Medical Assistance Systems
TRR 318 Research Presented at the “Eingeloggt!” Week at Wissenswerkstadt Bielefeld
On March 16, Prof. Dr. Britta Wrede, head of the Medical Assistive Systems research group and principal investigator in the Collaborative Research Centre (TRR) 318 “Constructing Explainability”, contributed to the theme week “Eingeloggt!” at the Wissenswerkstadt Bielefeld.
Together with Prof. Dr. Katharina Rohlfing, psycholinguist at Paderborn University and spokesperson of TRR 318, she gave a talk titled “It Takes at Least Two to Explain – Why AI Needs You to Explain!”
The two researchers provided insights into current research on explainable AI. They demonstrated that successful explanations require an interplay between humans and machines. Their presentation was based on findings from Projects A01 “Adaptive Explaining” and A05 “Contextualized Scaffolding in Human–Robot Explanatory Dialogue.” They illustrated how explanations can be adapted to users and how robots can support learning through tailored assistance strategies that respond to individual needs.
The event was part of the digital theme week “Eingeloggt!”, which was primarily aimed at people over 50 and sought to facilitate access to digital technologies and AI through workshops and talks.