Institute of Artificial Intelligence

Glenda Hannibal

I use perspectives from philosophy to explore and challenge various concepts central to research on human-robot interaction (HRI), robotics, and explainable artificial intelligence (xAI).

Further Information

Employment:

  • European Commission (Expert), 2019-2020/2021-2022
    Joint Research Centre (JRC), Human Behavior and Machine Intelligence (HUMAINT) project
  • TU Wien, 2018-2022
    Institute of Human-centered Technology and Visual Computing
    Research group on Human-Computer Interaction + Trust Robots Doctoral College
  • University of Vienna, 2015-2017
    Institute of Sociology, Research group on Knowledge and Culture
     

Qualification:

  • PhD in Computer Science, TU Wien, 2022
    Dissertation on Interpersonal Trust in Human-Robot Interaction
  • MA in Philosophy, Aarhus University, 2015
    Specialization in Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Cognition
  • BA in Philosophy, Aarhus University, 2012
    Minor in Cognitive Semiotics

- Human-Robot Interaction
- Explainable AI
- Philosophy of Science/Technology
- Philosophy of Trust
- Metaphilosophy
- Metaphysics & Epistemology
- Methodology & Methods
- Sociology of Knowledge/Technology

  • Hannibal, G. & Lindner, F. (2023). Towards a Questions-Centered Approach to Explainable Human-Robot Interaction. Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2022 – Social Robots in Social Institutions (pp. 406-415), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications Series. Helsinki, Finland: IOS Press.
  • Hannibal, G., Dobrosovestnova, A. & Weiss, A. (2022). “Tolerating Untrustworthy Robots: Studying Human Vulnerability Experience within a Privacy Scenario for Trust in Robots”. Proceedings of the 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (pp. 821-828). Naples, Italy: IEEE.
  • Hannibal, G. Weiss, W. & Charisi, V. (2021). "The robot may not notice my discomfort" – Examining the Experience of Vulnerability for Trust in Human-Robot Interaction. Proceedings of the 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (pp. 704-711). Vancouver, BC (online): IEEE.
  • Dobrosovestnova, A., Hannibal, G. & Reinboth, T. (2021) Service Robots for Affective Labor: a Sociology of Labor Perspective. AI & Society (online first).
  • Dobrosovestnova, A. & Hannibal, G. (2020). Working Alongside Service Robots: Challenges to Workplace Identity Performance, Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2020 – Culturally Sustainable Social Robotics (pp. 148-157), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications Series, Vol. 335. Aarhus, Denmark (online), IOS Press.
  • Dobrosovestnova, A. & Hannibal, G. (2020). Teachers' Disappointment: Theoretical Perspective on the Inclusion of Ambivalent Emotions in Human-Robot Interactions in Education. Proceedings of the 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 471-480). Cambridge, UK (online): ACM.
  • Hannibal, G. (2016). Bringing the Notion of Everyday Life Back to the Center of Social Robotics and HRI, Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2016 – What Social Robots Can And Should Do (pp. 67-75), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications Series, Vol. 290. Aarhus, Denmark: IOS Press.
  • ​Bertel, L. & Hannibal, G. (2015). The NAO robot as a Persuasive Educational and Entertainment Robot (PEER) - A case study on children’s articulation, categorization and interaction with a social robot for learning. Læring & Medier, 8(14), pp. 1-22.
  • Hannibal, G. (2014). ‘Dynamic’ Categorization and Rationalized Ascription: A Study on NAO, Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2014 – Sociable Robots and the Future of Social Relations (pp. 343-347), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications Series, Vol. 273. Aarhus, Denmark: IOS Press.

You can find a complete list of my publications on my website: http://glendahannibal.weebly.com/publications.html

Ulm University:

  • WS2022/SS2023: BSc/Msc seminar on Explainable AI
  • WS2022/SS2023: BSc/Msc seminar on AI Ethics

University of Vienna:

  • WS2017: MA lecture on Knowledge, Everyday Culture and Society
  • SS2016/WS2017: BA seminar on Social Robotics
  • SS2016: PhD seminar on Social Constructivism

Organizing Committee:

  • HRI'22 (Social Media Chair)

Program Committee:

  • CEPE/IACAP'21

Workshop Organization:

  • HRI'22 (Theory-Grounded HRI)
  • RP'18 (Transdisciplinary Reflections on Social Robotics)