RETRAI Workshop

Requirement Engineering for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

Program

09:30 – 09:40
Welcome & Introduction 10 min
If you plan to attend the workshop, please first register via RE registration website, and then complete this form using the following LINK.
09:40 – 10:05
Keynote 1 – Reem Ayad 20 min talk + 5 min Q&A
The AI social contract: How human-AI relationships shape moral expectations.
10:05 – 10:30
Session 1 – Trustworthy AI in Practice: Domains & Applications
  • Educational Requirements for Trustworthy Recommender Systems
    • Alexandru Mateescu Department of Philosophy, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France
  • Safe Experimentation with LLM-Controlled UAVs
    • Matthew Harris SAIF Autonomy (London, United Kingdom)
    Dewi Madden SAIF Autonomy (London, United Kingdom)
    Kyle Thomas SAIF Autonomy (London, United Kingdom)
  • Extrinsic Safeguarding Mechanism Requirements for Trustworthy Physical AI
    • Matthew Harris SAIF Autonomy (London, United Kingdom)
    Dewi Madden SAIF Autonomy (London, United Kingdom)
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break 30 min
11:00 – 11:30
Session 2 – Legal, Ethical, and Human-Centered Concerns
  • Navigating the Human-Oversight Dilemma in AI-Powered Systems
    • Eran Sadovski Information Systems Dept., University of Haifa, (Haifa, Israel)
    Itzik Aviv The Academic College of Tel Aviv–Yaffo, (Tel Aviv, Israel)
    Irit Hadar Department of Information Systems, University of Haifa, (Haifa, Israel)
  • A Critical Look at the EU AI Act’s Requirements
    • Matthias Wagner, Dept. of Computer Science, Lund University Lund, Sweden
    Marie-Therese Wittmann Legal Expert, VERBUND Hydro Power GmbH Vienna, Austria
    Markus Borg Dept. of Computer Science, Lund University Lund, Sweden
  • Ethical and Empathetic Requirements for Trustworthy ChatBots
    • Sophia Jit University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
    Nikita Dvornik Palona AI (Montréal, Canada)
  • Multi-Agent LLMs as Ethics Advocates for AI-Based Systems
    • Asma Yamani King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia)
    Malak Baslyman King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia)
    Moataz Ahmed King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia)
11:30 – 12:30
Panel Discussion – Defining Trustworthiness for Intelligent Agents 60 min
With a stakeholder expert in ethics and law, a leading machine learning scientist, and a requirements engineering specialist. Discussion on needs, gaps, priorities, and first community steps.
Amel Bennaceur (Requirements engineer expert) School of Computing at the Open University, ( Milton Keynes, UK)
Nikita Dvornik (AI expert) Palona AI (Montréal, Canada)
Reem Ayad (Ethical, and moral AI expert) Department of Psychology, University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch Break 90 min
14:00 – 14:55
Session 3 – Foundations & Frameworks for Trustworthy AI
  • Beyond the Checklist: Rethinking Trustworthiness in AI Systems
    • Donatella Donati University of L’Aquila (Aquila, Italy)
    Paola Inverardi Gran Sasso Science Institute (Aquila, Italy)
    Beatrice Melis University of Pisa & Gran Sasso Science Institute (Pisa, Italy)
    Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute (Aquila, Italy)
  • Towards a Framework for Operationalizing the Specification of Trustworthy AI Requirements
    • Hugo Villamizar fortiss GmbH (Munich, Germany)
    Daniel Mendez Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH - Karlskrona, Sweden) & fortiss GmbH (Munich, Germany)
    Marcos Kalinowski PUC-Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • How to Consider AI Technology Systems as Part of Human Normative Systems
    • Matthew R. Whiteley Department of Philosophy, University of York (York, England)
  • Prompt Engineering for Requirements Engineering: A Literature Review and Roadmap
    • Kaicheng Huang Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)
    Fanyu Wang Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)
    Yutan Huang Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)
    Chetan Arora Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)
  • Robustness Requirement Coverage for Vision-based AI Systems
    • Sepeedeh Shahbeigi Department of Computer Science, University of York (York, United Kingdom)
    Nawshin Mannan Proma Department of Computer Science, University of York (York, United Kingdom)
    Victoria Hodge Department of Computer Science, University of York (York, United Kingdom)
    Richard Hawkins Department of Computer Science, University of York (York, United Kingdom)
    Boda LiDepartment of Computer Science, University of York (York, United Kingdom)
    Valentina DonzellaDepartment of Computer Science, University of York (York, United Kingdom)
  • Towards Trustworthy Sentiment Analysis in Software Engineering
    • Martin Obaidi Leibniz University Hannover, Software Engineering Group (Germany)
    Marc Herrmann Leibniz University Hannover, Software Engineering Group (Germany)
    Kurt Schneider Leibniz University Hannover, Software Engineering Group (Germany)
    Jil Klünder FHDW Hannover, University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
14:55 – 15:30
Poster session and networking 35 min
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break 30 min
16:00 – 16:25
Keynote 2 - Didar Zowgi 20 min talk + 5 min Q&A
On the Role of Transparency in Building Inclusive and Trustworthy AI Systems
16:25 – 17:25
Interactive Activity 60 min
Brainstorm trustworthiness for a Specific AI System
17:25 – 17:30
Closing Remarks & Next Steps
If you attended the workshop, please at the end, complete the post-workshop survey using the following LINK.