Head of the Ethical Innovation Hub
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Herzog
Head of the Ethical Innovation Hub
23562 Lübeck
DE
- Building: Bld. 64
- Room: 0.106
- Bld. 64 , Raum 0.106
- +49 451 3101 6211
- christian.herzog@uni-luebeck.de
- Twitter:@ChrHrzg
- LinkedIn:christian-herzog-418502b2
Research Interests
- Ethics of technology, esp. ethical and societal aspects of artificial intelligence
- Transdisciplinary and participative research for Responsible Research & Innovation in practice
- Scholarship of teaching in engineering ethics
- Explainable, probabilistic graphical models for inference algorithms
Curriculum Vitae
I am a transdisciplinary researcher originally trained at Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, were I received my B.Sc and M.Sc. degrees in Mechatronics in 2008 and 2011. I also did my Ph.D. at the Institute of Control Systems of the same university, focusing on the robust and parameter-varying control of nonlinear and interconnected systems. Since 2015 I have been holding a tenured position at the Institute for Electrical Engineering in Medicine at the University of Lübeck. While having engaged in the ethics and sustainability issues of technology by conducting peer-to-peer teaching since 2011, from 2016 I have begun to professionally shift my research focus towards the ethics of engineering, innovative technologies and artificial intelligence in particular. In that course, I have also received my M.A. in Applied and Professional Ethics from the University of Leeds. I commit to teaching engineering ethics, promoting broad and inclusive participation in technology development as well as researching and fostering interdisciplinary approaches in engineering research for the benefit of our world's ecology and society.
Memberships and Commitments
| 6/2020– | Member, Expert Council AI@Society of the State Government, Schleswig-Holstein | |
| 12/2019 | "Make Bureaucracy Great Again?!" with Jan Philipp Albrecht | |
| 07/2019 | Co-organization of mini-symposium “Ethical Design Considerations in MedTech” at the EMBC | |
| 2018–2019 | Co-Host of "Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning" Session at Lübeck Summer Academy on Medical Technology | |
| 2018– | Working group on "Artificial Intelligence" of the German Institute for Standardization | |
| 02/2018 | "Machines and Morals" with Dr. Robert Habeck | |
| 2016–2017 | Member of the "Dialog Forum Ethik" of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lübeck | |
| 2014 | Member, IEEE, Society on Social Implications of Technology | |
| 2012 | Member, IEEE, Control Systems Society |
Awards
| 2018 | Innovation Award of the "Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Krankenhaustechnik e.V. (WGKT)", (for a supervised bachelor thesis) | |
| 2018 | Best Paper Award (Runner up), AUTOMED | |
| 2017 | Walter-Dosch Lehrpreis, Universität zu Lübeck | |
| 2012 | Nordmetall-Foundation Award, Best Master's Thesis | |
| 2008 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Erich Müller Scholarship | |
| 2008 | General Engineering Award of Hamburg University of Technology |
Academic Career
| 2023– | Professor for Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Artificial Intelligence, University of Lübeck | |
| 2018–2020 | Master of Arts in Applied & Professional Ethics, University of Leeds, with Distinction | |
| 01/2020– | Head of the Ethical Innovation Hub, University of Lübeck | |
| 04/2015– | Research Fellow at the Institute for Electrical Engineering in Medicine, University of Lübeck | |
| 2015 | Dr.-Ing in Control Theory, Hamburg University of Technology, Summa Cum Laude | |
| 2011–2015 | Research Associate at the Institute of Control Systems, Hamburg University of Technology | |
| 2011 | Master of Science in Mechatronics, Hamburg University of Technology, with Distinction | |
| 2010– | Founding Member, Blue Engineering Group, Hamburg University of Technology | |
| 2008 | Bachelor of Science in General Engineering Science, Hamburg University of Technology |