joint Program in Survey Methodology; University of Maryland, MD; University of Michigan, MI |
| 2005-2006 | Faculty Research Associate, Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland, MD |
| 2006-2008 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin |
| 2008-2014 | Research Scientist, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin |
| since 2015 | Professor and Cowan Chair in Human Social Dynamics, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, NM; Adjunct Researcher, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin |
Ph.D. J. Stephen LANSING
Director, Complexity Institute; Professor, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Mag.a Dr.in Martina MARA
Professor of Robopsychology, LIT Robopsychology Lab, Johannes Kepler University Linz
| 2003 | Various media internships (radio, television, print) |
| 2004-2007 | Print journalist, freelance writer, Vienna |
| 2008 | Master's degree, Communication Science, Department of Communication, University of Vienna |
| 2008-2011 | Research associate, EOOS Design, Institute of Design Research Vienna (IDRV) |
| 2011-2012 | Research associate, Department of Work, Organizational and Media Psychology, Johannes Kepler University Linz |
| 2010-2014 | Senior researcher, Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz |
| since 2010 | Lecturer, Johannes Kepler University Linz; University of Art and Design Linz; Salzburg University of Applied Sciences; University of Applied Arts Vienna; University of Applied Sciences Munich; Technical University of Munich |
| 2014 | Doctoral degree, Psychology, Institute for Communication Psychology and Media Education, University of Koblenz-Landau |
| since 2014 | Key researcher, RoboPsychology, Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz |
| since 2016 | Tech columnist, Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, Linz |
| since 2018 | Professor of Robopsychology, LIT Robopsychology Lab, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
Helga NOWOTNY
Member, Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development; Chair, ERA Council Forum Austria, Vienna
| 1959 | Doctorate in Jurisprudence, University of Vienna |
| 1969 | Ph.D. in Sociology, Columbia University, New York |
| 1996-2002 | Professor of Philosophy and Science and Technology Studies, ETH Zurich |
| Teaching and Research Positions at the Institute for Advanced Study, Vienna; King's College, Cambridge; University of Bielefeld; Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin; Ecole des Hautes Etudes et Sciences Sociales, Paris; Science Center for Social Sciences, Berlin; Collegium Budapest | |
| 1998-2004 | Director, "Collegium Helveticum", ETH Zurich |
| 2001-2006 | Chair, EURAB - European Research Advisory Board of the European Commission |
| 2002-2004 | Director, Branco Weiss Fellowship Programme "Society in Science" |
| 2005-2011 | Chair, Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Vienna |
| 2007-2010 | Vice-President ERC - European Research Council |
| 2010-2013 | President, ERC - European Research Council |
| Professor em., Science and Technology Studies, ETH Zurich |
