Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Herzog, né Hoffmann
Research Fellow and Head of Engineering Ethics Lab
Institute for Electrical Engineering in Medicine
Universität zu Lübeck
Ratzeburger Allee 160
23562 Lübeck
Gebäude 64,
Raum 129
Email: | christian.herzog(at)uni-luebeck.de |
Phone: | +49 451 3101 6211 |
Curriculum Vitae
Christian Herzog is a transdisciplinary researcher combining technology and applied ethics. He received his B.Sc and M.Sc. degrees in Mechatronics in 2008 and 2011 from Hamburg University of Technology, where he also did his Ph.D. in control. Since 2015 he is a member of the Institute for Electrical Engineering in Medicine at the University of Lübeck, where he has committed to making ethical considerations integral to technology development. In 2020 he has received an M.A. in Applied and Professional Ethics from the University of Leeds and became a young academy fellow at the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg.
Memberships and Commitments
- Co-Host of "Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning" Session at Lübeck Summer Academy on Medical Technology in 2018
- Member at "Dialog Forum Ethik" of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lübeck
- Working group on "Artificial Intelligence" of the German Institute for Standardization (since 2018)
- Initiator of Event "Machines and Morals" on February 6th, 2018 with a panel discussion including Dr. Robert Habeck
- IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (since 2014)
- IEEE Control Systems Society (since 2012)
- IEEE (since 2012)
Teaching
Courses
- Technische Mechanik 2 (Engineering Mechanics 2) (RO1502)
- Graphical Models in Systems and Control (RO5501)
- Advanced Topics in Control (ME4500)
- Ethics of innovative Technologies (PS4630)
Research
Interests
- LPV modeling, identification and control of physiological control loops
- Factor graph-based inference algorithms for control of nonlinear systems
- Interconnected and distributed systems and control
- Robust control and parameter estimation
- Ethics of innovative technologies, such as artificial intelligence
- Engineering ethics education
Current Projects
- Probabilistic approaches to nonlinear filtering, estimation and control
- Robust control of temperature-guided laser therapy of the retina (associated with project RegiLas)
- Ethics of digital technologies
Awards
- Innovation Award 2018 of the "Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Krankenhaustechnik e.V. (WGKT)", (for the supervised Bachelor Thesis of Ole Thomsen, the award is split in half between the student and the institute)
- Best Paper Award (Runner up) AUTOMED 2018
- Universitätslehrpreis der Universität zu Lübeck 2017
- Best Master's Thesis - Nordmetall-Foundation Award 2012
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Erich Müller Scholarship 2008
- General Engineering Award of Hamburg University of Technology 2008
Publications
On the Ethical and Epistemological Utility of Explicable AI in Medicine, Philosophy & Technology , vol. 35, no. 50, pp. 31, 2022.
DOI: | 10.1007/s13347-022-00546-y |
File: | s13347-022-00546-y |
Bibtex: | @article{He22, author = {Herzog, Christian}, doi = {10.1007/s11948-021-00283-z}, issn = {1353-3452}, journal = {Science and Engineering Ethics}, month = {feb}, number = {1}, pages = {3}, title = {Three Risks That Caution Against a Premature Implementation of Artificial Moral Agents for Practical and Economical Use}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11948-021-00283-z}, volume = {27}, year = {2022}, keyword = {ResearchTopicEthics}, keywords = {ResearchTopicEthics} } |
Integrating Ethical Considerations Into Innovation Design, in Innovation Design for the Future of Health – Entrepreneurial Strategies and Development Concepts towards Patient Empowerement and Health Democratisation , Springer, 2022.
Three European experiences of co-creating ethical solutions to real-world problems through Challenge Based Learning, in Emerald Handbook on Challenge-Based Learning , Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
Autonomous Ferries and Cargo Ships: Discovering Ethical Issues via a Challenge-Based Learning Approach in Higher Education, in IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society , Hong Kong , 2022.
Creating a future with algorithmic partners – A preliminary proposal for constitutive features for a ‘cooperative and communicative’ AI, in Politics of Technoscientific Futures , Madrid, Spain: European Society for the Study of Science and Technology, 2022.
Digitally Aided Sovereignty – A Suitable Guide for the e-Government Transformation?, in Weizenbaum Conference 2022 - Practicing Sovereignty , Berlin, Germany , 2022.
Everything you Want to Know and Never Dared to ask – A Practical Approach to Employing Challenge-Based Learning in Engineering Ethics, Barcelona, Spain , 2022.
Inexplicable AI in Medicine as a Form of Epistemic Oppression, in IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society , Hong Kong, Hong Kong , 2022.
Is Algorithmic Personalized Pricing Unjust?, in IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society , Hong Kong , 2022.
Prototypes for E-government Websites to support the Digital Sovereignty of Citizens, in Mensch und Computer , Darmstadt, Germany , 2022.
Teaching Estimation and Control via Probabilistic Graphical Models – An Intuitive and Problem-Based Approach, in IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education 2022 , Hamburg, Germany: IFAC, 2022.
Teaching Ethics Through the Back Door? – Employing Ideas From Assemblage Theory to Foster a Responsible Innovation Mindset, Barcelona, Spain , 2022.
Responsible and Regulatory Conform Machine Learning for Medicine: A Survey of Challenges and Solutions, IEEE Access , 2022.
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3178382 |
Bibtex: | @article{PePoMoZiBrNoHePeLeRoHe22, title = {Responsible and Regulatory Conform Machine Learning for Medicine: A Survey of Challenges and Solutions}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, shorttitle = {Responsible and Regulatory Conform Machine Learning for Medicine}, journal = {IEEE Access}, author = {Petersen, Eike and Potdevin, Yannik and Mohammadi, Esfandiar and Zidowitz, Stephan and Breyer, Sabrina and Nowotka, Dirk and Henn, Sandra and Pechmann, Ludwig and Leucker, Martin and Rostalski, Philipp and Herzog, Christian}, year = {2022}, note = {arXiv: 2107.09546}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3178382}, issn = {2169-3536}, keywords = {Computer Science - Machine Learning, Computer Science - Computers and Society, I.2.6, I.5, J.3} } |
Challenge-based Learning for Robotics Students by Engaging Start-Ups in Technology Ethics, in Reflecting Technology in Academic Teaching. Workshop on Teaching Environmental, Societal, and Ethical Dimensions of Technological Change , Karlsruhe , 2021.
Akzeptanzfragen bei KI-basierter Medizintechnik, 2021.
Practical and Moral Challenges for the Project of Formal Ethics, in CEPE/IACAP Joint Conference 2021: The Philosophy and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence , Hamburg, Germany , 2021.
Three Risks That Caution Against a Premature Implementation of Artificial Moral Agents for Practical and Economical Use, Science and Engineering Ethics , vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 3, 2021.
DOI: | 10.1007/s11948-021-00283-z |
File: | s11948-021-00283-z |
Bibtex: | @article{He21, author = {Herzog, Christian}, doi = {10.1007/s11948-021-00283-z}, issn = {1353-3452}, journal = {Science and Engineering Ethics}, month = {feb}, number = {1}, pages = {3}, title = {Three Risks That Caution Against a Premature Implementation of Artificial Moral Agents for Practical and Economical Use}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11948-021-00283-z}, volume = {27}, year = {2021}, keyword = {ResearchTopicEthics}, keywords = {ResearchTopicEthics} } |
On the risk of confusing interpretability with explicability, AI and Ethics , 2021.
DOI: | 10.1007/s43681-021-00121-9 |
File: | s43681-021-00121-9 |
Bibtex: | @article{He21c, title = {On the risk of confusing interpretability with explicability}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {2730-5953, 2730-5961}, url = {https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s43681-021-00121-9}, doi = {10.1007/s43681-021-00121-9}, abstract = {Abstract This Comment explores the implications of a lack of tools that facilitate an explicable utilization of epistemologically richer, but also more involved white-box approaches in AI. In contrast, advances in explainable artificial intelligence for black-box approaches have led to the availability of semi-standardized and attractive toolchains that offer a seemingly competitive edge over inherently interpretable white-box models in terms of intelligibility towards users. Consequently, there is a need for research on efficient tools for rendering interpretable white-box approaches in AI explicable to facilitate responsible use.}, language = {en}, urldate = {2021-12-17}, journal = {AI and Ethics}, author = {Herzog, Christian}, month = {Dec}, year = {2021} } |
On formal ethics versus inclusive moral deliberation, AI and Ethics , 2021.
DOI: | 10.1007/s43681-021-00045-4 |
File: | s43681-021-00045-4 |
Bibtex: | @article{He21b, author = {Herzog, Christian}, doi = {10.1007/s43681-021-00045-4}, issn = {2730-5953}, journal = {AI and Ethics}, month = {March}, title = {On formal ethics versus inclusive moral deliberation}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s43681-021-00045-4}, year = {2021}, keyword = {ResearchTopicEthics;KeyPub}, keywords = {ResearchTopicEthics;KeyPub} } |
Probabilistic model-based fault diagnosis for the cavities of the European XFEL, at - Automatisierungstechnik , 2021.
DOI: | 10.1515/auto-2020-0064 |
Bibtex: | @article{NaHeGrPfLiRo21, author = {Nawaz, Ayla and Herzog, Christian and Graßhoff, Jan and Pfeiffer, Sven and Lichtenberg, Gerwald and Rostalski, Philipp}, doi = {10.1515/auto-2020-0064}, journal = {at - Automatisierungstechnik}, title = {Probabilistic model-based fault diagnosis for the cavities of the European XFEL}, year = {2021} } |
Automating Morals – On the Morality of Automation Technology, Ironies of Automation and Responsible Research and Innovation, in 21st IFAC World Congress , Berlin, Germany , 2020.
DigS-Gov - Die öffentliche Verwaltung als Förderer digitaler Souveränität, in Mensch und Computer , 2020.
Should Ethics be Formalized? – And if so, What for?, Master's Dissertation, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, 2020.
MedTec Related Exponential Technologies Require Ethical Design Considerations and an Adapted Engineering Education, in 41st Intl. Eng. Med. Biol. Conf. (EMBC), Mini Symposium on "Ethical Design Considerations for MedTec" , Berlin, Germany , 2019.
Responsible Research and Innovation in der KI-Basierten Medizintechnik, 2019.
Ethical and Epistemological Challenges of AI in Medical Systems, 2019.
Toward feedback temperature control for retinal laser treatment, in European Conferences on Biomedical Optics - Translation of Lasers and Biophotonics Technologies and Procedures: Toward the Clinic , Munich, Germany: SPIE, 2019.
Technological Opacity of Machine Learning in Healthcare, in 2nd Weizenbaum Conference - Challenges of Digital Inequality , Berlin, Germany , 2019.
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.cp/2.7 |
Bibtex: | @inproceedings{He19b, address = {Berlin, Germany}, author = {Herzog, Christian}, year = {2019}, booktitle = {2nd Weizenbaum Conference - Challenges of Digital Inequality}, title = {{Technological Opacity of Machine Learning in Healthcare}}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.cp/2.7} } |
An Automatic Feedback Temperature Control for Retinal Laser Treatments, in Assoc. Res. Vis. Ophthalmol. Annu. Meet. 2019 , 2019.
Ethics as an Essential Teaching Element for Innovative Medical Technology Engineering Education, in 41st Intl. Eng. Med. Biol. Conf. (EMBC), Mini Symposium on "Ethical Design Considerations for MedTec" , Berlin, Germany , 2019.
Ethical Design Considerations for MedTec: The Big Picture and Accompanying Concerns, in 41st Intl. Eng. Med. Biol. Conf. (EMBC), Mini Symposium on "Ethical Design Considerations for MedTec" , Berlin, Germany , 2019.
"Ethical Innovation Hub" - Vision und Konzept eines transdisziplinären Konvergenzpunkts für Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft für KI-Innovationsprozesse, in KI-Konferenz Schleswig-Holstein , Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: Staatskanzlei Schleswig-Holstein, 2019.
Tube-Based Model Predictive Control for Linear Parameter-Varying Systems with Bounded Rate of Parameter Variation, Automatica , 2019.
Iterative Approximate Nonlinear Inference via Gaussian Message Passing on Factor Graphs, IEEE Contr. Syst. Letters , vol. 3, no. 4, 2019.
DOI: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LCSYS.2019.2919260 |
Bibtex: | @article{HePeRo19, author = {Herzog, Christian and Petersen, Eike and Rostalski, Philipp}, year = {2019}, journal = {IEEE Contr. Syst. Letters}, volume = {3}, number = {4}, title = {{Iterative Approximate Nonlinear Inference via Gaussian Message Passing on Factor Graphs}}, doi = {https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LCSYS.2019.2919260} } |
Temperature-Controlled Laser Therapy of the Retina via Robust Adaptive ℋ∞-Control, at - Automatisierungstechnik, Invited Article in Special Issue "AUTOMED 2018" , vol. 66, no. 12, pp. 1051--1063, 2018.
DOI: | 10.1515/auto-2018-0066 |
Bibtex: | @article{HeThScSiBr18, author = {Herzog, Christian and Thomsen, Ole and Schmarbeck, Benedikt and Siebert, Marlin and Brinkmann, Ralf}, year = {2018}, title = {{Temperature-Controlled Laser Therapy of the Retina via Robust Adaptive ℋ∞-Control}}, journal = {{at - Automatisierungstechnik, Invited Article in Special Issue "AUTOMED 2018"}}, doi = {10.1515/auto-2018-0066}, issn = {0178-2312}, number = {12}, pages = {1051--1063}, volume = {66}, year = {2018} } |
Study Program 'Robotics and Autonomous Systems' at the University of Lübeck, in Proc. 12th Europ. Workshop Microelectr. Educat. , 2018.
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