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Advanced Methods in STSNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou will learn how qualitative research questions in Science and Technology Studies (STS) are theoretically grounded and methodologically thought out. In the module you will practice developing hypotheses, linking different theoretical approaches and methods, and visually presenting an integrated theoretical framework. In the end you can independently create a conceptual research plan for an STS topic and present it in a creative visualization.3 ECTSruns this semesterMCTS0055Aligning Generative AI to Social Values (3 ECTS)No ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou engage with generative AI systems and their relationship to societal values. You will learn to apply ethical principles and frameworks, identify and mitigate bias, and apply methods such as auditing and red teaming to design AI systems responsibly.3 ECTSruns this semesterSOT86097Aligning Generative AI to Social Values (6 ECTS)No ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou engage with Generative AI and its interface to societal values. In the end you will be able to recognize ethical challenges, identify bias in generative models, and implement practical steps to align language models with social value concepts.6 ECTSruns this semesterSOT86074Data Ethics & GovernanceNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou will learn central ethical, legal and societal questions in handling data, automated systems and AI. By the end you can identify risks and responsibilities in data-driven projects, systematically analyze ethical issues and develop concrete recommendations for responsible data usage.6 ECTSruns this semesterSOT46401Data Regulation & Law (3 ECTS)No ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceIn this module you will learn the fundamentals of data protection law with a focus on the GDPR. You will gain an overview of terms, roles (e.g., data controllers, processors), principles, rights of data subjects, as well as obligations and enforcement mechanisms. By the end you will be able to name the central concepts and explain important legal questions and challenges in data protection.3 ECTSruns this semesterSOT86060
25 more in Interdisciplinary CoursesData Regulation & Law (6 ECTS)No ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceThe module covers legal foundations and current regulations around data, data protection and data economy in the EU (including GDPR, Data Governance Act, Data Act). You will learn the central terms, rights and duties and you can assess the implications of these regulations for individuals, companies and society.6 ECTSruns this semesterSOT86061Englisch - Gateway to English Master's C1No ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou practise academic English competencies at C1 level: lecture comprehension, note-taking, discussions as well as scientific writing and presenting. In the end you can largely follow English-taught lectures, summarise the main ideas and write longer scientific papers and essays in English.3 ECTSruns this semesterSZ0488Ethik und VerantwortungNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou learn how moral decisions can be systematically reflected in different roles (e.g., students, team members, managers, citizens, consumers). By the end you can describe ethical conflict scenarios in science, society and technology, evaluate them with a method of ethical judgment formation, and formulate reasoned, responsible course of action options.3 ECTSruns this semesterCLA30230Technology and DevelopmentNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou will learn how technologies are used in development and emerging economies, what expectations are attached to them, and why the promised solutions often fail to materialize. By the end, you will be able to analyze the opportunities and challenges of technological development projects and develop concrete ideas for how technology can be used effectively.6 ECTSruns this semesterPOL60402Verantwortung im IngenieurberufNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou learn fundamental questions of normative and applied ethics and explore how responsibility in the field of construction and environmental engineering looks. You practice recognizing, classifying and assessing professional and socio-normative value conflicts, and critically analyze models of responsible problem solving with regard to implementation, stakeholders, societal acceptance and sustainability goals.3 ECTSruns this semesterSOT53200AI Regulation & Law (3 ECTS)No ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou receive an introduction to the legal framework for Artificial Intelligence, with a focus on the European legal framework as well as an overview of developments in the USA, the UK and other countries. You will learn legal questions concerning General Purpose AI and the use of AI in various sectors (e.g., contract law, healthcare, human resources, transport) and, at the end, be able to name central risks, opportunities and fundamental regulatory concepts.3 ECTSno date this semesterSOT86062AI Regulation & Law (6 ECTS)No ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou learn the legal foundations and current developments of the regulation of artificial intelligence, with a focus on EU law. In the end you will be able to classify application areas, opportunities and risks of AI legally and draw comparisons to regulations in the USA, the UK and other countries.6 ECTSno date this semesterSOT86063Algorithms & Fundamental RightsNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou learn how algorithmic systems influence fundamental rights and societal norms. In the end you will be able to critically analyze the impacts of algorithms on autonomy, the rule of law, transparency, and accountability and discuss approaches to safeguard fundamental rights.6 ECTSno date this semesterSOT86075Brain, Mind and CognitionNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou engage with interdisciplinary questions about brain, mind and cognition. In the seminar you read popular science books, discuss their statements about the structure and function of brain and cognition and consider what implications they might have for technical applications (e.g. cognitive robots). In addition, a lecture provides background knowledge from neuroscience and cognitive science with a view to cognitive robots.6 ECTSno date this semesterCIT4330010Ethics in Artificial IntelligenceNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou will learn to analyze ethical issues along the lifecycle of AI — from normative foundations to concrete use cases. In the end you will be able to apply ethical theories to AI problems and critically reflect on legal and organizational aspects of development, deployment and use of AI.3 ECTSno date this semesterSOT87317Ethics of TechnologyNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceIn this module you will explore ethical questions arising from human–machine interactions and technological developments. In the end you will be able to analyze ethical problems, evaluate the consequences of technologies and derive well-founded courses of action, as well as present them orally.6 ECTSno date this semesterPOL70070Ethik und Verantwortung IINo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou engage more deeply with selected questions of applied ethics (e.g. environmental, science, technology, medicine, or information/media ethics) and learn to philosophically analyze central arguments. In the end you can reproduce the main positions of a topic area, apply them to current problems, and formulate your own, written, reasoned statement.3 ECTSno date this semesterCLA31601Explainable AI -- A Comprehensive Seminar on Transparent and Ethical AINo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou will learn fundamentals, techniques and applications of Explainable AI (XAI). The goal is to make AI systems more interpretable, transparent and verifiable, and to understand and critically assess their significance for ethics, fairness and societal consequences.6 ECTSno date this semesterSOT86051Introduction to Science and Technology PolicyNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou learn how science and technology are intertwined with politics and society: which models of the relationship between science, technology and politics exist, which conflicts about expertise, legitimation and risk arise, and how political governance of S&T works. By the end you can apply central concepts from Science and Technology Studies and Public Policy, systematically analyze S&T-related cases, and argue justified normative positions.6 ECTSno date this semesterWI001124Legal Data Science and InformaticsNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou will learn how methods of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence are applied to legal questions, for example in analysis and search in legal documents, prediction of case outcomes and formal representations of legal knowledge. In the end you will be able to assess how ML and NLP techniques affect legal data, explain formal representation and argumentation models, and apply simple technical approaches to concrete, bounded problems.6 ECTSno date this semesterIN2395Machine Learning and Society (3 ECTS)No ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou learn how machine learning influences societal structures, values and decisions and which ethical, social and technical challenges arise from it. In the end you will be able to critically assess ML systems, identify possible biases and harms, and apply approaches to alignment, auditing and safeguarding (red teaming) of ML systems.3 ECTSno date this semesterSOT86066Machine Learning and Society (6 ECTS)No ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou engage with the societal, ethical, and technical impacts of Machine Learning. In the end you will be able to critically evaluate ML systems, recognise potential biases and harms, practically apply methods such as auditing and red teaming, and assess the importance of alignment for large language models.6 ECTSno date this semesterSOT86065Open Data - Open ScienceNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data Science6 ECTSno date this semesterSOT86076Open Data - Open Science (Einführung)No ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data Science3 ECTSno date this semesterSOT53406Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence: Key ReadingsNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data Science6 ECTSno date this semesterSOT56307Political Polarization in a Digital EraNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceIn this module you investigate the causes, forms and consequences of political polarization, particularly in the context of digital media and social networks. By the end you will be able to distinguish different types of polarization, explain their emergence and place modern examples in relation to digitalization.3 ECTSno date this semesterPOL27002Social ComputingNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou learn the basics and methods of Social Computing: concepts of social media, social networking and social contexts as well as sociometric methods (centrality, density, clustering), metrics of real networks, models of social relationships in space and time, Social Signal Processing and fundamentals of game theory. In the end you will be able to apply these concepts to the conception, implementation and research of Social Computing applications.5 ECTSno date this semesterIN2241Social Studies of Data Science & EngineeringNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou will learn how social, cultural and political aspects are shaped and assessed in dealing with large data sets. In the end you can place central debates on data protection, algorithms, platform policy, errors/leaks and recommendations, and apply them to practice examples using social science concepts.3 ECTSno date this semesterMCTS9001Society and TechnologyNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou will learn how data infrastructures are embedded in social, political and cultural contexts and what consequences this has for security, risks, trust and justice. You will receive basic social science concepts and epistemological insights as well as initial qualitative methods to analyze societal effects of data infrastructures and to develop responsible solutions.6 ECTSno date this semesterSOT46402Technology and the Public InterestNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceYou will learn how technologies can be designed and deployed to serve the public interest. The module provides fundamentals and practical examples on topics such as “data for good”, ethical AI and responsible quantum technologies, so that you can assess opportunities, risks and courses of action and design responsible innovation approaches.6 ECTSno date this semesterSOT86087
7 more modules match, but they are taught in German. Show themDatenschutzNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceDu lernst zentrale Prinzipien, rechtliche Grundlagen und praktische Aspekte des Datenschutzes kennen — von der historischen Entwicklung über die Datenschutzorganisation in Unternehmen bis zu speziellen Feldern wie Cloud-Computing, Gesundheitswesen und Forschung. Am Ende kannst Du datenschutzrechtliche Fragestellungen beurteilen, Rechte Betroffener berücksichtigen und Datenschutzaspekte in die berufliche Praxis integrieren.4 ECTSno date this semesterIN9044Ethik und Verantwortung IINo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceDu beschäftigst dich vertieft mit einem Bereich der angewandten Ethik (z. B. Umwelt-, Wissenschafts-, Technik-, Medizin- oder Informations-/Medienethik). Du erarbeitest aktuelle Forschungsstände, verstehst die zentralen Argumente und lernst, diese auf andere Kontexte zu übertragen sowie eine eigene Position in Diskussionen zu vertreten.2 ECTSno date this semesterCLA21601Geschichte der Technik in der Moderne IINo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceIn diesem Modul erhältst du einen chronologischen Überblick über zentrale Entwicklungen der Technikgeschichte in der Moderne (Teil II des Vorlesungszyklus). Du lernst, technische Entwicklungen in ihren historischen Kontext einzuordnen, Quellen eigenständig aufzubereiten und komplexe Sachverhalte systematisch zu analysieren und verständlich darzustellen.3 ECTSno date this semesterED00473Medienrecht und Social MediaNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceDu erhältst grundlegendes Wissen zum Medienrecht mit Fokus auf Akteure, einschlägige Gesetze und relevante Gerichtsentscheidungen. Du lernst, medienwissenschaftliche Phänomene, insbesondere im Bereich Social Media, rechtlich einzuordnen und rechtlich zu argumentieren. Am Ende kannst du rechtliche Grundlagen und Methodik auf unbekannte Fallkonstellationen übertragen.6 ECTSno date this semesterSOT82530Rechtsfragen des Einsatzes von Künstlicher IntelligenzNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceDu lernst die begrifflichen, technischen, ethischen und rechtlichen Grundlagen von Künstlicher Intelligenz kennen und beurteilst ausgewählte Praxisbeispiele rechtlich. Ein Schwerpunkt ist der AI Act der Europäischen Union; am Ende kannst du KI-bezogene Rechtsfragen einordnen und rechtliche Argumente kritisch analysieren.6 ECTSno date this semesterSOT82519Technik, Natur und GesellschaftNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceDu setzt dich mit dem Verhältnis von Technik, Natur und Gesellschaft auseinander und untersuchst, wie die Grenzen zwischen ihnen erodieren. Am Ende kannst du Vorstellungen von Technik und Natur als kulturelle Konstrukte analysieren und erklären, wie sich Naturvorstellungen im Zuge der modernen Wirtschafts- und Lebensweise verändert haben.3 ECTSruns this semesterED0179Wissenschaftstheorie der IngenieurwissenschaftenNo ratings for this module yet.Social and Political Aspects of Data ScienceDas Modul untersucht grundlegende Unterschiede zwischen naturwissenschaftlichem Verstehen und ingenieurwissenschaftlichem Gestalten. Du lernst, wie Konzepte wie Kausalität, Modelle, technische Regeln und Normen das Entwerfen von Artefakten und Prozessen beeinflussen. Am Ende kannst du typische Fragestellungen der Wissenschaftstheorie und Technikphilosophie beschreiben und auf aktuelle Debatten anwenden.3 ECTSno date this semesterCLA30721