Medical Assistance Systems
01.02.26 New Team Member In Our Research Group
We are delighted to welcome Sinem Görmez to the Medical Assistance Systems (MAS) research group as of February!
Sinem is pursuing her PhD in Project A05 of the Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 318 “Constructing Explainability”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Britta Wrede.
She completed her dual bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics/Automation at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (HSBI) in cooperation with Schüco International KG, and earned her master’s degree in Information Technology from OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts (TH OWL) in Lemgo. Prior to joining MAS, Sinem worked as a Research Manager in the SAIL Research Network.
In her doctoral research, she investigates— from a practice-oriented research perspective—how explainability is constructed in real interactions and how different forms of explanations influence understanding, trust, and decision-making.
Within TRR 318, she works on advancing interactive explanatory systems, such as the NAO robot, which aim to make AI-based decisions and processes transparent and comprehensible. A particular focus lies on the use of negation and contrast (e.g., “what it is / what it is not” or “why option A instead of B”) to foster understanding and support informed decisions.