Vera Schmitt

Vera Schmitt studied at the University of Konstanz, where she developed a keen interest in statistics and co-founded CorrelAid, a non-profit organization of data science enthusiasts. Afterward, she pursued her passion for data science by enrolling in a Master's program in Data Science at Leuphana University in Lüneburg. As a member of the ChangemakerXchange she actively contributed to projects of CorrelAid in various countries, including Malaysia, Japan, and Singapore. In 2019, Vera successfully defended her Master's thesis titled "The Ethical Dimension of Autonomous Machines: An Algorithmic Analysis of Artificial Moral Agents." Following this, she started a Ph.D. at the Q&U Labe at the TU Berlin, concerning the topic of economic aspects of privacy. Throughout her time at the Q&U Lab, Vera explored diverse areas of interest, where she focuses mainly on disinformation detection, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and ethical and legal considerations concerning machine learning and AI systems. Her dedication to advancing the responsible and ethical application of AI has been evident in her work and research. She builds up and is leading the XplaiNLP group at the QUL, based on the acquired funding from third-party projects.