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Prof. Dr. Verena Tiefenbeck

Assistant professor for digital transformation and leader of the junior research group ‘Digital technologies and human behavior’

Acceptance, perception and understanding of AI in professional and private contexts

  • Algorithm aversion and privacy paradox
  • Willingness to disclose sensitive information to black-box algorithms vs. white-box algorithms vs. humans
  • Acceptance of AI recommendations in high-stakes decision contexts

Use of machine learning processes in particular in the energy sector and for sustainability

  • Determining and predicting the economic viability of decentralised renewable energies and storage systems based on real load profiles
  • Identifying customer segments and predicting the acceptance of technology
  • Agent systems, for example for local power trading in peer-to-peer communities

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