Prof. Dr. Alexander Pretschner
Chairman of bidt's Board of Directors and the Executive Commitee | Chair of Software & Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich | Scientific director, fortiss
Alexander Pretschner is bidt’s founding Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors and member of the Executive Committee. He is a Professor of Software & Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, and Chairman of the Scientific Directorate of fortiss, the research institute of the Free State of Bavaria for software-intensive systems. His research interests cover all areas of software engineering with a focus on testing and information security.
Determinants of Data Disclosure in Digital Workplaces
This research project investigates the determinants of data disclosure in the digital workplace. The goal is to develop a deep understanding of how various factors of digital work influence the willingness to disclose data.
Digitisation in university teaching
To what extent is digital learning content taught in higher education? The project team is analysing course descriptions from various universities in order to gain insights into their degree of digitalisation and make them…
FAZ guest article about ChatGPT in exam situations
In their guest article in the FAZ, Alexander Pretschner, Jan Gogoll and Dirk Heckmann explore the question of what influence ChatGPT will have on examinations in educational institutions.
Lecture series: UNESCO Recommendations on the ethics of AI
This year’s public lecture series on digitalisation is specifically dedicated to the topic of digital sustainability.
Lecture series: Digital Sustainability in Artificial Intelligence
This year’s public lecture series on digitalisation is specifically dedicated to the topic of digital sustainability.
Lecture series: Sustainability, Competitiveness and Business Models
This year’s public lecture series on digitalisation is specifically dedicated to the topic of digital sustainability.
FAZ guest article about the language AI ChatGPT
In a guest article in the FAZ, Alexander Pretschner, Eric Hilgendorf, Ute Schmid and Hannah Schmid-Petri explore the question of what follows from the language AI ChatGPT.
Software
The term software describes programmes that run on hardware devices. Software combines three essential concepts that are all data-based: calculation, communication, and storage.
Human-AI partnerships to generate explanations in complex socio-technical systems
This project focused on developing models based on the interaction between human and artificial intelligence to facilitate learning.
Algorithm
Algorithms are basically step-by-step instructions converting inputs into output. The written recording of the algorithms that makes it possible for computers to execute them is called a programme or software.
Ethics in agile software development
The project aims to design a tool facilitating the creation of software systems, integrating ethical questions into the process of development.
Ethical deliberation for agile software processes: EDAP scheme
The increasing use of software in more and more areas of society makes it inevitable to talk about ethics in software development. This paper presents the EDAP (Ethical Deliberation for Agile Processes) scheme, a tool that…
Why does research on digital transformation “live” on dialogue?
Alexander Pretschner, Chairman of the bidt Board of Directors, and Margret Hornsteiner, Head of Communications and Dialogue, talking about dialogue-oriented research.
Engineering responsibility: How “Ethical Deliberation In Agile Processes” can contribute to the upcoming European regulation of AI
Alexander Pretschner explains in the article how ethical deliberation in agile processes can contribute to the upcoming European regulation of AI.
Why AI & Ethics?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now much more than a science fiction subject – it is making its way into our everyday lives. In this article, we explain what AI and machine learning are and what role ethical considerations…
What is software?
What is software? The word Software is on everybody’s lips; software engineering is considered the key discipline par excellence and it is said that software “eats the world”. In this article, we explain: what software…
Research, enlighten, shape
Alexander Pretschner helps to deepen the understanding of digital transformation and its consequences – the prerequisite for shaping digitalisation.
Digital transparency on the job: playing with data
Anyone who works with digital means is constantly generating data. A bidt spin-off project is investigating how these can be used in a way that benefits employees and employers.