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Soheil Human

Director of the Sustainable Computing Lab

Soheil Human

Institute for Information Management and Control
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria

Office: Building D2, Entrance C, 2nd floor
Office hours: On appointment 

Consultation Hours: Please reserve a time slot [Link]

Tel: +43-1-31336-5198
E-mail: Soheil[dot]Human[at]wu[dot]ac[dot]at

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Biography 

Soheil Human has an interdisciplinary and mixed background in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cognitive Science, History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) and Science-Technology-Society (STS). Currently, he is a the director of the Sustainable Computing Lab at the Institute for Information Management and Control of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien), and a lecturer at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Vienna. He leads and manages several interdisciplinary research projects and initiatives (listed below) and teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Prior to his current position at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Soheil conducted research and managed multidisciplinary projects in several universities and institutes, including Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austrian Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI), Research Studios Austria (RSA), etc. Besides his academic career, he has been coaching and consulting more than 40 start-ups and corporations. Moreover, he has been involved in diverse projects run by national and international NGOs or agencies, such as United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Research Interests

Soheil is engaged in a broad portfolio of research aiming to empower humans and develop sustainable solutions in the digital economy. In his projects, he conducts multidisciplinary research on human needs & values, digital privacy, human-centric information systems and algorithmic accountability. Soheil Human applies a wide range of theories and methods from Philosophy, Cognitive & Information Economics, Conceptual & Computational Cognitive Modelling, Artificial Intelligence, and Semantic Web in his research. His other research interests involve digital rights, pluralism & epistemic disagreements, predictive processing, and socio-technical imaginaries.

Teaching

Soheil Human has many years of interdisciplinary teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in different universities. Among others, he has taught the following courses:

  • Internet Economics (Graduate course, Vienna University of Economics and Business)

  • New Trends in Cognitive Science (Postgraduate course, University of Vienna)

  • Corporate IT - Digital Transformation (Graduate course, Vienna University of Economics and Business)

  • Corporate IT - E-services (Graduate course, Vienna University of Economics and Business)

  • Tools in Cognitive Science: Computation, Computer-aided Methodologies and Problem Solving (Postgraduate course, University of Vienna)

  • Research Seminar in Business Information Systems (Graduate course, with Prof. Gustaf Neumann, Vienna University of Economics and Business)

  • MEi:CogSci Cognitive Science Lecture Series (Postgraduate course, University of Vienna)

  • MEi:CogSci Into Research I: Lab Excursions (Postgraduate course, University of Vienna

  • etc.