Laboratory for Trustworthy AI

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents new opportunities and challenges for our societies. To understand what AI means, we must go beyond innovation to apprehend how to employ decision-making technology in an ethical, mindful, and sustainable way. It is crucial to increase understanding of practices for Trustworthy AI.

The Laboratory for Trustworthy AI at Arcada University of Applied Sciences is a transdisciplinary and international research community who trains organizations and actors to assess the use of artificial intelligence. The lab connects academia and civil society, including developers of AI solutions, students, end-users, researchers, and stakeholders.

The lab connects academia and civil society, including developers of AI solutions, students, end-users, researchers, and stakeholders.

We work for a human-centric approach to AI and towards closing the gap between ethically sound AI development and the technical and methodological practices. We embrace technical innovativeness and assist organizations in mapping socio-technical scenarios that are used to assess risk. We collaborate closely with international networks such as the Z-Inspection® assessment method for Trustworthy AI . The Z-Inspection® approach is a validated assessment method that helps organizations to deliver ethically sustainable, evidence based, trustworthy and user-friendly AI driven solutions. The method is published in IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society

How can we help you?

The Laboratory for Trustworthy AI emphasizes a curious but mindful use of technology. We are always interested in collaborating with both local and international organizations to develop an ethical use of AI.

  • We provide workshops and continuous learning possibilities for citizens, local and regional private entities, healthcare professionals, engineers and developers who want to learn more concerning the ethical use of AI
  • We perform assessments of Trustworthy AI using the Z-Inspection® method. In collaboration with many international and national participants, we assess AI use cases in Finland and beyond.

Do you want to collaborate with the Laboratory for Trustworthy AI? Please do not hesitate to contact us!

Magnus Westerlund

Degree Programme Director

0294 282 540

Magnus Westerlund

Henrika Franck

050 585 65 29

Henrika Franck

Research activities

The research activities of the Lab expounds and develops upon the EU requirements for Trustworthy AI proposed by the EU High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence.

Use cases in Trustworthy AI

Selected research publications in the areas of:

  • Trustworthy AI
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Data Protection and Privacy
  • Technical robustness and safety
  • Ethics
  • IT Security and Reliability