The final event Beyond the Algorithm: From Research to Action for Democratic Renewal provides a unique opportunity to see the achievements of four projects in one place.
On 4 December 2025, the KT4D final event will take place in Brussels and oline as part of a joint conference of the AI, Big Data & Democracy Task Force and the European Association for Social Sciences and Humanities.
The involved Horizon Europe projects are: AI4GOV, KT4D, ITHACA, and ORBIS.
Category Archives: Project
Kick-Off-Meeting “ToCoReRaM”
The project “ToCoReRaM – TOol for COmplete REcovery of RAw Materials”, funded by ZUG gGmbh and EURENI, started on November 1st, 2024 and will last 21 months.
The project aims to redesign the Product Development Process to prioritize the recovery of raw materials from end-of-life products. A tool will be developed to help SMEs meet Green Deal requirements by enhancing sustainability, enabling lifecycle analysis, and defining recycling pathways and value chains optimized for recovery.
On December 12 and 13, 2024, the Kick-Off-Meeting for the project will take place at the University of Graz. Project partners from Ostfalia – Hochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel, Germany, and from the Atlantic Technological University in Galway, Ireland, will come to Graz to discuss the first steps of the project.
ITHACA Meeting in Bratislava
Maria Zangl and Michael Bedek from the Cognitive Science Section traveled to Bratislava for the plenary meeting of the research project “ITHACA – Artificial Intelligence to enhance civic participation”. Aim of the meeting was to continue on the development of an AI-supported citizen participation platform with the partners of this EU project.
Videos from the workshop AI Big Data and Democracy now available
Videos from the workshop AI Big Data and Democracy including our presentation of the ITHACA project are now available [AI UK Fringe Events series]:
AI, Big Data and Democracy @ AIUK Fringe PART 1
AI, Big Data and Democracy @ AIUK Fringe PART 2
ITHACA at AI UK Fringe Events
The ITHACA Project will be presented at the AI UK Fringe Events series.
The Presentation will be held online by Michael Bedek and Maria Zangl at the workshop AI Big Data and Democracy on March 7th, 2024, 11:00-15:00 (UK Time).
Please feel free to register for the workshop to listen to our presentation!
Deliverables for ITHACA
ITHACA Project Video
Paper published: Impact of Robot Related User Pre-experience on Cognitive Load, Trust, Trustworthiness and Satisfaction with VR Interfaces
The following paper has been published:
Frering, L., Koenczoel, C., Mosbacher, J. A., Kames, M., Eder, M., Mohr-Ziak, P., Gabl, S., Kalkofen, D., Albert, D., Kubicek, B., & Steinbauer-Wagner, G. (2023). Impact of Robot Related User Pre-Experience on Cognitive Load, Trust, Trustworthiness and Satisfaction with VR Interfaces. Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics. RAAD 2023 (pp. 123-131). Mechanisms and Machine Science (Vol. 135). Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-32606-6_15 [Springer] [doi]
The paper will be presented at the 32nd International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, RAAD 2023 (June 14-16, 2023).
TIPADULT Workshop – recorded sessions now available
Lilian Reim has joined CSS
We would like to welcome Lilian Reim, MSc, in our Team.
She has joined the Cognitive Science Section on 17th January, 2022 and will be contributing to the EASIER Project.