Category:
Courses
Educational hub:
Target audience:
Students
University:
University of Duisburg-Essen
ECTS credits:
6
Mode of delivery:
Physical
Contact name:
Mahnoor Shahid
Contact email:
mahnoor.shahid@uni-due.de
Contact name #2:
Contact email #2:
Language:
English
Study cycle:
Master
Additional info:
Start date:
2025-04-11
End date:
2025-07-18
Application start:
2025-02-10
Application deadline:
2025-02-28
SGD:
SDG4. Quality education, SDG8. Decent work and economic growth, SDG9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Course credit:
Yes
Free course:
Yes
Aurora competence framework:
Only for enrolled students:
Yes
Open for registration to all Aurora Universities:
Yes
Faculty:
N/A
Micro-credential:
No
“Throughout the lecture series, students get familiar with concepts and theories that describe and explain AI companies, and learn about the design of Machine Learning-based applications. Do we need AI – or does AI solve our problems? What problems can machine learning effectively solve? What is the current impact of AI technologies on economy, society and ecology? How can we apply AI to a new domain or problem? What role do humans play in designing AI applications?
Building on fundamentals of information systems strategy and enterprise modelling, students reflect the impact of strategy and organizing in AI companies towards their ability to produce sustainable futures. We particularly investigate the generative capacity of data, tools, and (machine learning) models to produce such futures. Among others, we will cover the impact of biases in data and algorithms, explainability of AI applications, as well as accuracy, sovereignty, (inverse) scalability and framing of ML models. Throughout the entire module, we critically reflect impacts of managerial and algorithmic decision-making on sustainability, this includes impacts, for instance, on aspects of health and well-being (SDG 3), gender equality (SDG 5), or climate action (SDG 13).”