Trustworthy AI

Why relevant?

AI applications, in particular those trained with personal data, can have a significant impact on the self-determination, well-being, and sovereignty of citizens by being incorporated in decision making processes such as granting benefits, providing healthcare, planning infrastructure, and creating new digital services.

The Trustworthy AI Initiative at the University of Skövde focuses on the ethical aspects of developing and deploying such AI applications. We will assist organisations that plan to develop or deploy AI applications to consider citizens’ rights.

Specifically, supporting the integration of these rights into the design, development, and use AI applications. Our work strengthens society's ability to innovate, improving both efficiency and individual digital sovereignty.

Relation to PICS and other research groups

The Trustworthy AI Initiative is situated at the PICS (Privacy, Information security, and CyberSecurity) collaboration platform. PICS has studied privacy and information security both from a technical perspective but also from a societal, ethical, and legal point of view.

While PICS is the home of the Trustworthy AI Initiative, it is collaborating with further research groups at the University of Skövde, such as the Skövde Artificial Intelligence lab and the Software Systems Research Group.

The initiative will also reach out to the Digital Health Research Group and to researchers across all schools who apply and develop AI applications.

Methodological Approach: Z-Inspection®

The Trustworthy AI Initiative applies the open Z-Inspection process to assess the ethical and human rights aspects of embedding AI applications into organisations. We aim to leverage the expertise of around 30 similar labs worldwide, all applying and contributing to the Z-Inspection® process for Trustworthy AI.

Z-Inspection® is the most comprehensive method so far. It has been applied in major projects in Europe and worldwide and is hosted at z-inspection.org.

The Z-Inspection® initiative was founded by Professor Roberto Zicari.

Members at University of Skövde

The Trustworthy AI team consists of the following members:

• Rose-Mharie Åhlfeldt, University of Skövde, School of Informatics
• Addi Ait-Mlouk, University of Skövde, School of Informatics
• Yacine Atif, University of Skövde, School of Informatics
• Christoffer Brax, Combitech AB
• Göran Falkman, University of Skövde, School of Informatics
• Manfred Jeusfeld, University of Skövde, School of Informatics
• Maurice Lamb, University of Skövde, School of Informatics
• Oskar MacGregor, University of Skövde, School of Informatics
• Konstantinos Tsougkas, School of Engineering