A selection of our scientific publications from our time as doctoral researchers at WU Vienna, created in cooperation with Penn State University (USA) and the National Institute of Informatics (Japan), among others.
This extended journal article develops an AI safeguarding system in which AI rules are stored as immutable smart contracts on a blockchain, governed via proof of personhood. The proposed architecture integrates zero-knowledge proofs (zk-STARKs) for privacy protection and post-quantum-secure identity verification, and introduces the concept of an AI protection shield.
This article closes a gap in the literature by systematically examining how blockchain technology can be used to overcome existing limitations in AI ethics, and proposes a framework that improves the robustness, public trust and ethical conformity of AI systems.
This article proposes writing AI rules into a blockchain that can only be updated by humans using a proof-of-personhood consensus mechanism combined with identity mechanisms and biometric features. It also presents a theoretical formulation of this approach and discusses its relevance for society.
This article introduces and simulates a new mechanism for anonymous voting on AI rules. It uses blockchain technology to protect the voting process from malicious actors and to ensure that a majority of trustworthy humans keeps control of the AI and has a say in its regulation.
This article proposes a blockchain-based protection mechanism to shield human market participants from financial losses in "sell-the-news" events potentially triggered by AI-generated fake news. Simulations show that integrating blockchain, oracles and sentiment analysis significantly reduces losses for human market participants compared to AI-based ones.
This article proposes a technical architecture for the secure and confidential verification of drone/UAV telemetry using hash-based methods, Merkle trees and blockchain-based smart contracts, enabling a resilient and transparent decentralised AAM system.
Building on earlier work on privacy-preserving UAV telemetry verification, this article proposes a token-based incentive and coordination mechanism for decentralised Advanced Air Mobility. Simulations confirm how tokenomics can ensure safety, transparency, efficiency, fairness, scalability and resilience.
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