In this video interview, we speak with Professor Martijn Willemsen, a researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology known for his studies on human decision processes and recommender systems. He talks about the doctoral candidates he works with and the projects they pursue, his reasons for joining alignAI, the perspective his institute adds to the project, and the cooperation he hopes to see among partners.

In this video interview, we speak with Professor Daniel Gatica-Perez, Head of Social Computing Group at Idiap and Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. He emphasises the importance of a human-centred approach and shares how he sees the alignAI project can help society.

On 21 November 2025, alignAI doctoral candidates Julia Li and Simay Toplu held an interactive workshop with 32 students at Samuel-Heinicke-Fachoberschule, organized together with the Europe Direct Network. The session introduced students to the everyday presence of AI systems and encouraged them to reflect on the risks, benefits and responsible use of AI in real-life situations in the EU and beyond.

In this video interview, we speak with Professor Avigdor Gal, Benjamin and Florence Free Chaired Professor of Data Science at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and one of the Principal Investigators in the alignAI project. He explores his role with alignAI, how his research on data integration, uncertain data and machine learning strengthens our network and his vision for how the AI ecosystem might evolve in the future.