PSTW Webinar series | Trust Matters: Citizens and AI in the Public Sector

Ana D. Georgieva is a Forum and Project Coordinator in the Digital Transformation team at Eurocities. In her role, she coordinates the activities of the Digital Forum and its working groups, supports policy and advocacy work on digital transformation, and contributes to the implementation of European projects and initiatives. She works closely with cities across Europe to facilitate knowledge exchange, foster collaboration and support the development of common approaches to digital opportunities and challenges. Prior to joining Eurocities, Ana served as a founding member of the Digitalisation, Innovation and Economic Development Department of the City of Sofia, where she worked on digital transformation initiatives, innovation projects, and city diplomacy.

Dr. Fernando Vilariño is Associate Director of the Computer Vision Centre and Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department of the Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. He lectures in “Machine Learning”,  “Robotics”, and “Models Open Innovation and Citizen Science” and "Social Innovation".  He is currently leading the Quantum Machine Learning Group at CVC. His research is linked to Computer Vision and the Social Impact of AI, and he has led different projects related to the implementation of models of Living Labs in the context of citizen-centric Open Innovation and Citizen Science. He contributes to the field with publications and patents. Dr. Fernando Vilariño has been awarded with the Spanish Gov. Ramon y Cajal Grant (2010), and Google Academy Award (2014) for his research. He was member of the Executive Board (2017-2023) and elected President (2018-2021) of the European Network of Living Labs ENoLL. He is the current Scientific Director of the Chair UAB-Cruïlla for Research in AI in field of music and arts, developing the concept of music festival as a living lab for compliance-readiness in AI.