We are pleased to announce that Sonja Zillner is going to be one of our keynotes!
Here some words about what she’s going to talk about at ESWC 2025:
Title “Responsible AI Engineering”
Abstract: AI is an important technology for leveraging new and promising business opportunities in the industrial domain. However, the usage of AI technology also introduces a wide range of new risks and threats across various dimensions such as cybersecurity, reliability, robustness, safety, transparency, and human oversight – all of which need to be carefully addressed.
In addition, organizations are confronted with an increasing amount of digital and AI-based legislation in the international environment. This leads to a fragmented landscape of legal and risk-related requirements, often inconsistent, overlapping, and duplicated. This results in high uncertainty and bureaucratic burden during the development and deployment of AI products.
To address these challenges, a systematic and efficient approach is required to handle the complex legal requirements as well as the emerging wide range of risk sources, in order to boost AI innovation in a responsible manner. Responsible AI engineering describes such a systematic approach, enabling the efficient and innovative development of AI products while ensuring compliance with the complex and fragmented legal landscape.
In this presentation, I will introduce the Siemens Generative Risk Management Process as an example of a responsible AI engineering approach that is currently being rolled out at Siemens. This demonstrates how organizations can drive AI innovation forward in a compliant and risk-aware manner.
Bio: Sonja Zillner is the Principal for Industrial Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence at Siemens Foundational Technology. She is Head of the Core Company Technology Module “Trustworthy AI” at Siemens AG as well as leading the design, development, and implementation of the Generative AI Risk Management Process for Siemens industrial products. She earned her doctoral degree in 2005 from the Technical University of Vienna, and has held an honorary professorship at the Technical University of Munich since 2021.