Research & Publications

Human-centred AI research spanning explainable AI, mixed reality, responsible AI governance and efficient machine learning for safety-critical and real-world systems.

Research Experience

Imperial College London

Visiting Researcher

Imperial College London

April 2026 – May 2026

London, United Kingdom

Contributed to an international multimodal augmented-reality research collaboration involving Imperial College London, TU Wien, the Stanford Center at Incheon and Sungkyunkwan University.

Developed and evaluated an explainable-AI-based mixed-reality decision-support prototype and conducted user studies with UK firefighting stakeholders.

Publications

AcceptedOctober 2026 · Bari, Italy

Situated Explainability for Safety-Critical Mixed Reality: Design Positions from an MR-XAI Firefighting Prototype

XR-SPro Workshop at IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 2026

First author and presenter — Panner, E.; Scheffer, S.; Matyas, K.

Published & PresentedJuly 2026 · Singapore, SG

Towards Responsible AI in Safety-Critical Human-Machine Systems: A Literature-Based Governance Framework

IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS) 2026

First author and presenter — Panner, E.; Scheffer, S.; Matyas, K.

PublishedNovember 2025 · Vienna, Austria

Neural Caching: Improving Longevity of Smart IoT Devices Running Artificial Neural Networks

LongevIoT 2025 Workshop

Co-author — Sallinger, C.; Stippel, C.; Panner, E.; Poschenreither, P.; Hoch, R.; Schwendinger, B.

Awards & Recognition

Dieberger-Skalicky Scholarship (€4,000)

2026

e-fellows.net Scholar

Scholarship network

OpenAI Berlin Hack — 3rd Place

{Tech: Europe} x OpenAI, 2025

Junction Helsinki — 2nd Place

Junction Hackathon, 2025

EPFL EEG Project Competition — 2nd Place

EPFL, 2025