Funding is provided for doctoral projects that have a technically, economically or socially relevant focus for digitalization. Admission to the Graduate Center enables doctoral candidates to network and receive further training in the field of digitalization as well as financial support.
Recognizing hate speech in an online context with AI
Nils Riekers is a research assistant in the field of “Social Media Trust and Safety” with Prof. Dr. Marten Risius. In his doctoral project, he is investigating AI-based methods for recognizing hate speech in multimodal online content (text, audio, image, video).
The focus is on improving detection performance through model fine-tuning, investigating and developing multi-agent systems for cooperative decision-making and reducing existing biases. Riekers is also researching how hate speech is linked to fake news, disinformation and online extremism in digital communication spaces.
The project should lead to new detection methods, enable a deeper understanding of digital communication dynamics and result in concrete recommendations for action for platform operators, state authorities and civil society organizations.
bidt Fellows at the HNU
After Nikola Finze (Institute for Digital Innovation) and Daniel Hieber (DigiHealth Institute), Nils Riekers is the third HNU doctoral student to receive this funding - further proof of the university's continuous engagement with digital topics of the future.
To the bidt profile of Niels Riekers: https://www.bidt.digital/person/nils-riekers/
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